Updated: 10:19 PM A high school senior saved his mother's life Tuesday morning after a house fire in Lawrence County.
Witnesses say Lawrence County football player Lance Clay rescued his mother, who is in a wheelchair.
Posted: 6:06 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's first-in the-nation acceptance
of common core standards in education ranks as a "defining step"
in its efforts to develop world-class schools, Gov. Steve Beshear
told a conference on Tuesday.
Posted: 5:59 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's 8th and 10th graders showed
slight improvement last year on tests looking at their progress
toward college.
Updated: 10:00 PM Officials in Salyersville say the city's water board is significantly in debt, and was almost taken over by the state. Big changes are now in the works to help get the board running properly.
Posted: 12:41 AM Jackson County School leaders say they're running about 5 weeks ahead of schedule because they've only taken 6 snow days. That means they'll be getting out in early May instead of early June.
Updated: 6:42 PM The House Education Committee in Frankfort continued their hearing Tuesday morning about whether UPIKE should become part of the state public university system.
Updated: 1:54 AM The Very Worst Thing, the documentary film about the worst school bus crash in U.S. history, will be screened at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, Kentucky on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 at 7:30pm.
Posted: 10:29 AM State Superintendent of Schools Jorea Marple announced Monday that the waiver would give the state the flexibility to offer a well-rounded curriculum that will not focus on standardized test scores.
Updated: 10:28 AM Earlier this month, a WKYT Investigation found only four counties in the state have enacted ordinances to ban the sale of such drugs.
Posted: 12:08 AM Americans United for the Separation of
Church and State has joined in a call for Gov. Steve Beshear to
cancel a prayer breakfast next week.