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CYNTHIANA / HARRISON
Harrison County Schools have announced that school is scheduled to be in session on February 16, 2015. That Monday, President's Day--which was previously scheduled as a day-off for students--will now be used to make up for time missed for closings and delays.
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Champions for a Drug-Free Harrison County has announced that there next meeting will take place on February 9, 2015 at the Cynthiana Christian Church. According to a recent post to the Champions Facebook page, the meetings will continue at the church through the month of February. Champions has been attempting to locate a new home for their meetings.
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KENTUCKY
All of Kentucky's 173 public school districts have increased the dropout age from 16 to 18; seven public school districts will have the new policy go into effect in the 2017-18 school year, while the majority will put the policy in effect beginning this fall. State legislature created and passed a law in 2013 giving school districts the option of raising the dropout age; once 55 percent of districts did so, it would trigger a four-year deadline for everyone else to raise the age.
The Kentucky Department of Education provided each district with a $10,000 grant to plan for implementation of the higher dropout age.
It is expected that the higher compulsory school attendance age will help drive up Kentuckyâs already high graduation rate. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, for the 2012-13 school year, Kentucky had the fourth highest graduation rate in the country at 86 percent, placing Kentucky as tied for ninth-highest among all states. The most recent data from the 2013-14 school year shows Kentuckyâs graduation rate improved to 87.5 percent. In recent years, the state also has increased the college/career-readiness rate of its students, which now stands at 62.4 percent, up from 34 percent in 2010.
http://wuky.org/post/all-173-kentucky-school-districts-raise-dropout-age
http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7b52674489-85FF-464D-8C1D-0E3EFCEF105A%7d&activityType=PressRelease[3] ---###---
52-year-old David C. Pierce of Lexington was sentenced Wednesday to more than 175 months in prison for leading a conspiracy in which he and others used stolen identities to file false federal income tax returns that netted more than $600,000. Federal authorities say Pierce was assisted by several co-conspirators over a two year span as he fraudulently claimed over $3.7 million in tax refunds and received over $600,000 in payments from the Internal Revenue Service. Three of Pierce's co-conspirators have already pleaded guilty and have been sentenced. Timothy Richard Smith, 51, was also sentenced Wednesday to 70 months or more than five years in jail. Joyce Ann Estes, 44, was sentenced Jan. 22 to 51 months or more than four years in prison. Stephen Lane Woodrum, 24, was sentenced Jan. 21 to 48 months or four years. A fourth co-conspirator Dwayne Ray Smith, will be sentenced Feb. 11.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150201050414/http://www.kentucky.com:80/2015/01/29/3667613_stealing-identities-to-file-false.html?[4] ---###---
Lieutenant Governor Crit Luallen joined federal and state housing and veterans officials yesterday to announce a partnership aimed at sheltering Kentuckyâs homeless veterans. The âChallenge to End Veteran Homelessnessâ involves collaboration between the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) to issue a larger number of permanent housing vouchers for homeless veterans in Kentucky. Additionally, the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs (KDVA) have teamed up to dedicate financial and human resources to end veteran homelessness. Through this partnership, federal and state agencies hope to continue to decrease that number by ensuring every military veteran has a safe and affordable place to live.
âThis is an admirable and ambitious goal and one the Governor and I wholeheartedly support,â Lt. Gov. Luallen said. âI applaud the hard work and dedication of all our partners to launch this worthy project for the men and women who served our country.â
To assist with this partnership, more than 170 local officials throughout Kentucky have joined the âMayorsâ Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness,â an effort to solidify partnerships and gain commitments from Americaâs mayors and other public officials to end veteran homelessness in their cities in 2015.
âWe strongly encourage all local officials to join the Mayorsâ Challenge to help us with this project,â Lt. Gov. Luallen said. âItâs only by working together that we can succeed.â
In 2014 there were 600 homeless veterans in Kentucky, according to HUD. The number of homeless veterans has steadily decreased from 2008 when there was a reported 1,046 homeless veterans in the state.
http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7b727FAEDF-9B79-4D66-B35E-D2200502C217%7d&activityType=PressRelease[5] ---###---
Unemployment rates fell in all 120 Kentucky counties between December 2013 and December 2014, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. This is the fourth time in the last five months that Kentucky has seen a year-over-year drop in all counties.
http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7bB31C10AD-B6B2-4425-8413-D5CF86E7CC25%7d&activityType=PressRelease[6] ---###---
We're only a month into the year, and Kentucky has already been "kicking ass" according to a recent post published by Kentucky for Kentucky. The post mentions eight news items that garnered attention this month:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160120162328/http://www.kentuckyforkentucky.com/blogs/news/16884460-8-ways-kentucky-and-its-kentuckians-kicked-ass-in-january-2015[7] ---###---
NATION
The Senate voted 62 to 36 in favor for a bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The passage sends the measure back to the House, which passed a largely similar bill this month. House leaders are deciding whether to pass the Senate bill as is or to hold a conference merging the House and Senate versions into a new bill to be voted on by each chamber. It is expected that the bill will be vetoed by President Obama should it reach the White House.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/us/politics/keystone-xl-pipeline-bill-senate-vote.html
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WEIRD
34-year-old Robin Adelmann, a transgender woman, says Aerosmithâs 1987 hit "Dude Looks Like a Lady" has mocked her at bars and now, at an Ohio police department. Lakewood, Ohio Detective Thomas McLaughlinâs received a verbal warning for playing that rock hit, and the Kinks' âLolaâ as Adelmann was interviewed on shoplifting charges last month. McLaughlin blasted the transgender-themed songs from his work computer âtrying to be funny to his co-workers,â a police report stated. Adelmann complained to the agencyâs Internal Affairs Unit, which resulted in McLaughlinâs discipline.
âEvery transgender person wants to be left alone. We want to blend back into society and be who we are,â Adelmann pleaded. âWe donât even want you to notice us.â
Adelmann has since pleaded no-contest to shoplifting charges and is on probation for one year.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-taunted-transgender-woman-aerosmith-song-article-1.2096920[8] ---###---
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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