Congratulations to:

Charlie Lanter, former Director of the Lexington Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention.  He’s been named the 2017 winner of the University of Kentucky Sullivan Medallion, the highest honor UK presents to recognize humanitarian efforts.

Crystal Wilkinson, whose novel “The Birds of Opulence” has earned the Weatherford Award for Fiction and the Judy Gaines Young Book Award.

Samuel N. Hazen, J. Michael Schlotman and Charles M. Sonsteby, all inducted into the Gatton College Alumni Hall of Fame.

These students from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, who were first place winners at the Kentucky Future Business Leaders of America conference:  Julia Radhakrishnan, Journalism; Sahar Mahammadzadeh, Public Speaking; Helen Pang, Economics; Sai Naidu, Kevin Jing and Rehan Ghanta, Sports and Entertainment Management.

Derek Langdon Combs and Barbara Ann Ellerbrook, both of Lexington, named to the Kentucky State Corrections Commission.

Greg Heileman, named associate provost for student and academic life at the University of Kentucky.

Kaitlyn Roark of Bryan Station High School, overall winner in the Sixth Congressional District in the 2017 Congressional Art Competition.

Diana Lila of Eastside Technical Center in Lexington, winner of the Capture the Earth videography contest for high school students.

Dr. Shambra L. Mulder, Laureen Mary Vassil, Debra S. Sharon, Jean Ann Isaacs and Jason P. Jones, all of Lexington; and Paul Dee Geouge III and Randall E. Brewer, both of Winchester.  They’ve all been appointed to the Hart-Supported Living Council.