The Bluegrass Writers Coalition, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting literature in all forms across Kentucky, will hold a free Community Reading on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. at the Paul Sawyier Public Library River Room. This reading is open to the public a…

Mary Roberts has been a leader in her fourth-grade class at Bridgeport Elementary, and she is the WesBanco Student of the Month.

Franklin County was one of 43 Kentucky public high schools that received the prestigious College Success Award from GreatSchools.org, the nation’s leading nonprofit providing school information to parents and families.

Western Hills junior Ellie Roberts and members of her team at the Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs came up with hundreds of problems that could be addressed with a business model.

Western Hills opened the first round of the Commonwealth Academic League fall competition Monday, hosting Anderson County and winning 149-109.

There is no replacement for peace of mind and that is just the recipe that Mentors and Meals, an afterschool program for Elkhorn Middle School students, provides on a twice-weekly basis.

During a special-called meeting on Friday morning, the Kentucky State University Board of Regents discussed what steps the university needed to take to perform an external audit of the college's finances. 

Frankfort High is one of seven schools in Kentucky that have earned the distinction of being called a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School.

Three Western Hills students — Lane Broughton, Sarah Lodmell and Mahathi Turlapati — recently earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs.

A Western Hills High School and The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science senior and a Franklin County senior are two local students recognized as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Kentucky State University is a partner institution in the establishment of an Agriculture Business Innovation Center, which was recently funded by a $1.92 million investment by the USDA.

WILLIAMSBURG — In recognition of academic performance, the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs at University of the Cumberlands has announced that Alexie Brough, of Frankfort, has been named to the Dean's List for the summer 2022 semester.

At the Franklin County Schools board meeting on Monday night, Superintendent Mark Kopp discussed potential district facility plan (DFP) projects that the FCS could begin construction on in the next year.

From power washers to toothbrushes, students from The Frankfort Christian Academy used whatever was needed to help clean flood-ravaged Riverside Christian School in Breathitt County.

The Frankfort Independent Schools board accepted the resignation of one of its own at a special-called meeting Tuesday night.

Jaxon Cudd is a welcome voice at Bridgeport Elementary, and he is the WesBanco Student of the Week.

For the second year in a row, Franklin County Schools has lowered its tax rate.

Three students from Frankfort received degrees from the University of the Cumberlands in August.

Despite an ongoing effort to meet its 2022 fundraising goal, the Frankfort Rotary Youth Fund and its corporate partners, Frankfort Plant Board and Burch Court Dental, awarded nine local high school graduates $2,000 scholarships to pursue additional training and education that will help them …

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) at the University of Kentucky has announced that 22 undergraduates have been selected for the 2022-23 Undergraduate Research Ambassador program.

School has only been in session for three weeks, but Hadleigh Flynn is turning heads at Bridgeport Elementary.

There was a bomb threat at Franklin County High School last week as well as a thwarted attempted "copycat" bomb threat at Western Hills earlier this week.

Krista Dann Hayden-Jackson recently completed a masters degree in Public Administration at Eastern Kentucky University, specializing in Community Development. 

Franklin County’s senior class had a goal — collect 10,000 bottles of water for flood victims in eastern Kentucky.

Ella Hutcherson is involved in a variety of activities at Franklin County, including serving in a leadership role.

A bomb threat at Franklin County High School Thursday afternoon forced administrators to evacuate students and staff from school property.

Come Thursday morning, Kentucky State’s marching band will begin its trip to Houston and the Pepsi National Battle of the Bands presented by Toyota.

With the local Women’s Equality Day celebration a week away, The State Journal is wrapping up its three-part series on women in various leadership roles in the community.

Seth Carr, a 2022 graduate of Franklin County High School, recently won the Kentucky FFA state tractor driving contest.

Josh Scott, 16, a junior at Western Hills High School, has made it to the finals in the USA Mullet Championships on Facebook. Voting began Monday and will last through Friday.

A Franklin Circuit Court judge sided with The State Journal in a lawsuit brought by the Kentucky State University Foundation (KSUF), which claimed it was not a public agency and therefore not required to release several records requested by the newspaper.

Jacob Hogan, son of Lana and Doug Hogan, was awarded the Bert Hawkins Memorial Scholarship by the scholarship’s board of directors.

Damon Greene is gone, but he certainly isn’t forgotten.

Nine Kentucky colleges and universities, including Kentucky State University, have identified strategies to increase degree completion rates and close equity gaps with the help of the Kentucky Student Success Collaborative, an initiative of the Council on Postsecondary Education.

The Kentucky State University baseball team has earned the 2021-22 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award.

Kentucky State University led the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with 51 of its student-athletes receiving the 2021-22 D2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award.

The Franklin County Rams and the Elkhorn Middle School Elks football programs are hosting a Stuff the Trucks event from 6-7:30 tonight in front of Franklin County High School, 1100 E. Main St., to collect supplies for flood victims in Buckhorn, Kentucky.

Kentucky State University has announced its participation in the Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness Program. The initiative helps Black college students at over 30 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) prepare for the workforce through digital skills training and career wo…

Hundreds of area children will be walking into their first day of school wearing a new pair of shoes, kickstarting a successful year of learning.  

A new school year begins Tuesday for Frankfort Independent Schools, and with that comes a new arrival and dismissal plan at Second Street School.