As a 2000 graduate of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars youth program, Lisa Hibbs learned how important it is to set goals and work toward reaching those goals. Her goals became pursuing a career in teaching, working with young children, and following a lifelong passion for children’s literature in hopes of some day [...]

2009 Rogers Scholars graduate Luke King of Cumberland County has been named a state winner in the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Outstanding Farm Bureau Youth contest. King will receive a $2,000 college scholarship and will be attending the 2010 Kentucky Farm Bureau Congressional Tour to Washington, D.C., in February. He was selected from 21 district finalists [...]

Sky Jewell of Green County has been recognized for having the highest-scoring application among students who participated in this summer’s second session of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program. Jewell, 16, a junior at Green County High School, was presented the Doug Reece Memorial Award at the Rogers Scholars graduation ceremony, held July [...]

Brandi Howard of Magoffin County has been recognized for having the highest-scoring application among students who participated in this summer’s first session of The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Scholars program.

Joanie Alexander has earned the region’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award. PRIDE co-founder Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-5) presented the award to Alexander, who is a junior at Rockcastle County High School. PRIDE honored Alexander for her efforts to increase recycling in Rockcastle County. Alexander began her recycling project after graduating from the Rogers Scholars [...]

By ALLISON STRUNK PCHS Senior On Nov. 9, the Pulaski County High School DECA along with FFA, FBLA, FCCLA, FEA and Drama clubs, held their annual “Share A Story Night and Entrepreneur Fair.” All the children in the community were invited to visit Pulaski County High School and participate in all the fun. While there, [...]

Rogers Scholars Ambassadors select a community service project for each meeting. For the August meeting, eight Ambassadors organized a backpack drive for God’s Food Pantry benefiting local elementary children. The backpacks were collected and taken to God’s Food Pantry and filled with food to send home with underprivileged children for the weekend. School resource centers [...]

Cory Ricketts, a junior at Wolfe County High School, is making a difference in her community though community service projects after completing the Rogers Scholars program during the summer of ‘05. Rogers Scholars is a youth leadership program developed and administered by The Center for Rural Development, headquartered in Somerset. “The Rogers Scholars program helped [...]

Seth Dixon of Casey County has been selected to serve as East Senior Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) Governor and on the YMCA Board of Directors (non-voting member). The KYA is a program administered by Kentucky YMCA and is a hands-on program where students take control over state government for three days. It is the nation’s [...]