Good morning, Nicholasville.

Local author Cindy North will host a free book reading at Luna's Butterfly Cafe on Oct.

18 at 3 p.m.—registration is required as space is limited to 30 people. She will read excerpts from her book, Living in the Wild: Embracing Your Stripes with ADHD, to help people understand ADHD.

Yesterday, a ceremony at Juniper Hill Park in Frankfort honored 10 fallen firefighters + their families by adding their names to a memorial now holding nearly 300 names, with Nicholasville’s Troy Randall present to preserve the brotherhood.

Legislators in Frankfort (state Budget Review Subcommittee on Education) met Wednesday morning to review cost-effective classroom technology spending and screen time after hearing recommendations from North Carolina and Washington experts on managing and updating devices.

Gov. Beshear declared a state of emergency letting farmers and truckers use untaxed dyed diesel on public roads, effective today (pending attorney general approval) to ease rising fuel costs.

The order will continue until the war in Iran ends or until Dec. 31.

The federal farm bill extension expired Sept.

30, leaving Kentucky farmers without key support while the Senate Agricultural Committee advanced a new version that will need final approval to maintain federal assistance.