Kentucky News Now – August 18th 2014

KSU-FORENSICS PROGRAM

KSU offers forensics master's program

(Information in the following story is from: The State Journal, http://www.state-journal.com)

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State University is offering a forensics master's program.

The State Journal reports the program will combine aspects of psychology, criminology and sociology, and that it will provide students with multiple career pathways into the justice system or give them a foundation for continuing research.

The program will require students to take 45 hours of class time over five semesters.

Interested applicants should apply to the Kentucky State University office of graduate studies.

COUNSELING SCHOLARSHIP

Personal loss leads to new hope

GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) — A scholarship fund for those who need counseling but can't afford it has been established in memory of a young Glasgow girl who died unexpectedly in September.

Eight-year-old Cheyenne Lloyd was unresponsive when her mother, Cassie, tried to wake her for school Sept. 23. Despite multiple attempts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced dead a few hours later at T.J. Samson Community Hospital.

Cassie Lloyd sought counseling in the months following her daughter's death, but found she could not afford the service.

Now the scholarship named after her daughter will not only benefit her, but others who also need grief counseling.

There are plans to launch an annual fundraiser for the scholarship fund.

BOURBON BOOM

Bourbon production reaches high point since '70s

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky bourbon companies are making more booze than they have since the 1970s, but the high production also holds an inherent risk.

To put it in bartenders' lingo: Distillers are putting up the tab for millions of rounds of bourbon years before it's even ordered.

Hitting the right moment — a big supply meshing with big demand — could mean a serious payday for one of Kentucky's landmark traditions. Missing the target would leave bourbon makers awash with supply and leave future production in question, particularly for the craft distilleries that have seen a recent boom in popularity.

ARMY CUTS-FORT CAMPBELL

Communities write letters to stave off Army cuts

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Communities around Fort Campbell are asking residents to write or sign letters to the U.S. Army in an effort to stave off significant cuts at the sprawling Army post that straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.

The Army said in July that Fort Campbell could lose half its civilian and military workforce — about 16,000 people — and take an economic hit of $863 million if maximum cuts in both budget and force size are reinstated in 2016. That's twice the amount as originally projected.

Clarksville, Tennessee, Mayor Kim McMillan said residents can sign pre-written letters or write their own.

Christian County, Kentucky, Chamber of Commerce official Kensley Marcus said the letters are a way to tell Army officials how cuts would negatively affect the area around the post.

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