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Beshear approves exchange to expand health insurance

Calling it “the single-most important decision in our lifetime for improving the health of Kentuckians,” Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday announced the inclusion of 308,000 more Kentuckians in the federal Medicaid health insurance program.

Beshear said announcing the expansion that, together with the creation of the Health Benefit Exchange, this would ensure that every Kentuckian will have access to affordable health insurance.

A player nicknamed “Giggles” helped the Collins baseball team get the last laugh  – and the only run – Wednesday night against its crosstown rival.

Sophomore Paul Miller’s run-scoring single in the top of the fifth inning was the difference in the Titans’ 1-0 triumph over Shelby County in a key 30th District game – as well as one between two Top 25 teams – at the Shelby County Athletic Complex.

GOSHEN – Wednesday was a good night for Gabby Karas and Michael Barry but a tough one for Zach Shipley.

Karas, an eighth-grader at Collins, and Barry, a senior at Shelby County, each won two events at the Class AA, Region 3 track & field meet at North Oldham.

However Shipley, a Shelby County senior and the defending state champion in the 300-meter hurdles, was injured during the meet and limped to a ninth-place finish.

Ag census deadline is at end of May

With the window to respond to the 2012 Census of Agriculture officially closing on May 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is urging farmers and ranchers not to miss this opportunity to be counted and help determine the future of farming in America.

USDA has already received more than 2 million completed agriculture census forms, the agency said in release.