August 2008

State Fair Attendance Dips

by Rick Howlett August 27, 2008

Attendance at this year’s Kentucky State Fair was down by about three thousand from last year. Spokeperson Vicki Glass says just over 586,000 people visited the fair during its eleven-day run. “People that were looking ahead and planning ahead probably got discouraged by gas prices and the economy. Those people being concert-goers, exhibitors at the [...]

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Sorry about My Carbon Footprint, Everyone

by Laura Ellis August 27, 2008

With a Google search for “carbon footprint calculator” yielding over 160,000 results, it’s safe to say your options are vast in figuring out how much carbon you’ve been sending out into the atmosphere. I’d never calculated my own carbon footprint – I tried once, but found out I don’t pay enough attention to the details [...]

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Bridge Study Begins on Milton-Madison Span

by scrosby August 27, 2008

Transportation officials in Kentucky and Indiana are working together on a project to either rehabilitate the current bridge or build a new span between Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana. The current bridge was built in 1929 and rehabbed in 1997. It has been deemed ‘structurally deficient’ and ‘functionally obsolete’ in recent inspections. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet [...]

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Gas Prices Expected to Increase in Louisville

by scrosby August 27, 2008

Gas prices dropped in the Louisville area over the last couple of days, but they’re likely to go up again soon. AAA’s Roger Boyd says a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Louisville costs about $3.64…but it’s on the increase. He says that’s partly because of the storm system Gustav in the Caribbean. “The futures [...]

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Parental Role in College Choice

by Laura Ellis August 27, 2008

For parents who have been actively involved in their children’s education, getting them into the right college can seem like the finish line – the thing you’ve been working towards for thirteen years, and the reason you’ve been so picky about schools and grades. And parents, with their wisdom (and experience in dealing with paperwork and bureaucracy!) can be a great resource in college choice, and the admission process. But what happens if the college you want for your child isn’t where they want to go? How big should your role be, and at what point do you have to step back and let your student make his or her own call? Listen to the Show

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KYTC To Complete Alternative Bridge Plan Study

by Gabe Bullard August 27, 2008

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will continue its study of an alternative to the Ohio River Bridges Project that incorporates an element of the traffic plan known as 86-64.

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PCBs Make Birds Sing Out of Tune

by kespeland August 26, 2008

Are pollutants causing birds to sing out of tune?

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Task Force Studies Effectiveness of CATS

by scrosby August 26, 2008

From Kentucky Public Radio’s Tony McVeigh A task force studying Kentucky’s student accountability and assessment efforts has met for a second time in Frankfort. The Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 requires all Kentucky schools to be academically proficient by 2014. The Commonwealth Accountability Testing System, or CATS, is used to gauge progress. But with [...]

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Memorial to Mark Two Years Since Deadly Plane Crash

by scrosby August 26, 2008

The two-year anniversary of the plane crash that killed 49 people in Lexington is tomorrow. Hundreds of people are expected to remember the victims of Comair flight 5191 in a memorial service. The plane crashed shortly after taking off from the wrong runway at Bluegrass Airport in Lexington. Mayor’s office spokesperson Marianne Blodgett says the [...]

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