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Candidates For Lieutenant Governor To Face Off On KET Tonight

By Alan Lytle • 12 hours ago

Candidates for Lieutenant Governor will go head to head tonight on statewide TV as Republican Ralph Alvarado and Democrat Jacqueline Coleman appear on KET’s Kentucky Tonight with Renee Shaw. There are now less than 3 weeks remaining until election day and the latest independent poll shows a neck and neck race, so what, if anything, can each respective candidate do to “move the needle” in their party’s direction? This week on Capitol Chat we’re putting that question to Laura Cullen Glasscock; editor and publisher of the Kentucky Gazette in Frankfort.

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How Should Opioid Lawsuit Money Be Spent? Ohio Valley Has No Shortage Of Needs

By By Aaron Payne|Ohio Valley ReSource • 12 hours ago

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At a town hall event in Logan, Ohio, Kelly Taulbee walks through the steps of an encounter with someone experiencing an opioid overdose. She's training a group to use NARCAN, the opioid reversal medication. She pulled out the small applicator and demonstrated how easy it is to spray the medication in someone’s nose.

As the director of nursing for the Hocking County health department, she understands the importance of this life-saving medicine.

“It is simple. It is safe. It is effective,” she said.

But she also knows that NARCAN is just one of many tools needed to respond to a crisis that has grown to affect nearly every aspect of life in this rural corner of southern Ohio.

Football's Vaughn Taylor Jr. Garners Third PFL Defensive Player of the Week Honor

By MSU Athletics • 12 hours ago

After putting forth his best effort in an Eagle uniform, Morehead State football's Vaughn Taylor, Jr. has garnered Pioneer Football League Defensive Player of the Week honors.

The honor marks the third of Taylor's career, making him the most honored defender in the Eagle's PFL tenure (2001-present) and the first to win the honor in back-to-back weeks.

Valient Effort Earns Soccer Scoreless Draw With Colonels

By MSU Athletics • 12 hours ago

Despite losing playing one-woman down for over two-thirds of its match, the Morehead State Soccer team found a way to grind out a 0-0 double-overtime draw against Ohio Valley Conference rivals Eastern Kentucky on Sunday afternoon in their final match of the 2019 season at MSU Recreation & Wellness Field.

Freshman midfielder Nicole Fiantaco was issued a red card in the 31st minute of the match, causing the Eagles to compete with only 10 players for the remainder of the regulation and overtime.

The Reader’s Notebook: George Stinney

By Greg Jenkins • 15 hours ago

October 21, 2019 -- George Junius Stinney, Jr., was an African American youth convicted, at age 14, of murdering two white girls, ages 7 and 11, in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina. He was executed by electric chair in June of that year.

Our Island Universe: Why Are There 7 Days in a Week?

By Greg Jenkins • 19 hours ago

A year is how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. A day is how long it takes the Earth to spin once on its axis. Why are there 7 days in a week?! #OurIslandUniverse

Pianist Asiya Korepanova performs concert at MSU next week

By Morehead State University • Oct 19, 2019

Master pianist Asiya Korepanova will perform a concert titled “Past and Present” at Morehead State University at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in Duncan Recital Hall. She will also be joined by Dr. Nathan Mensink, visiting professor of music at MSU, on alto saxophone.

The concert is free and open to the public.

In addition to featuring the music of well-known composers like Beethoven, Korepanova will perform the Franz Liszt arrangement of Richard Wagner’s “Tannhäuser Overture.”

Morehead State receives additional $3.5 million commitment from Crafts

By Morehead State University • Oct 19, 2019

The Morehead State University Foundation has received a commitment from Dr. Joe and Ambassador Kelly Craft of Lexington for an additional $3.5 million over the next five years.

This brings their total support for the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics to just over $10 million.

The gift will be used to ensure the sustained excellence of The Craft Academy – a STEM+X Residential High School for gifted and talented students in Kentucky- made possible through the Craft’s generosity as well as appropriations from the Kentucky General Assembly.

Pete Christlieb and Bob Cooper

By Paul Hitchcock • Oct 19, 2019

Live From The Jazz Lounge

Program #28 (October 20 at 6:00pm)

Pete Christlieb and Bob Cooper – Live: Mosaic (1991)

Recorded live at The Portland Inn in Portland, Oregon on February 16, 1990.

Performers include:

Pete Christlieb and Bob Cooper – Tenor Saxophone

Chuck Berghofer – Bass

Donald Bailey – Drums

Mike Wofford – Piano

(provided by Discogs)

Football Ousts Butler for Homecoming Victory

By MSU Athletics • Oct 19, 2019

Quarterback Mark Pappas threw for a career-high 300 yards and three touchdowns and defensive end Vaughn Taylor recorded 3.5 tackles, including a sack and a half as the Morehead State football team outlasted Butler 31-20 for a Homecoming victory at Jayne Stadium Saturday.

MSU, now 4-3 and 2-1 in the Pioneer Football League, posted its first 2-1 league start since the 2015 season. The Bulldogs slipped to 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the conference after winning the previous two years' matchups with the Eagles.