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5 hours ago · Abstract. In the United States, direct support professionals (DSPs) support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) so they can live in the community. Thirty years of deinstitutionalization and the development of community living options would not have been possible without DSPs. Although life for people with IDD improved greatly, working conditions, wages/benefits ...
1 day ago · A native of western Kentucky, Operle earned his bachelor's degree in integrated strategic communications from the University of Kentucky in 2014. Operle spent five years working for Paxton Media/The Paducah Sun as a reporter and editor. In addition to his work in the news industry, Operle is a passionate movie lover and concertgoer.
5 hours ago · The Cincinnati native has worked as an editor for newspapers in Florida, Ohio and Kentucky and as a former adjunct instructor of journalism at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
5 hours ago · Timothy Rich, a professor of political science at Western Kentucky University, also found through a study he published in The Diplomaty that while South Korean receptiveness toward ethnic Koreans from abroad appears to vary by place of origin, 42.22 percent overall disagreed or strongly disagreed with the idea of encouraging ethnic Koreans from ...
7 hours ago · Western Kentucky, including a number of communities in Hopkins County, endured a series of devastating tornadoes in 2021 that killed 81 people. “There were a lot of people that were just getting their lives put back together and then this,” Hopkins County emergency management director Nick Bailey was quoted by The Associated Press as saying.
8 hours ago · He received an academic merit award at Western Kentucky University as well as the Student Government Association Community Builder Scholarship. In the fall, he will attend WKU, where he will double major in political science and legal studies in preparation for law school. While there, he will also play football for the Hilltoppers.
6 hours ago · The fifth death was a 54-year-old man who had a heart attack while cutting fallen trees in Caldwell County in western Kentucky, the governor’s office said. The death toll of 22 also included seven deaths in Cooke County, Texas, from a Saturday tornado that tore through a mobile home park, officials said, and eight deaths across Arkansas.
