There is a concern Jefferson County Forest has hazardous waste and Kentucky college students don't face as much debt as they used to.

That's some good news.

Our Toby Gibbs explains in this look at headlines around Kentucky.

Louisville city officials are looking to clean up hazardous waste in a park that has about 40 to 45 barrels that could have leaked toxic material into the soil.

Louisville Public Media reports city park officials have a $68,000 plan to dig trenches and take soil samples in an area dubbed Gully of the Drums in Jefferson Memorial Forest to see if the area has hazardous waste.

The site is about 700 feet from the valley of the drums, where about 17,000 hazardous waste drums were discovered in the late 1970s and eventually removed.

Kentucky has been chosen to be part of a national program focused on reaching state level mental health goals.

The state Journal reports Kentucky is one of six states that will participate in the policy academy to drive thriving youth mental health and well-being.

The Academy will help states use national resources to advance their goals.

Lieutenant Governor Jaclyn Coleman's team focused on mental health, will meet with the National Governors Association regularly to work through challenges.

A new report shows that more undergraduate students in Kentucky are graduating with less debt or no debt.

Louisville Public Media reports.

The Council on Postsecondary Education examined students studying at a public university or a school in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

CPE President Erin Thompson tells LPM that when students graduate without debt, they are better positioned to improve themselves after they find a job.

He says they can use their new income to buy a house and invest in their family.

The Hop Town Chronicle reports the Bell Hook's Book Club will have its first meeting on June 17th at the Pennyroyal Area Museum to discuss communion, The Female Search for Love.

The Book Club is a partnership between the museums of historic Hopkinsville, Christian County and the Bell Hooks Legacy Group.

The Hopkinsville native authored more than 30 books with headlines around Kentucky.

I'm told he gets.