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2 days ago | thenewsenterprise.com | Amy Smith

G. A. Wells, Central Kentucky Art Guild’s Artist of the Year, said she was encouraged to pursue art for longer than she can remember. An artist herself, Wells’ mother made sure to include visits to local museums as a priority while on her many trips to Europe with her daughter as she grew up. kAmp=E9@F89 D96 6?;@J65 >2?J[ E96 }6F6D |FD6F> @? |FD6F> xD=2?5 :?

3 days ago | thenewsenterprise.com | Bruce Schreiner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stepped up his efforts Wednesday to guarantee preschool access for every 4-year-old in the state, offering assurances his plan would reap widespread benefits — improving student performance while bolstering employment and family incomes. Having been stymied by the state's GOP-supermajority legislature in recent years when he pitched his universal pre-K plan, Beshear kicked off a campaign in hopes of building grassroots support.

3 days ago | thenewsenterprise.com | Amy Smith

When she was in eighth grade, a home visit from the community doctor in Meade County made such an impact on Amanda Chism, she decided to become a physician. “I thought that it would be really cool to have a job where you could take care of people that way,” Chism said. “We had done dissection in school around that same time, and I had a grandmother that was sort of in nursing. So, there were just a lot of things leading me to that path.”kAmx?

3 days ago | thenewsenterprise.com | Carly Dick

McCracken County — A first-of-its-kind uranium enrichment facility is on track to be built in McCracken County, which would position the county as a national leader in nuclear energy, employing hundreds and boosting the economy. Global Laser Enrichment founded an advanced uranium enrichment process and plans to relocate to a 665-acre plot of land adjacent to the Department of Energy Paducah site. kAm%96 4@?DECF4E:@?

4 days ago | thenewsenterprise.com | Amy Smith

Having recently graduated from John Hardin High School, Hayley Sandfer is heading to Western Kentucky University in a few months to pursue her dream of becoming a special education teacher. Sandfer already knew she wanted to teach children from time spent with her younger sister, Aaliyah. kAm“x 92G6 2 J@F?86C D:DE6C H9@ :D `a J62CD J@F?86C E92?