Congratulations to:  Patrick Ballard of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, recipient of the 2018 School Psychologist of the Year award from the Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools.

Craig Carter, director of the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, recipient of the E.P. Pope Award from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.

Mark W. Ryles of Lexington, appointed to the Kentucky Finance and Administration Architectural Services Selection Committee.

Rick Childress, news editor of the Kentucky Kernal, named Reporter of the Year by the Associated Collegiate Press.

Yeshua LaDon Ashworth of Lexington, named to the Kentucky Board of Prosthetics, Orthotics and Pedorthics.

Alice Nelson, family/community early childhood coordinator for Fayette County Public Schools, named recipient of the 2018 Jean Sabharwal Award from Bluegrass Families First.