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Kentucky State shines at Candlelight Tradition
The Kentucky State Marching Band and Commercial Music Ensemble left the crowd wanting more Thursday at the Candlelight Tradition in downtown Frankfort. The annual event is the unofficial kick off to the holiday season in Frankfort, and another way Kentucky State shows off great talent. “We come here every year, for as long as it has been around,” said Georgeann Burton, a Frankfort resident. She and her husband, Earl, are Kentu...

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Martha Diaz turned her passion for hip-hop into higher ed
Martha Diaz, founder of the Hip-Hop Association and the Womanhood Learning Project, is a community organizer, educator, media producer, archivist and social entrepreneur. And now she can add the role of speaker at Kentucky State University to her long list. “Planting the Seed for Harvest” was the theme of Diaz’s talk with more than 60 students Friday at the Student Center Ballroom during the Latino Educational Empowerment Foru...

KSU's convocation will feature keynote speaker Major General Peggy C. Combs
Major General Peggy C. Combs will be the keynote speaker at Kentucky State University’s Convocation at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 at Bradford Hall. Combs was commissioned a Regular Army second lieutenant in the United States Army Chemical Corps in May 1985, as a distinguished military graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. Throughout her 29-year service tenure, she has serv...