Today's News

I feel I must comment on the articles in the paper regarding the band and its new direction. I am a former band member, a former band executive and a former senior parent. I am a firm believer that the band experience will last a student a lifetime more than any sports program and I have done both.

My son graduated this year and it was his worst year in band.

Angela Rutledge of Buffalo was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Those with a GPA of 3.75 or higher qualify for the Dean’s List.

Rutledge is a correspondent for The LaRue County Herald News.

Angelina Suzann McCoy, daughter of Wilbern and Suzann McCoy of Hodgenville, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at Georgetown College.

The Dean’s List honors undergraduate students who completed the semester with at least 12 hours and a 3.7 GPA.

Western Kentucky University’s doctoral program in educational leadership has selected its third cohort of students.

The third group of students will begin the program in July and will complete it in December 2012.

Among the students selected is Kimberly Anderson of Buffalo.

The Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, WKU’s first independent doctoral degree program, was approved in February 2008 by the Council on Postsecondary Education.

Asthma. This is probably a diagnosis that someone in your family has heard at some point. Approximately 30 million people in the country have asthma and it continues to be an ongoing and growing problem. It is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States, affecting 8.3 percent of adults and 10.9 percent of children and is a common reason for excessive absences from school.  Annually, asthma accounts for 14.7 million missed school days for children and 24.5 million missed work days for adults.