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Educator pay for 2020-2021 as reported to the Kentucky Department of Education. Teachers, principals and superintendents in northeastern Kentucky are largely paid below average for the state of Kentucky. Taking into account the ability of larger metropolitan areas to create outliers and skew averages, when the median is taken into consideration, local schools still trend lower than the rest, but the disparity isn't as large. The Kentucky Department of Education lists 171 public school districts in the state. County school districts make up 120 districts with 51 independent school districts sc...

Central Kentucky is a geological island. Sitting atop a dome of limestone, its terrain gently rolls along like a series of offshore waves. Back roads crown the peaks and valleys

Shopper Blog: Pandemic frees ex-educator to turn out prize-winning art The Knoxville News-Sentinel 1 day ago Knoxville News Sentinel © Courtesy of Tracey Van Hook Joe Tate stands next to his painting “Paradise,” which won first place at the Dogwood Arts Spring Art Show. The octogenarian began painting a lot during the pandemic and now has a newfound passion. BEARDEN John Shearer, Shopper News The COVID-19 pandemic might have slowed down a lot of people’s lives either by choice or necessity, but for Joe Tate, it caused him to speed up one facet — his interest in ar...

Kentucky guardsman protects Capitol while teaching remotely Follow Us Question of the Day By VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS and Lexington Herald-Leader - Associated Press - Saturday, April 17, 2021 MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Army National Guard Lt. Sam Whitehead is on assignment in Washington D.C., where, since the January attack on the U.S. Capitol, he has been on duty nearly round the clock. With the permission of his commanders, platoon leader Whitehead said he periodically steps away from protecting “lives ...

Credit Rowan County Schools Schools across the commonwealth are planning to return to in-person instruction five days a week.  Rowan county superintendent John Maxey spoke with WMKY’s Leeann Akers as his district prepares to fully reopen. Listen