The United Way of South Central Illinois announced its annual “Stuff the Bus” program that provides school supplies for students across the community from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15.

This year the 1moquestion youth mentorship program created by Travis Barber is teaming up with famous Atlanta Rapper Pastor Troy to offer free studio time to honor roll and outstanding academic students, to help keep kids out of trouble and away from gangs.

“Our Small Business Cohort is focused on giving small businesses the skills and connections they need to move to the next level and grow,” Chamber President and CEO Sandra Wilson explains. Applications are open now. 

One Murray State University student — Rose Nelson of Cadiz, Kentucky — will soon have the opportunity to serve as an English Teaching Assistant in South Korea thanks to her receipt of a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. 

"Exceptional." That's the word Administrative Coordinator Samuel Tharpe uses to describe the first five young men graduating from Tennessee's only Call Me MiSTER® program at the University of Tennessee at Martin.

 Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is calling for making preschool available to every 3- and 4-year-old in the state within four years, starting with a $440 million investment to bring 5,000 additional children into the program this fall. 

 If you're an entrepreneur with a big idea but don't have the know-how or tools to build your own software, you may be interested in this year's West Kentucky Innovation Challenge.

Top Tennessee health officials attempted to oust Planned Parenthood from a program designed to prevent and treat HIV before eventually deciding to forgo federal funding for the program, despite warnings that doing so will have a devastating impact on marginalized communities.

Many community members are gathered at Paducah Tilghman High School for the Paducah-McCracken County NAACP's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration. Click to watch live.