Vocational rehabilitation center in Eastern Kentucky has assisted more than 50,000 people with education, employment, independence

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 14, 2023) — The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center in Johnson County celebrated its 50th anniversary of helping Kentuckians with severe disabilities gain employment and independence with a celebration on Sept. 14 at the center.

BERLIN, MD – Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal Monday morning crash that took the life of a young Istanbul, Turkey man who was riding an electric scooter in Worcester County.

DRY RIDGE, KY – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is reporting that on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 1:21 A.M. KSP Post 6, Dry Ridge received a call from Harrison County Dispatch reference an incident that occurred on U.S. 27 north of Cynthiana.

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OR - The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is asking for the public’s continued vigilance about a phone scam impersonating our members. Recently, a person reported losing $4,000. 

SOMERSET, KY - Pulaski County Sheriff Bobby Jones reports the arrest of a Somerset man on Friday, September 8, 2023 for Burglary in the First Degree and other related charges stemming from an investigation into a residential break-in on or about May 24, 2022.

Opinion Editorial by Aaron Thompson, President of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

If you or your child are headed off to campus this fall, you’re probably worried about a lot of things. Whether college will be worth the cost should be the least of them. 

We’ve read about students who racked up substantial student loan debt with no good job to show for it, or high school graduates earning six-figure salaries out of coding bootcamps. These people, like Powerball jackpot winners, do exist, but they are the rare exceptions and not the rule. They are the statistical outliers who fuel so many alarmist headlines about the value of college.