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Southern Kentucky Soapbox Derby holds final rallies for championships
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - This Derby weekend, some speedsters kept it close to home with the Southern Kentucky Soapbox Derby’s spring rally held at Phil Moore Park. 25 racers from Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia and Missouri secured crucial points towards qualifying for the world championship. The spring rallies were one of the final hurdles after months of hard work, for soapbox racers hoping for a spot.
Kentucky General Assembly made many fumbles this session, especially on children's issues
It’s Spring 2024 in the Bluegrass. And if I am writing about sports, I should be focused on new basketball coaches and the Derby and the PGA Championship at Valhalla. But as I reflect on the 2024 General Assembly, my mind drifts to football and the 1938 Chicago Bears. That was the team which still holds the NFL record for the most fumbles in a single season. And from my viewpoint, this legislative session had the most fumbles for kids I have seen in my twenty years at Kentucky Youth Advocates.
NKY union vows to help fill construction worker void
HEBRON, Ky. — Breanna Barker knew college wasn’t for her. She’s too much of an adrenaline junkie. “I love doing the scary stuff,” she said. Barker is an apprentice at Ironworkers Local 44, where she often works 60 or 70 feet up in the air. From a new soccer facility at the University of Cincinnati to changes at Great American Tower, none of this would be possible without construction workers like Barker. The problem is there’s a shortage of these workers across the country.
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