Opinion Editorial by Aaron Thompson, President of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

If you or your child are headed off to campus this fall, you’re probably worried about a lot of things. Whether college will be worth the cost should be the least of them. 

We’ve read about students who racked up substantial student loan debt with no good job to show for it, or high school graduates earning six-figure salaries out of coding bootcamps. These people, like Powerball jackpot winners, do exist, but they are the rare exceptions and not the rule. They are the statistical outliers who fuel so many alarmist headlines about the value of college.

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Detective Taylor McDaniel along with Deputy Austyn Weddle arrested two subjects on Friday night September 8, 2023 at approximately 9:46 PM.

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root and London City Police Chief Chuck Johnson are reporting that the Laurel County Drug Interdiction Task Force arrested two individuals on Sunday night September 10, 2023 at approximately 11:30 PM.

EZEL, KY – The  Kentucky State Police (KSP) is reporting that on September 10, 2023, KSP Post 8, Morehead received a call for assistance from Morgan County Dispatch with a fatal collision. The collision occurred on KY 1010 near the Ezel community.

LEXINGTON, KY — A Lexington man, Quincy Marquice Taylor, 37, was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison on Monday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Zach Allen arrested a Stinnett, KY woman on Saturday night September 9, 2023 at approximately 7:50 PM.