Education

Fifteen students from Marion County have been named Senator Jeff Green Scholars. Students earn this designation by achieving a 4.0 grade point average all four years of high school and scoring at least a 28 composite on the ACT.
These students have also earned $2,500 a year in Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) awards. Their awards may be renewed each year of college if they continue high scholastic achievement, making the total value of their KEES worth $10,000.

Getting on the school bus Tuesday, Aug. 23, Rachel Lamkin had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Earlier in the school day, she had been warned about a possible fight on the bus. Taking her seat, Rachel noticed many of the students on the bus had their cell phones out, as if they were preparing to photograph or videotape something.