The Todd County Standard is looking into the issue of vaccine hesitancy, as the county continues to be toward the bottom in percentage of residents getting it.
Ryan Craig, the publisher for the Elkton-based newspaper, says they started research by looking at the vaccine rates in Todd and surrounding counties and determined there is hesitancy across that portion of the Pennyrile region.
Craig adds when it comes to vaccination rates for those 65 and older, that same area seems to be in line with the rest of the Commonwealth.
One theory brought up in the Todd County Standard article discusses the Amish population not getting the vaccine.
The Historic Todd County group unveiled a 50-year-old time capsule to the public Saturday evening.
A county native, who was an integral part of its burial, came full circle as he watched the capsule unpacking in the Todd County Fiscal Court meeting room.
James Groves was appointed by then Judge-Executive Charlie Power to head up the committee to plan the phases for the project. Groves told the News Edge the time capsule followed the sesquicentennial of the county.
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ECHO, a local child abuse prevention and education organization, has presented its annual Partner in Prevention award to Courier Journal reporter Deborah Yetter for her years of work covering child abuse and neglect in Kentucky.
ECHO, which stands for Exploited Children s Help Organization, presented Yetter with the honor Friday at its Pancakes and Pinwheels breakfast held annually in April, which is national Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Yetter, 67, has worked at The Courier Journal since 1984, covering child welfare, human services, health policy and state government.
ECHO board member Gloria Berry said Yetter and The Courier Journal were being recognized for efforts to help people understand, recognize and report child maltreatment. She said such coverage is important as Kentucky for the third year in a row ranks first in the nation in its rate of child abuse and neglect,