A proposed law filed Friday would raise the price of a pack of cigarettes in Kentucky by 70 cents. If passed by the General Assembly and signed by the governor, House Bill 443 would raise the cigarette tax to $1, up from 30 cents. It would also cause a rise in the price of smokeless tobacco products that has not yet been determined, said state Rep. David Watkins, D-Henderson, who filed the bill.
As Jeffery Simpson sits in the back row of his music class, he pays close attention to the instructor and the sheet music in front of him, working toward his end-of-semester goal. "I want to learn to play well enough to play in church," said Simpson, 85.
A big blue sky and a green house may be the winning combination at a solar house building competition in 2009. UK is one of the 20 schools in the world selected to design and build a house solely operated by the sun in the U.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. is blending community service and political activism activities, along with a little socializing, for its '06 Degrees Below Zero Week. "This isn't a week of events just for African-American students," said music and African-American studies senior Jeremiah Muwanga, an Alpha Phi Alpha member.