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Opinion: Ghost Riders invade school bus system

Written by Richard Rawe, Campbell County bus driver. When you drive past a public school campus in Northern Kentucky, it is easy to assume our education system is flush with cash. You see elegant new building additions, state-of-the-art sports complexes, and pristine facilities. But if you look closely at the afternoon school buses pulling out of those beautiful campuses and heading down corridors like the AA Highway or US 27, you will see a far darker reality.

Campbell County, KY · 7d
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7 Kentucky high school football teams forfeit first-round playoff games

Louisville, KY · 5d

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Two Bardstown students named National Merit Scholar semifinalists

Bardstown High School’s Derrick Greenwell and Mason Schatt were named National Merit Scholar semifinalists. The two seniors reflected on their time at BHS and looked ahead to their future. Greenwell and Schatt were named as semifinalists in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship program in late September. Both young...

Bardstown, KY · 7d
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ECTC opens $3.8 million culinary arts kitchen and dining space

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (Nov. 5, 2026) — Elizabethtown Community and Technical College has opened a $3.8 million renovated culinary arts kitchen and dining space, expanding hands-on training while making room for a larger modernization of its technical education facilities. The college celebrated the opening Wednesday with a ribbon cutting and...

Elizabethtown, KY · 6d
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Northern Kentucky University ranked as No. 2 nursing school in Kentucky

Northern Kentucky University’s bachelor of nursing science program has been ranked as the number 2 program in the state by RegisteredNursing. RegisteredNursing is a national consortium of registered nurses that aims to offer educational resources to both current and future nurses. “For more than a decade, RegisteredNursing has recognized...

Highland Heights, KY · 6d

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Data Breach Affects JCPS Employees

Personal information for more than 37,000 current and former Jefferson County Public Schools workers may have been compromised in a major data breach. The exposed records include Social Security numbers, email and home addresses, according to a Jeffersn County Public Schools letter. The breach hit Frontline Education, a third-party software...

Jefferson County, KY · 6d

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7 Kentucky high school football teams forfeit first-round playoff games

For several Kentucky teams, the postseason will end before it begins.

Frankfort, KY · 5d

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Grayson Co. Schools receive Crusade for Children grant earmarked for ‘students with complex communication needs’

Grayson County Schools has been awarded a substantial grant from WHAS Crusade for Children. The grant, in the amount of $18,000, will establish a district-wide Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Device Lending Library for students, according to Grayson County Schools. “This centralized inventory will give students with complex communication needs...

Grayson County, KY · 6d

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Final statewide media HS football polls

The Kentucky High School Football Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists throughout the state, with one representative for each of the 16 basketball regions in order to provide geographical balance. The poll will be released each Wednesday morning throughout the regular season. Here is the last poll of...

Kentucky · 7d

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Meet NKY’s newly elected school board members

Incumbents largely held their ground, joined by a few newcomers in Northern Kentucky’s four competitive school board races on the Nov. 3 ballot, according to election results from the Kentucky Secretary of State. Five new representatives also joined boards of education at Beechwood, Dayton and Erlanger-Elsmere independent school districts...

Boone County, KY · 7d

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A Federal Tax Credit program is coming to NKY schools. LINK nky breaks it down.

Northern Kentucky’s K-12 public and Catholic schools are starting to enroll in a program to generate more federal revenue from a new income tax credit, though many details about how the program will work remain unclear. Kentucky lawmakers overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto in March, opting into the federal...

Kentucky · 9d

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Generals’ Hoten wins third state XC title

Baili Hoten had already carved her name into the history books as one of the best athletes to ever come through Thomas Nelson High School, but she added to her legacy Saturday. Hoten won her second KHSAA Class 2A cross country state title in a row and third overall at...

Bardstown, KY · 7d

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Hancock County Marching Hornets win Class A state championship

LEWISPORT, Ky. (WFIE) - Several local high school marching bands brought home top honors from the state finals over the weekend, including a new state championship. The Hancock County Marching Hornets won first place in Class A at the Kentucky Music Educators Association State Marching Band Championships. Also competing in...

