Kentucky Girls Scouts launch new cookie and virtual selling for 2021 cookie season
With having to quickly navigate unexpected changes during the 2020 cookie season due to COVID-19, Kentucky Girl Scouts are prepared to sell cookies safely for the 2021 cookie season with the help of new innovative virtual tools that optimize socially distant and contactless sales. If that wasn't enough, Kentucky Girl Scouts also launched a brand new cookie, the Toast Yay!™,...
Secretary of State extends student contest deadline through December
To further assist 6th-12th graders participating in the Secretary of States essay and slogan contests, Secretary Adams has extended the entry deadline through December 31 through 5 pm. The statewide essay contest is open to students in grades 9 - 12, while the statewide slogan contest is for grades 6 - 8. The Secretary of State will award prizes and...
Guidelines for trick or treat in Lexington 2020
The city of Lexington will have trick-or-treating on Saturday, October 31 from 6-8 pm. As in the past, there will be more police patrols on the evening of Halloween. Candy should be wrapped individually, or in individual goodie bags, and placed on a table, driveway or porch for trick-or-treaters to pick-up themselves. It is not recommended to use bowls of...
Henry Clay freshman launches his own bread business
Clint Corkran took the trend of homemade bread and made a business out of it. The 14-year-old, Henry Clay freshman recently launched his own made-from-scratch bread business, Clint’s Home Baked Bread. The inital idea to start a business came with a white-four artisan bread recipe he was given. It took about a month for Corkran to receive his home-based processing...
Lexington Public Library expands youth meal distribution
The Lexington Public Library will expand its grab-and-go meal distribution program to its Village Branch on Versailles Road. This initiative, in partnership with God’s Pantry Food Bank, began in September through their Northside Branch. Meals are available to youth 18 years old and younger from 3:30-5:30pm, Monday through Saturday and include a take home enrichment activity. Teens and children at...
