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Many children at a very young age begin to have seizures – up to 20 per day.

For years, young children that have seizures have parents, grandparents and siblings stay their rooms nightly waiting and watching for attacks. There has been a new trend and way to help families with this health and wellness issue. Families are starting to get service dogs to assist.

Three months ago, when the Washington Post ran a story comparing peak broadband internet speeds among the states, the news for Kentucky was not good: We came in last, behind Arkansas. Our rate is half of what can be found in Virginia, which placed second.

Hello, once again, my friends. As I am writing this article, I am sitting back, looking at a pool and dreaming of good food. OK, I’m always dreaming of good food, no matter where I am. That I happen to be in Florida doesn’t change that. What it does change, typically, is what I am eating.

What I mean by that is, when in Rome do, as the Romans do. If I’m on the beach I eat seafood. If I’m in Montana, I’m eating a steak. It’s just who I am.

At a recent House Rules committee hearing, one of my colleagues from New York declared that the potholes in the roads in her district are so bad, “you can lose your car in them.” Kentuckians and Americans from all over the country agree. It is long past time that something was done to address the deplorable state of the highways and infrastructure in this country.