Society

Dietitian Laura Marbury on Healthy Eating and Fighting Weight Gain

Kate Lochte — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:29:42 +0000

Kate Lochte speaks with Laura Marbury, the Nutrition Affairs Program Manager for Tennessee and Kentucky about losing weight. The Southeastern Dairy Association is sending Marbury around Tennessee and Kentucky to spread her knowledge of nutrition including the fact that milk is a good source of vitamin D and how to fight the inevitable weight gain of one to three pounds a year.

Madisonville Sanitation Officials Promote City Recycling

Rob Canning — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:56:04 +0000

Madisonville sanitation officials say nearly 30% of the city's population is using the city's iRecycle program. In October, the city began the program to keeping garbage collection fees low by reducing the number of tons transported to the Hopkins County Regional Landfill. City Sanitation Superintendent Robert Janes said he hopes 70 per cent of the population will sign on by the end of the next fiscal year.

Susan & Morgan Guess Present Bullying: A Plan for Kentucky and What Kids Can Do

Kate Lochte — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:42:26 +0000

Susan and Morgan Guess presented "A Plan for Kentucky and What Kids Can Do," during the Murray Human Rights Commission's Bullying Conference on April 6, 2013 in the Barkley Room of the Curris Center at Murray State University. Here is the the audio of their nearly hour long discussion of what the Guess family has done to bring attention to the issue of bullying since Morgan's experience.

Memorial For Battle of Hamburger Hill Set

John Walker and The Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:56:20 +0000

A memorial ceremony is being held at Fort Campbell to mark the 44th anniversary of the Battle of Hamburger Hill, one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. Members of the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade and other units fought for 12 days against North Vietnamese forces before U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured the mountain that the Americans referred to as "Hamburger Hill." The ceremony today is being hosted by soldiers and veterans from the 3rd Brigade.

TN Online Health Assessment Urged For Baby Boomers

John Walker and The Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:50:46 +0000

Tennessee health officials are urging people to take a five-minute online assessment about whether they are at risk for hepatitis C. Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner said baby boomers are five time more likely than the general population to have the disease.

Cleanup Project Donates Used Computers to Fulton Technical School

Austin Ramsey — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:56:00 +0000

One of the agencies contracted to clean up the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is donating used computer equipment to a local technical school.

DUF6, a uranium cleanup project of Babcock and Wilcox Conversion Services, transferred 223 computers and printers to the Fulton County Area Technical Center in Hickman late last month.

Principal Tom Pyron said the center, which provides technology and trade education for area high school students, was under budget pressure that the donation relieves.

Murray Attorney on Youth Pranks and Crimes

Kate Lochte — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:07:57 +0000

Murray Attorney Mark Blankenship joins Kate Lochte on Sounds Good to discuss how youths need to realize that what used to be pranks now lead to involvement with the courts.

Boating Accident on Kentucky Lake Kills Fisherman

Austin Ramsey — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:00:56 +0000

A fisherman was killed in a boating accident Thursday afternoon on Kentucky Lake near Marshall County. Timothy Alan Clippard, 51, of Jackson, Mo., was steering his boat under the Eggners Ferry Bridge when he struck an underwater pier structure.

Beekeeping Ordinance Passes Madisonville City Council

Austin Ramsey — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:24:17 +0000

Beekeeping is now legal in Madisonville after the city council voted in favor yesterday of an ordinance that would strike down the 47-year-old ban on hives.

Councilman Mark Lee, who sponsored the ordinance, said it passed unanimously and with no changes in a special-called meeting.

Democrats, Health Groups Praise Beshear's Decision to Expand Medicaid

Kenny Colston (KPR) — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:20:54 +0000

After months of deliberations, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has decided to expand Medicaid in Kentucky under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare — a move that's won praise from Democrats and health advocacy groups.

Beshear said Thursday that expansion benefits Kentucky in many ways.

"This move makes sense not only for our health but also for our pocketbook. More important it makes sense for our future," he says.