Week of November 16th, 2015

By Greg Jenkins

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Mountain Edition

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November 17, 2015

MSU

Monday, November 16, 2015 — There’s a runoff election for mayor in Ironton Tuesday. The new Kids Count survey says 26 percent of Kentucky’s children live in poverty…and Kentucky State Police are looking for the person who murdered a seven-year-old girl at a high school football game in Scottsville last Friday. Tuesday, November 17, 2015 — A Greenup County teenager will be tried as an adult in the death of another teen. The chief justice of the State Supreme Court says Kentucky judges are not paid enough…and Blue Run Road in Scioto County will be closed for part of the day tomorrow so work can be done on the Portsmouth Bypass. Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Thursday, November 19, 2015 Friday, November 20, 2015 — A cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader pushes back against accusations of racism from Governor-elect Matt Bevin. The Elliott County School District is recognized for its “energy star” schools…And Congressman Hal Rogers votes to restrict the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the US.

Author

Operations Director

Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.