Terry Brooks

Jul 5, 2024 | lexingtonky.news | Terry Brooks

Republished from Kentucky LanternThe annual national KIDS COUNT Data Book includes more data into which to dive than column inches allow. But an overview of the report reminds us that Kentucky is not the best place in America to be young. Or the second-best place. Or the tenth or the 20th or even 30th. Instead, the 2024 report card on the well-being of our nation’s kids plops Kentucky in the bottom rung of states at 38th. More than 200,000 Kentucky kids woke up this morning in poverty.

Feb 22, 2024 | yakimaherald.com | Cassandra Clare |Rebecca Yarros |Terry Brooks

Oh, captain, my captain — Captain America, that is. Emerald City Comic Con is on the horizon, and the yearly celebration of all things nerdy, running Feb. 29-March 3, has attracted some major star power this year.