At a special called meeting for the Madison County Board of Education on Thursday, the board approved the purchase of 37.12 acres and the adjacent 25-foot strip of land located on Goggins Lane in Richmond for the sum of $1.7 million and authorized the board share to execute all documents, ag…
In his daily update on Monday, President Lyle Roelofs announced Berea College will increase its minimum wage from $14 per hour for all benefits-eligible, non-temporary employees starting August 16.
Eastern Kentucky University will once more be fully open for on-campus learning for the 2021 Fall Semester.
FRANKFORT (AP) — Two members of Kentucky State University's governing board resigned days before the abrupt departure of the campus president, adding to the upheaval in the highest ranks of the school as it faces an independent investigation into its finances.
For centuries, poetry has been a way of expressing oneself through the written word. With stanzas and verses, a poet can express even the most inexplicable of emotions.
Berea College undergraduate students in the Entrepreneurship for the Public Good Program (EPG) are launching the Champions Program.
Mitigating possible losses from learning during COVID-19 was at the forefront of discussion during the Madison County Board of Education meeting on Thursday.
The Madison Central High School Class of 1972 is planning its 50th year high school reunion this month.
(FRANKFORT, KY) – Donnie Piercey’s life has been so consumed with helping his students survive COVID-era learning he has had little time to focus on much else, according to a news release.
This week Kentucky River Foothills Development Council, Inc. and Eastern Kentucky University celebrated the honorary naming of the Eastern Scholar House.
Coming to Madison County in the fall of 2021 will be two brand new college and career centers.
College is intended to be a safe place for students, but that might not always be possible for students who are changing their gender identity.
At the return of their first in-person meeting since the pandemic, the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents passed a 2% tuition increase for the 2021-22 academic year on Thursday.
During the specially held meeting of the Madison County Board of Education on Friday, the board approved a bid for a construction company to begin work on Clark-Moores Middle School’s renovation project.
Deep in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Mary White, the district archeologist for the forest service, used a small brush to sweep away newly discovered petroglyphs, which are pre-historic carvings.
Berea Independent Schools is “airing on the side of caution” when it comes to the use of masks in the upcoming in-person school year.
In the upcoming school year, The Pinnacle Academy of Berea, the official name for the career pathways program at Berea Community High School, will “hit the ground running,” according to superintendent Diane Hatchett.
VERSAILLES (AP) — The Kentucky Community and Technical College System's Board of Regents voted Friday to keep tuition flat for the coming year.
Every Madison County Schools employee will be receiving at least a $1 pay raise to their hourly wage, the school board approved Thursday.
Madison County Schools partnered with McCay’s Total Care Pharmacy to provide the county another opportunity to get their COVID-19 vaccination. In total, 129 citizens took advantage of the opportunity.
FRANKFORT (AP) — Kentucky's new law allowing scholarship tax credits to support private school tuition drew a court challenge Monday from an education group, which argues that the program is unconstitutional and undermines support for public schools.
Model Laboratory School announced Dr. Christopher Budano has been named Interim Secondary Principal. He is currently the Director of Teaching and Learning at Model and will begin the new role on July 1, 2021, according to a press release.
A trailer filled with fluffy farm animals pulled into the bus lane at Kingston Elementary in Berea Friday morning.
Madison County Schools is partnering with McCay’s Total Care Pharmacy to provide the county another opportunity to get their COVID-19 vaccination.
FRANKFORT (AP) — A state commission has recommended funding for projects in several Kentucky school districts as part of a $127 million school construction plan, Gov. Andy Beshear said.
During the Thursday Madison County Board of Education meeting, the board evaluated superintendent David Gilliam on his third year as superintendent of the district.
As the sun beat down on the Madison Central football field, 2021 seniors gathered to receive their diplomas.
After a year of many changes, Madison Southern Seniors got the chance to walk across a stage on Friday and receive their diplomas in person.
For Berea Community School’s graduating class of 2021, in-person graduation seemed like it might be out of reach.
For some students, 2021 marked the return to in-person learning, but for others, their entire year of education continued virtually.
