Today's News

50 YEARS AGO
Feb. 21, 1963
Jerry Gritton, Western High basketball player, suffered a fracture of his left arm in practice Wednesday afternoon.
He was admitted to the Frankfort hospital.

Darrell W. Sullivan, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Sullivan underwent nine weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Ill.

Feb. 28, 1963
William Burton fell Sunday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bobby Clay, and suffered a severe cut of his mouth. Several stitches were required to close the wound.

Nominations are now open for the 2014 Kentucky Teacher Awards, according to a press release from the Kentucky Department of Education.
Any full-time public school teacher with at least three years of experience is eligible, the release said.
“Students, parents, teaching peers, principals, superintendents or anyone from the community who has an interest in honoring an outstanding educator may nominate a teacher for this award,” according to KDE.

PFC Robert Shawn Callahan graduated from Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, SC., on Dec. 7, and Marine Combat Training at Camp Gieger, NC, on Feb. 12, his family announced.
Callahan is now stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., for additional training for approximately six weeks, and will then be sent to a duty station, his parents said.
His parents, Bobby and Donna Callahan, said they “want to express how proud they are for his decision to serve our country.”