Bill Estep

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Bill Estep

Just a few more steps and Melodie Godby would’ve been completely in the basement. That’s when the tornado hit. She and her husband, Dave, had driven from their home on a ridge in the hilly, rural Mount Victory area of eastern Pulaski County to the home of a friend, Doris Arnold, to take shelter in her basement as the strengthening storm approached late on May 16. It was about a three-mile trip.

2 weeks ago | dailyitem.com | Beth Musgrave |Bill Estep

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week it was pausing operations at an estimated 100 Job Corps sites operated by private contractors by June 30. The department cited high costs, low performance and reports of sexual assault and other problems in the nationwide program. Three Kentucky facilities that offer low-income young adults job training and other skills are among the sites that will shutter by the end of June. kAm%96 y@3 r@CAD D:E6D @?

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Beth Musgrave |Bill Estep |Lexington Herald-Leader

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week it was pausing operations at an estimated 100 Job Corps sites operated by private contractors by June 30. The department cited high costs, low performance and reports of sexual assault and other problems in the nationwide program. Three Kentucky facilities that offer low-income young adults job training and other skills are among the sites that will shutter by the end of June.

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Beth Musgrave |Bill Estep

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week it was pausing operations at an estimated 100 Job Corps sites operated by private contractors by June 30. The department cited high costs, low performance and reports of sexual assault and other problems in the nationwide program. Three Kentucky facilities that offer low-income young adults job training and other skills are among the sites that will shutter by the end of June. kAm%96 y@3 r@CAD D:E6D @?

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Beth Musgrave |Bill Estep

Three Kentucky facilities that offer low-income young adults job training and other skills will shutter by the end of June. The US Department of Labor announced Thursday it was pausing operations at an estimated 100 Job Corps sites operated by private contractors by June 30. The department cited high costs, low performance and reports of sexual assault and other problems in the nationwide program. Three Job Corps sites on the chopping block are Carl D. Perkins Center in Prestonsburg, Earle C.