Madison County School students will have the chance to “redo” the 2020-2021 school year.
The sun shined down on a sea of decorated caps Friday, illuminating hundreds of happy faces, as Eastern Kentucky University students participated in the university's first in-person commencement ceremony since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round.
Even more children at White Hall Elementary will be able to take part in learning about gardening thanks to a donation from Sustainable Berea.
The special called Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents meeting kicked off Monday with new beginnings -- starting with the swearing-in of new regent Mike Eaves by Judge Jennings.
Eastern Kentucky University is proud to announce its 2021 foundation professors as Dr. Myra Beth Bundy and Dr. Jennifer Spock.
BEREA — Administrators at Berea College have announced that in-person instruction, student labor, and other educational activities will resume on campus during the upcoming fall term.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expanding a program to feed as many as 34 million schoolchildren during the summer months, using funds from the coronavirus relief package approved in March.
FRANKFORT (AP) — Kentucky will spend $23 million to improve highway safety near public schools, according to the governor's office.
Senate Bill 128, also known as the Supplemental School Year Program or the redo bill, gives Kentucky school districts the chance to give their students a ‘redo button.’
Senate Bill 128, also known as the Supplemental School Year Program or the redo bill, gives Kentucky school districts the chance to give their students a ‘redo button.’
Final renovation plans for Clark-Moores Middle school have been approved.
Arguably, not many positive things have come from COVID-19.
Madison Southern's football field will once more be filled with music pretty soon.
Madison County Schools seniors will once more have the chance to walk across a stage to get their diplomas at the end of this school year.
Apollo Pizza, which has been a staple in Madison County since 1981, logo.
About this time last year, Madison County Schools and Berea Independent Schools were trying to figure out how to wrap up a school year without actually being in school.
In 2021 Madison County Schools hope seniors will once again walk across a stage to receive their diplomas.
FRANKFORT (AP) — Republican lawmakers advanced legislation Thursday to make it easier for Kentucky students to cross district lines and potentially tap into funding pools to help pay school expenses, a measure critics say could threaten the viability of some school districts.
As COVID-19 made its way through Madison County, the public school system shut its doors.
Since it opened in 2017, Eastern Kentucky University's Scholar House has held a big year-end celebration for the pre-kindergarten students in its Head Start program.
The irony of the moment wasn't lost on Model Laboratory senior class president Jacob Osborne.
There were no speeches.
BEREA — The rain poured down, very hard at times, for most of the day.
Students at a pair of Madison County Schools got one last chance to come back on campus last week and goodbye to their teachers.
A steady line of cars filed through the parking lot of Berea Community School Thursday evening.
Eight students were celebrated in a different kind of graduation Thursday afternoon.
Schools all across Madison County have welcomed their students back onto their campuses in recent weeks — but not for classes.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Department of Education is asking school districts to be flexible as they plan calendars for the next school year.
As part of the celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4-8), the staff at Model Laboratory wanted to do something special for the families of their students.
BEREA -- Many schools across Madison County have held teachers parades since the COVID-19 outbreak -- where the teachers and staff drive through the neighbors of students.
There are no new cases of the coronavirus for Madison County as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the local health department.
More than anything, local school leaders are most upset about how their schools won't be ending in a traditional fashion following Gov. Andy Beshear's recommendation Monday that schools remain closed for the rest of the academic year.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky announced plans Tuesday to lay off and furlough some employees in response to a projected $70 million budget shortfall in the coming year caused by the coronavirus.
Former EKU softball player Stayce Toups has traded her glove for a mask and gown to help combat COVID-19.
Morehead State University Theatre students have come together to present its latest production in an unconventional way after the university canceled all public performance by the School of Creative Arts.
In recent weeks, schools across Madison County have been conducting teacher parades, where staff and facility drive around in a festive procession and visit their students in their neighborhoods -- from a safe distance.
Eastern Kentucky University is seeking nominations for EKU alumni who are working in critical roles on the front line.
Interim President David McFaddin announced the plan to refund 33% of housing costs and 33% of dining plan costs in an email sent to students on March 9.
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