Michael Berk

1 month ago | lex18.com | Michael Berk |Mike Berk

NICHOLASVILLE, KY. (LEX 18) — They haven’t attended law school yet and are many years from having to take the Kentucky Bar exam, but they sure sounded like trial attorneys inside the Jessamine County high schools’ Career and Tech Center. “We'd like to call attention to stipulation 9, which places limitations on expert witnesses to only conclusions made in their affidavit,” said one of the student-lawyers while presenting pre-trial motions for the prosecution.

1 month ago | lex18.com | Michael Berk |Mike Berk

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — The National Alliance for Mental Illness celebrated its advocacy day in Frankfort on Wednesday, with Kentucky’s Lieutenant Governor leading the charge for the Commonwealth’s young people since taking office in 2019. “My focus has been on youth mental health, and I gathered a group of students and asked them to be our north star for the Kentucky student mental health initiative.

1 month ago | lex18.com | Michael Berk |Mike Berk

BEREA, Ky. (LEX 18) — Inside Kentucky’s Center for Economic Policy, the concern is growing for the future of federal employees. “We've already seen some layoffs, some buyouts and there is some fear among federal employees over what may happen,” said the KCEP Executive Director, Jason Bailey. Bailey said Kentucky has 23,000 federal employees, serving in many roles that are necessary to the commonwealth’s 4,000,000 residents.

2 months ago | lex18.com | Michael Berk |Mike Berk

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — DuJuan Broadus strolled into the conference room inside the University of Kentucky Healthcare Ear, Nose and Throat wing at the Kentucky Clinic. When greeted, he heard me with no trouble at all - two months ago, that would not have been the case. “He actually had a speech referral at school, failed that hearing test at school. And when we got sent to the ENT in Louisville he said he had the hearing of a WWII vet,” said DuJan’s mother, Letisha.

2 months ago | lex18.com | Michael Berk |Mike Berk

SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — The pandemic robbed Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky of the opportunity to showcase its 9,000,000 square foot operation that’s become an enormous part of central Kentucky’s fabric, not to mention what it’s meant to our economic landscape.