Congratulations to:
Lafayette High School’s Pride of the Bluegrass marching band, which won the Class 5A Marching Band state championship for the third straight year.
Dr. Ryan Stanton, who has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
These graduates of the Kentucky State Police Training Academy:
Dustin Gross and Chad Barnes, Richmond
Phillip Davis, Nicholasville
Michael Sanguigni II, Lexington
Kurt Allen Stafford of Lexington, appointed to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority.
Melinda Ellen Goble of Richmond and Elizabeth J. Smith of Midway. They’ve been named to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Kristi Fehr, a science teacher at Cassidy Elementary School in Lexington, one of four Kentucky teachers who won the President Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Charles E. Humphries of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, who recently graduated from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
Wendell Berry, recipient of the inaugural Carl West Literary Award from Kentucky Humanities.
UK agricultural economists Will Snell and Steve Isaacs, recognized as outstanding leadership program directors by the International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leadership.
Christian Motley of Lexington, a new member of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.
These graduates of the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training:
Sara Bibb and Jared R. New, Madison County E-911
Amanda G. Comley, Adam L. Wilson and Haven McKenney, Jessamine County E-911
Mesha Daniel and Jansen Taylor Thomas, Winchester Police Department
Lydia Austin of Brenda Cowan Elementary, names 2019-20 Dance Teacher of the Year, and Mary Jo Geddes of Tates Creek High School, named Health Education Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.