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Merlene Davis: BCTC graduate is a role model for us all

Megan McCormick is graduating from BCTC today. She wants to work as a para-educator in elementary schools and serve as a role model.

Among those graduating from BCTC Sunday will be honor graduate Megan McCormick, a highly motivated woman who will be receiving an associate's degree in education in hopes of landing a full-time job and independence. That achievement is all the more...

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MERLENE DAVIS

Merlene Davis: VA offering benefits event at local community center

Either because they are unaware or because they don't consider themselves worthy, a lot of veterans don't take full advantage of programs available to them through the Veterans Administration. That is just wrong.
HEALTH

Merlene Davis: Obesity-fighting program needs community support

For more than 14 years, Dr. Antronette "Toni" Yancey had been trying to get America to move more. Yancey created a program called "Instant Recess" in which workers in corporate America, in churches, neighborhoods and schools take about three 10-minute exercise breaks throughout the day. And it might...
MEDICINE

Merlene Davis: Lupus sufferers don't want sympathy, just understanding

Since 2004, Cindy Turley hasn't had many mornings when she could roll out of bed pain free and full of energy.
MERLENE DAVIS

Merlene Davis: Eldercrafters socialize and serve the community

It isn't easy for Linda Leavell to do what she does, especially with arthritic fingers and hands.
FAMILY

Merlene Davis: Discover the history of Lexington's East End in a walking tour

Leave it to local historian Yvonne Giles to uncover information the rest of us were mistaken about.
NEWS

Merlene Davis: Spinal cord injury victim hopes for new van

In February and March, Abigail Carter's wheelchair accessible van was in the shop for needed repairs.
MERLENE DAVIS

Merlene Davis: Helping women dress for success is goal of new group

For months, Jennifer Monarch and Analisa Wagoner have been dotting i's and crossing t's, trying to take their vision from a near-consuming desire to reality.
MERLENE DAVIS

Merlene Davis: Black nursing group hosting scholarship banquet

When Penne Allison attended the 2011 National Black Nurses Association conference, she met a large group of nurses who were at the top of their profession. "I was totally impressed with the level of nurses there," said Allison, director of emergency services at the University of Kentucky HealthCare...
MERLENE DAVIS

Merlene Davis: Ex-truant set to be first black male to earn EKU doctorate

I first met Scott Tyrone Ferguson in 2002 when my older son played basketball at Bryan Station High School.
MERLENE DAVIS

Merlene Davis: Rand Paul wasn't talking to blacks at Howard University speech

A lot of white people have said to me recently that Republican Sen. Rand Paul should get kudos for visiting Howard University and talking with a majority black audience.