
Headlines Around Kentucky (7/16/2024)
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Headlines around Kentucky for 7/16/2024.
An update on a bridge linking Kentucky to Illinois, and keeping tabs on the state's wild turkey population.
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Headlines Around Kentucky (7/16/2024)
Clip: Season 3 Episode 32 | 2m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
An update on a bridge linking Kentucky to Illinois, and keeping tabs on the state's wild turkey population.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ What's the status of a new bridge linking Kentucky to Illinois.
>> And there's a need for help keeping tabs on the commonwealth's wild Turkey population.
Our tell begins has those stories in our Tuesday.
Look at headlines around Kentucky.
♪ >> A new report on housing across the state shows that housing challenges could become worse as economic development projects increased.
The Hop town Chronicle reports the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's Center for Policy and Research study found that less than 12% of the state's housing units were built in 2010 or later, the research Center's executive director Charles, all says the senator has her growing concerns about housing from employers and officials.
Nearly 90% of leaders said in the report they didn't think their areas could meet the housing needs of the development.
Bringing 1000 jobs.
I plan to replace the U.S. 51 Ohio River Cairo bridge with a taller and wider bridge is moving forward after a recent community meeting.
The Paducah Sun reports the bridge currently connects Cairo, Illinois, the Wickliffe Kentucky, the replacement bridge will be placed 1000 feet north from the Cairo Bridge, construction of the bridge is not set to start until 2028 based on funding.
The project is expected to take 4 to 5 years.
The safe haven baby boxes been installed in Pikeville and officials say it's the first one in the area.
The Appalachian News Express reports the Appalachian Pregnancy Center raised $18,000 for the Safe Haven Baby Box to be installed.
The baby box allows parents to drop off their baby to a safe location and relinquished parental rights without facing charges.
Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources say that he'd help observing wild turkeys to the summer months.
The how the Enterprise reports the department is using an online portal to learn more about their population trends that Turkey program compiles data from the sightings and staff into a statewide index for biologist can determine reproductive success, which is important to the sustainability of the Turkey project.
With headlines around Kentucky.
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