Hancock County, KY · 8d

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Highlands, Ryle affected as KHSAA posts wrong state soccer brackets

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association shook up the high school soccer postseason after it was announced it had posted the wrong brackets . On Nov. 1, the KHSAA let the boys and girls soccer semifinalists know that the semifinal pairings were incorrect. The matchups for the girls semifinals on Tuesday and the boys semifinals on Wednesday have now been updated. Highlands girls soccer and Ryle boys soccer were among the teams affected. Highlands now plays South Oldham at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 3, while Ryle faces Louisville St. Xavier at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 4. Multiple coaches confirmed to Jason Frakes of the Louisville Courier-Journal that the previously-published brackets did not accurately reflect the semifinal pairings that were announced during the KHSAA draws. Ryle boys soccer head coach Stephen Collins said he didn't learn about the change until nearly 8 p.m. on Sunday, and Monday had largely been spent dealing with logistics as a result. Collins said the Raiders are excited to end a multi-year drought in the semifinals and are just focusing on what they can control. "To be honest, all the teams were put in the same disadvantage because no one is playing the same team they

Lexington, KY · 9d

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Week 11 NKY HS football standouts/takeaways

The deed is done. The regular season is complete. It’s now win or go home. We made it through 11 weeks of the regular season, and now it’s on to the journey of Kroger Field the first weekend in December. Each week, throughout the season, make sure to...

Kentucky · 8d

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This Kentucky University Just Jumped 19 Spots In National Rankings, And Alumni Families Are Cheering

A room called the Digitorium sits on a campus just minutes from the Ohio River, and yes, that’s its real name. The school around it reportedly just climbed 19 spots in national rankings. Kentucky families have been noticing. Grandparents show up for graduations, high schoolers tour with parents, and...

Kentucky · 10d

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WKU increases price of graduation regalia through new vendor

WKU is raising the price for graduation regalia. The change follows WKU’s decision to use a new vendor, Herff Jones, for both student and faculty graduation regalia. Herff Jones provides graduation regalia to several universities and allows for more personal customization of regalia. Students could pick up their regalia during the graduation fair on campus or have it shipped to their home.

Bowling Green, KY · 8d

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Kentucky Medical Association Backs EKU's Push for First Public Osteopathic School

Eastern Kentucky University is pursuing a proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine that would become Kentucky's first public osteopathic medical school, and the state's leading physician group has now thrown its weight behind the effort. The Kentucky Medical Association says it supports both EKU's planned college and its broader strategy to expand rural residency training across the commonwealth, according to the seed reporting from Kentucky Today.

Kentucky · 8d

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Kentucky high school football team forfeits game in ultimate showing of school spirit

A Kentucky high school football team paid the ultimate sacrifice to show off its school spirit on Thursday, Oct. 29. The Shelby County High School (Shelby, KY) football team opted to forfeit its matchup against Fairdale (KY) to attend the school's volleyball regional final against North Oldham (Goshen, KY). Athletic director and head football coach Powell Miller told high school reporter Jason Frakes of the Louisville Courier-Journal — part of the USA TODAY Network — that the school attempted to move the game to Wednesday or Friday, but decided to forfeit when the game could not be moved. "That’s a big deal for us,” Miller told Frakes. The football game between Shelby County and Fairdale was set to be played at Doss High School (Louisville, KY), but with Doss in action on Friday and Fairdale unable to host due to construction at its stadium, the game had to be forfeited. Unfortunately for the Rockets — which qualified for the regional final for the first time — the match ended in a 3-1 loss at Eminence High School in Henry County. The forfeit dropped Shelby County to 3-7 on the season. The Rockets return to the field on Friday, Nov. 6,

Shelby County, KY · 12d

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Kentucky high school WR breaks TD record, now eyes national record

No secondary in Kentucky has had an answer for Christian Academy of Louisville (KY) senior receiver Ja'Hyde Brown . The four-star Louisville football commit has diced and carved his way through every secondary the Centurions have faced in their first nine games, racking up a national-best 28 touchdowns. With a three-touchdown performance in a 49-0-win over Fern Creek (KY) to close out the year on Oct. 30, Brown now tops the Kentucky high school football record book for most touchdown receptions in a single season with 31. William Carrico of Owensboro Catholic (KY) set the previous record at 30 back in 2023. Now that the state record is set, Brown likely has his sights on the national record as the Centurions are heavy favorites to go unbeaten again and win their fifth consecutive Class 3A state championship. @JaHeisman is now your single season receiving touchdown record holder in the state of Kentucky for football after catching this one right here. He now has (31) and the playoffs to capture more. @CenturionAD @centurions_fb @KHSAA pic.twitter.com/lsMz3Kpx7W — Bosemer Media (@BosemerMedia502) October 31, 2026 The national record for touchdown receptions in a single season is 39 and held by three different players. Chris

Kentucky · 11d