Praise for the Pikeville Fire Department after a martin County building collapse.

And there's a new effort to stop opioid addiction in infants.

Our Toby Gibbs tells us more in this look at headlines around Kentucky.

A new partnership aims to improve care for Kentucky infants who've been exposed to opioids.

W m k y reports the Louisville based company send received a $750,000 grant from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans to train hospitals on how to care for babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome without relying too much on opioids.

It's not clear which hospitals will participate in the training, but an official with the company said it hopes to train five hospitals as early as January.

More Narcan boxes are going up in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Standard reports the Lincoln Trail District Health Department and the Nelson County addiction response effort placed a community Narcan box at the First Christian Church of Bardstown.

Narcan is used for emergency treatment after an opioid overdose.

The box has other resources for those who may be interested in substance use, treatment or recovery support.

The Health Department serves Hardin, LaRue, Marion made Nelson and Washington counties.

Plans are underway in Bowling Green to build additional tornado shelters in the city.

Deborah Hyland West, the public information officer for the City of Bowling Green, told Q Public Radio that FEMA approved a disaster recovery grant to fund additional tornado shelters to build five more shelters spanning three parks.

This comes in the wake of the 2021 tornadoes that hit western Kentucky.

West tells CU Public Radio that construction of the shelters will begin next year.

The project is expected to cost $3 million, with 90% of that cost covered by the FEMA grant.

Several members of the Pikeville Fire Department were recognized by the Pikeville City Commission last week for their rapid response to the coal plant collapse in Martin County on October 31st.

Pikeville Fire Chief Johnny Cole told the Appalachia News Express his department is one of three departments in the eastern region that are trained in building collapse and that, quote, There are first responders that didn't want to go into a collapse without our guys going in and, quote, two workers were killed when the building that was being prepped for demolition collapsed.

Both men were from Pike County.

With headlines across Kentucky, I'm Toby Gibbs.