The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Saturday it will investigate a crash of a Freightliner box truck and a bus that killed six in Louisville, New York.The crash, which occurred around 6:02 a.m. Saturday on State Highway 37 in the small city in St. Lawrence County near the Canadian border, also resulted in three serious and critical injuries to people who were then transported to a local hospital, New York State police said. The NTSB said it is launching a six-member team to investigate the crash.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Local TV station WWNY said roads were covered with snow and visibility was poor at the time of the crash. Photos of the devastating crash posted by WWNY showed it involved a Penske rental truck - a 2021 Freightliner box truck. State Police said the other vehicle involved was a 2013 Express bus. The crash closed the highway for about 12 hours.US traffic deaths have risen dramatically since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as more drivers engaged in unsafe behavior following COVID-19 lockdowns. The number of people killed in the first six months of 2022 was the highest in the period since 2006.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said earlier this month that in the first half of 2022 road deaths in crashes involving at least one large truck increased by 10 percent.Read more:Two children among 11 burned to death in passenger van crash in central ThailandTwo Indian military jets crash in possible mid-air collision, one injured pilot foundVideo: Hotel guest drives car through lobby in China after fight over missing laptopAdvertisement

Last year, the South outgrew other U.S. regions by well over 1 million people through births outpacing deaths and domestic and international migration. ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history, and it's because of people like Owen Glick, who moved from California to Florida more than a year ago. Last year, the South outgrew other U.S. regions by well over 1 million people through births outpacing deaths and domestic and international migration, according to population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Northeast and Midwest lost residents, and the West grew by an anemic 153,000 people, primarily because a large number of residents left for a different U.S. region. The West would have lost population if not for immigrants and births outpacing deaths. In contrast, the South grew by 1.3 million new residents, and six of the 10 U.S. states with the biggest growth last year were in the South, led in order by Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia. Experts aren't sure at this point if the dramatic pull of the South is a short-term change spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic or a long-term trend, or even what impact it will have on the reallocation of political power through redistricting after the 2030 census. Because of delays caused by the pandemic, changes were made in how the Census Bureau has calculated the estimates this decade, and that, too, may have had an impact. But experts say the Southern allure has to do with a mix of housing affordability, lower taxes, the popularity of remote work during the pandemic era and baby boomers retiring. Glick, 56, and his then-partner moved to the Orlando area from metro San Diego in December 2021 after he retired from his job in corporate sales. They had been making regular trips to central Florida before their move, to check on rental properties they had purchased because they were more affordable in the Sunshine State than in Southern California. While the cost of housing and food is lower than in California, there are hidden home upkeep costs in Florida, such as the need to paint more often because of the unrelenting sun and higher utility bills from year-round air conditioning, he said. “You're in better financial shape in terms of prices here, but there are more expenditures to maintain properties," Glick said. Glick was among the 233,000 people who left a Western state and planted roots in a different region from mid-2021 to mid-2022. He joined the ranks of the almost 868,000 people who moved to a Southern state from another region. If the trend continues through the rest of this decade, by 2030 the mean center of the U.S. population will head due south from a rural county in the Missouri Ozarks, without a westward extension for the first time in history, according to urban planner Alex Zakrewsky, who models the population center. [embedded content] Since the population center was first calculated to be in Chestertown, Maryland, in 1790, it has moved continuously westward, though it started taking a more southwestern tilt in the 20th century as the spread of air conditioning made the South more livable. “If this really pans out, it is really historical,” said Zakrewsky, a principal planner for Middlesex County, New Jersey. North Carolina state demographer Michael Cline said the growth in the South has been “above and beyond" trends the region experienced before the pandemic, which he thinks may have accelerated many movers’ decisions to relocate from cold-climate states or allowed people to work remotely for the first time. The departures from the West started in 2021, during the first full year of the pandemic, when 145,000 residents moved to another U.S. region. Up until then, domestic migration to the West had increased each year since 2010. A substantial portion of the departures was due to people leaving California, but Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington also had year-to-year losses in domestic migration from 2021 to 2022. Additionally, in several Western states that had year-to-year increases in domestic migration — Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah — those increases were smaller than in the previous year. In Oregon, the jury is still out on whether the phenomenon of more than 17,000 departures to other U.S. states was a temporary, pandemic-related trend due to remote-working freedoms and housing affordability, or whether it's a longer-term movement due to quality of life issues such as crime, weather or wildfires, said Josh Lehner, an economist for the state. Oregon, which gained a congressional seat in 2021 from the previous decade's boom, hadn't experienced a population decline since the 1980s, when the lumber industry downsized and the housing market collapsed. “If we aren’t seeing that growth in labor force as we normally do, that means economic activity will be slower, state revenues will be lower. It's a question we are struggling with," Lehner said. Lehner added that he wanted to see more data from 2023 “before I freak out." William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Metro think tank, also wants to see if the trend is only related to the pandemic or has legs through the rest of the decade. A big wild card is immigration, which was responsible for most of the growth in 2022, he said. “Some of that has to do with getting away from the big dense coastal metros to somewhere else," Frey said. “One thing that needs to be questioned is if the patterns of the past two years will continue for the rest of the decade." ►Make it easy to keep up-to-date with more stories like this. Download the WHAS11 News app now. For Apple or Android users.   Have a news tip? Email assign@whas11.com, or visit our Facebook page or Twitter feed.  

