Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson says the Richmond school’s graduation rate has improved, but is still not good enough.

Lexington city leaders are considering ways to incorporate pay per minute electric scooter ride sharing.  Such thin two wheeled slow speed scooters are not currently found in the bluegrass community.

A nationally known automotive consultant says the widespread use of autonomous vehicles is coming to the U.S.  Future predictions about driverless cars was a part of the first day for this year Kentucky AutoVision Conference.

61 recruits from across the Commonwealth began their participation in a 25 week State Police Training Academy this week.  It comes on the heels of the retirement of 56 troopers in July.   Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rick Sanders says that equaled the entire number who retired in all of 2017.

A ban on harvesting wild ginseng within Kentucky’s national forest remains in effect. 

Although not pertaining to private properties, U.S. Forest Service botanist David Taylor expects public forest land to be protected from ginseng cultivation at least over the next year.  He says it’s hard to say when the ban will be lifted. “We honestly don’t know right now.  We are working with the state department of agriculture and farmers to monitor ginseng populations.  The State Department of Agriculture’s been doing it for a while,” said Taylor.

If the production and airing of political advertisements is any indication, political pundits might say the sixth congressional district race has generated a lot of attention for August.  Reports the central Kentucky contest between GOP incumbent Andy Barr and Democrat Amy McGrath is being viewed with a national lens.

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has earned National Cancer Institute designation for another five years. 

40 firefighters are back in Kentucky following two weeks fighting woodland fires in California.  

University of Louisville Vice President for Health Affairs Greg Postel  envisions growing student populations as a key way to offset reductions in state funding.  

Postel offered his thoughts to Lexington Rotarians Thursday.  Postel says increasing class sizes could be both physical and virtual. “Maybe half and half.  Probably close to half of the increase would be non traditional or on-line students, but students on campus as well.  We’re expecting to see increases in both,” said Postel.