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Today's Big Stories
1. LIVE UPDATES: Flooding causes school closures, evacuations
Cities across the state are seeing rising river levels after historic flooding continued through the weekend, leading to several evacuations, along with school closures and business impacts.
2. Flooding death raises questions about why school district didn't cancel classes
A 9-year-old Kentucky as caught in floodwaters early Friday, April 4 while walking to the bus stop, police said.
3. KYL: KY’s Brett Guthrie holds plum chairmanship after raising big money for House GOP caucus
Among the powerful committee leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives, no one ships nearly as much campaign money to his party’s political caucus as Kentucky’s 2nd District Rep. Brett Guthrie, as shared by our partner, The Kentucky Lantern.
4. High school students inspire middle schoolers to explore STEM fields
High school students in the Louisville Mission Math group showed the capabilities of 3D printing to students at Knight Middle School.
Bluegrass Buzz
Victoria Sanchez Nehme is this week’s Spectrum News High School Scholar. She attends Bryan Station High School in Lexington and has a 4.0 GPA. She’s also an accomplished artist with multiple awards and painted a mural of Latin and Hispanic Leaders at her school. Her goal is to work for Disney as a concept artist.
