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Living Well – Green diet
You probably saw a lot of green last weekend as people across the country celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, but there is one important green you probably didn’t see, and it goes on your plate. Studies have shown that eating more veggies may lower your risk for several diseases, like cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Today’s Living Well has…
Police: 80 street signs stolen as part of social media challenge in Oldham Co.
OLDHAM COUNTY, Ky. (WAVE) – Several juveniles face charges after approximately 80 street signs were stolen or removed in Oldham County. Oldham County police said the signs were removed as part of a social media challenge on Snapchat where juveniles would document themselves stealing or removing the signs. “They disappeared early in the morning — 2:00, 3:00, 4:00,” Oldham County…
Midwest flooding reaches historic levels
(NBC News) Widespread flooding has thousands from their homes across the Midwest following a week of heavy rains. The flooding in many areas throughout the Missouri and Mississippi river basins has reached historic levels, with water pushing into places it’s never been before. Communities are cut off from major roads, and in many cases the mainland. Many families have been…
Chickenpox outbreak sparks vaccine lawsuit
(WLWT) A Kentucky family is suing their health department because of an issue with the chickenpox vaccine. Bill Kunkel says his son Jerome, 18, is being discriminated against because of his religious beliefs regarding a vaccine for chickenpox. Jerome is a student at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart/Assumption Academy in Walton, Kentucky. The school was recently the site of…
Trump lashes out at McCain
(NBC News) President Trump lashed out at a series of targets in a string of tweets over the weekend, from the Russia investigation to “Saturday Night Live,” but it’s what he’s saying about former Senator John McCain that has some on both sides of the aisle upset. Nearly seven months after McCain’s death from brain cancer, the president accused the…
Emerging Leader – Caleb West
This week’s Emerging Leader is Caleb West, a Glasgow High School student that volunteers with his church, participates in academic team and marching band and scored a perfect score on his ACT.
Quarles: Sales of Kentucky hemp products surged in 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s agriculture commissioner says sales of the state’s hemp products surged in 2018, as did the amount hemp farmers were paid. Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles said Monday that Kentucky hemp processors reported nearly $58 million in gross product sales last year, compared with nearly $17 million in 2017. The report is based on a state Agriculture…
Trump downplays white nationalist threat
(NBC News) In a lengthy manifesto, the man who killed 50 people in two New Zealand mosques last week says he disagrees with President Trump’s policies, but called him “a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.” That has ignited debate over the threat of white nationalism, and what role President Trump has played in its rise. “His language,…
Drunk driver’s crash triggers sinkhole
(WESH) Florida authorities say a woman nearly drowned when troopers said she drunkenly crashed her car into a fire hydrant Thursday in Summerfield. Another woman who stopped to help also had to be saved by rescue crews. Alexandrea Runyon, 22, of Lady Lake, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Officials with the Florida Highway Patrol say Runyon…
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