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Guest columnist: ‘Transition to polytechnic university setting KSU up for failure’

When I read that the Kentucky state legislature passed Senate Bill 185 to convert Kentucky State University into a leading polytechnic university, I was interested and concerned. Before KSU can be ...
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CARTOON: Reflecting Pool mascot

CARTOON: Reflecting Pool mascot Published 6:20 pm Monday, June 22, 2026 CARTOON: Reflecting Pool mascot ...
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Local players earn all-region honors in 11th Region basketball

Local basketball players were recently named to all-region teams for the 11th Region. For the local girls, Western Hills’ Malia Campbell was named to the first team, and Franklin County’s LaKyiah ...
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Local high school seniors earn associate degrees

Over 50 local high school seniors earned associate degrees this spring. Frankfort High had 28 seniors receive associate degrees from Kentucky State University while also earning their diploma from FHS ...
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Schedule set for Region 7 boys volleyball tournament

Franklin County is hosting the Region 7 boys volleyball tournament Monday through Friday. The tournament begins Monday with four games. Western Hills plays Dunbar at 6 p.m., followed by Franklin ...
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Kentucky State professor making waves in conservative media, intellectual circles

In 2016, Dr. Wilfred Reilly debated a white nationalist at Kentucky State University. The associate professor of political science was then one year into his tenure, and the event made headlines. It ...
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Guest columnist: Kentuckians need more colorectal cancer screenings

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death among adults under 50 and remains the only major cancer for which mortality rates are still increasing in younger adults despite overall ...
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Westridge students graduate from D.A.R.E. program

Two fifth-grade classes at Westridge Elementary have completed the D.A.R.E. program, and the students were recognized during a graduation ceremony at the school last week. D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse ...
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Guest columnist: Morality: Foundation for justice

John Milton, an English poet, who also wrote “Paradise Lost,” published Sonnet XIX, “On His Blindness” in 1673. His opening line is, “When I consider how my light has been spent” and the closing line ...
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Auxiliary gyms provide new opportunities for schools, student-athletes

Franklin County and Western Hills high schools have perfectly good gymnasiums. Now they have more. Auxiliary gyms have been built for each school to accommodate a variety of athletic teams. “The ...
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Franklin County volleyball tournament raises over $10,000 for team member battling cancer

When Franklin County volleyball player KeAaron Jones was diagnosed with cancer, FCHS coach Tom Marshall thought about putting on a tournament. When the tournament planning began, Marshall was thinking ...
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Capital Plaza Hotel’s shady past laid bare in National Register of Historic Places application

Not only did its construction displace an economically disadvantaged and marginalized community, but two of its claims to fame involve shady transactions among Kentucky politicians and the largest ...