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At the invitation of the chief justice, Kentucky judges recently came together for a joint two-day college to focus on a variety of topics of interest to trial court and appellate judges.

The Administrative Office of the Courts hosted a Spring Judicial College for Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals, Circuit Court and District Court judges April 23 and 24 in Lexington.

Members of Living Faith Baptist Fellowship in Elizabethtown recently visited Tammy Simpson’s second-grade class at Owsley County Elementary School. They brought a bag of books for summer reading for each of the 22 students in the class, as well as other items for the children’s summer enjoyment.

A second-hand bus struck by a drunken driver burst into flames against the night sky. It's been 25 years since 27 people died on the curvy stretch of Interstate 71 in Carroll County. Most of the 40 other children on board required hospital care. Some still carry obvious scars from the fiery crash and all deal with some form of emotional scar.

When news rapidly spread Monday afternoon that a tornado, about a mile wide and packing wind speeds of close to 200 miles per hour, was ripping through the town of Moore, Okla., local Red Cross personnel knew they would be on standby to assist.

By Tuesday morning, local American Red Cross Director of Volunteer Services Sharon Thompson was involved in a conference call about national plans to assist the thousands left without daily needs.