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Kentuckians can search for free COVID-19 testing sites nearest them thanks to a new website that launched nationwide last week.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the site Jan. 24 with a goal of “focusing on communities at a greater risk of being impacted by the pandemic, people who do not have health insurance, and surge testing in state and local jurisdictions.”Visit the COVID-19 testing site at https://testinglocator.cdc.gov/Search and search by ZIP code. You can also dictate how far from home you’re willing to go for the free testing. The rate of positive COVID-19 tests statewide as of Jan. 23 was 10.27%. That number does not include at-home tests, which means it is likely higher.Each Friday, the state updates its community COVID-19 levels. The most recent update showed less red – which represents the most severe levels of infection – on that map.“We’re kind of bumping up and down a little bit… month to month but nothing like what we’ve previously lived through,” said Gov. Andy Beshear Thursday. Hospitalizations down statewideCabinet for Health and Family Services data shows the number of people hospitalized, in intensive care units and on ventilators with COVID-19 decreased for the past two weeks.In the week ending Jan. 23, there were 318 people hospitalized, 55 in ICUs and 27 on ventilators. That’s down from 406 hospitalized in the week of Jan. 16 with 63 in ICUs and 31 on ventilators.Still: “I do have to implore people,” Beshear said. “Please get the new booster. I believe that it is safe and effective.”The United States Food and Drug Administration says that the vaccines “can help protect against severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19.”As of Jan. 23, about 39% of Kentucky’s total population had done so. The Kentucky Lantern previously reported that many Kentuckians believe the global pandemic is over as it pertains to their personal lives. #inform-video-player-3 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The COVID-19 pandemic imposed a devastating effect on the psychological health of students, as they spent hours inside the house with little or no social contact with friends and classmates. A recent study published by the Kentucky Student Voice Team unpacks how Kentucky’s youth continue to cope with COVID.   “The purpose of this study was to understand how Kentucky students are experiencing learning during, through and still in the pandemic,”  Daniela DiGiacomo, a researcher with the University of Kentucky said. The Kentucky Student Voice Team, is a youth-led nonprofit with the goal of creating “more just, democratic Kentucky schools and communities as research, policy and advocacy partners.” “We found that students reported negative experiences with online learning for a host of reasons,” DiGiacomo said. One survey response said the sudden loss of social connection and lack of school and home boundaries was a challenge. “There were times during NTI and during bad times of COVID where I literally didn't leave my house for a week or so.” Researchers interviewed 50 Kentuckians. as well as conducted surveys of more than 10,000 students across every county in Kentucky.   The research was analyzed by the Student Voice Team and the University of Kentucky researchers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 37% of high school students reported poor mental health in 2021. Additionally, 44% “reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year.”  In Jefferson County, JCPS says it's working to improve the troubling statistics. It currently has more than 100 Mental health professionals on staff.  “When we were on NTI, when we were removed from our students, it was an incredible challenge to get to our students to try to engage with them,” Jenni Garmon, a mental health practitioner at Newcomer Academy said Researchers say the overall goal of the study is to help students feel like they belong, as they cope with COVID.  Copyright 2023. WDRB Media. All rights reserved. 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From a very competitive pool of candidates, forty-six community leaders have been selected to participate in the Leadership Louisville Center’s Bingham Fellows Class of 2023. The topic for the 2023 Bingham Fellows will be: TALENT: Pathways & Pipelines, focused on building a future-ready workforce. As with every Bingham Fellows program year, the class comprises a talented group of local leaders with a broad knowledge base and range of experience on the topic. Their focus will be better on understanding long-standing challenges with our talent pipelines and pathways. Beginning this week, they will discuss how we can scale best-practices to address our current talent shortages. Throughout the program, participants will work in teams on projects that will be revealed to the public at their completion. The Bingham Fellows class of 2022 will be sharing their projects on the topic, “Moving Downtown Forward: Adapt & Reinvent,” on March 9, 2023, from 4-5 p.m. Members of the Bingham Fellows Class of 2023: Rick Blackwell, Ed.D., Councilman, Louisville Metro Council B. Todd Bright, Division Director, Communications, Kentucky Farm Bureau Erika Brown, Communication & Marketing Manager, Louisville Water Company Randisha Carter, Warehouse Manager, Michelin (American Synthetic Rubber Co) Elizabeth Cassady, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment and Student Success, Ivy Tech Community College Nickie Cobb, Ed.D., Associate Vice President of Workforce Solutions, Kentucky Community & Technical College System, KCTCS Jennifer Coombs, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations, Facilities Management Services, PBC oSha Cowley-Shireman, Director of Policy & Development, Owsley Brown II Family Foundation JP Davis, President, TBAIN&Co. | Today’s Woman Magazine Pat Denbow, Vice President, Partnerships, Louisville City FC | Racing Louisville FC Tiffany Calvert Diehl, Director of Learning & Development, Brown-Forman Corporation Tiffany Felts, VP Marketing and Development, Park Community Credit Union Jill Gaines, Director of Admissions and Community Partnerships, Spalding University Tony Georges, VP Human Resources, UPS Airlines Kevin H. Gibson, UMP, Regionalization Director, Louisville MSD Brigid O’Reilly Gies, Associate Vice President and Deputy Counsel for Employment and Faculty Affairs, University of Louisville Brian Gupton, CEO, Dataseam Timothy J. Hagerty, Member, Frost Brown Todd LLC Kali Hayes, Vice President, Associate Experience, Humana Inc. Beau Johnston, Director of Career and Technical Education, Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) Burcum Keeton, Assistant Director of Planning, Transit Authority of River City (TARC) Alina Klimkina, Attorney, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Debra Leist, Director Customer Service and Marketing, LG&E and KU Energy Lance Mann, Director, Dean Dorton Angie McCorkle Buckler, Partner, Parcel Joshua McKee, Deputy Director of Economic Development, Louisville Metro Government Elizabeth W. McKune, Ed.D., COO/VP, Peace Hospital George McMinn, Operations Vice President, Messer Construction Co. Brandon S. McReynolds, Public Policy Research Manager, Metro United Way Kristina Mielke, Career Counselor, Refugees and Immigrants, Jewish Family & Career Services (JFCS) Terri Montgomery, Chief People Officer, Volunteers of America Mid-States (VOA) Laura Morris, Senior Director, Human Resources, GE Appliances, a Haier company Danny L. Mosby, CEO/President, Jamon Brown Foundation Felicia J. Nu’Man, Director of Policy, Louisville Urban League Rachel Raymond, Head of Talent Acquisition, Jack Henry Matt Real, M.Ed, Director of Career Development, Bellarmine University Stephanie Renner, Founding Member, Renner Strategic Consulting Molley Ricketts, CEO, Incipio Workforce Solutions Jean Scott, Client and Community Relations Assistant Director, PNC Bank Rena Sharpe, Chief Operating Officer, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Angela Shaw, Vice President, Clinical Operations Business Improvement, Humana Inc. Felisha Short, HR Business Partner, GE Appliances, a Haier company Antoine Terry, Founder, Unite502 Kevin Uyisenga, Executive Director, See Forward Ministries Sean G. Williamson, Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP Angella Wilson, Sr Program Director, Adult Career Services, KentuckianaWorks (KCAC) For many years, cities across the country have struggled to build and support a workforce that will foster a thriving economy and allow them to stay competitive. Louisville is no different, and the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded this challenge. Work is changing, and companies must change with it. Talent is reprioritizing what they want out of jobs and locations. Gen-Z is entering the job market in larger numbers with different ideas of what work looks like. Learning and Instruction gaps caused by the pandemic have resulted in inconsistent preparation of today’s students for the workforce.  Automation and AI continue to change workforce needs. As our labor market evolves, we must provide education and upskilling opportunities to our working residents to give them economic mobility while also meeting the needs of our city’s employers. The Bingham Fellows Class of 2023 will gather a diverse cohort of business and civic leaders better to understand long-standing challenges with our talent pipelines and pathways. They will discuss how we can scale best practices to address our current talent shortages. To ensure our talent infrastructure is sound, businesses, educational institutions, and the community must collaborate on solutions. It will require investment into strong training pathways to our most in-demand open positions, better retention of graduates, support for businesses in growing their talent pipelines from within, expansion of community initiatives focused on workforce development, and influencing talent to choose Louisville as their home. The Bingham Fellows Class of 2023 will study these challenges from various perspectives and seek community-based solutions. They will: Learn more about how to support initiatives already underway in our community that are developing our current and future workforce Work with higher education institutions to get more graduates to stay in Louisville Strengthen the skills of existing workers by scaling up work-based learning opportunities to help businesses ‘grow their talent from within Understand the motivators for relocation in a post-COVID world and how we can influence talent to choose Louisville Engage the business community to help educational institutions develop and support strong training pathways aligned with high wage-high demand occupations and employability skills Their work will begin in January 2023 and conclude with a public announcement of their initiatives in March 2024. Click here for more Kentucky business news.