“We know times are tough, but we want people to feel secure and happy,” says Ruth Ann Childers of Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.
So the hospital gave each of its 2,300-plus employees a turkey just before Thanksgiving, “a nice $100 bill” on Wednesday and a free meal on Thursday.
The employees could donate their turkeys to [...]
The University of Kentucky has chalked up another first — in business, not basketball.
A team from UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics has been invited for the first time to compete in the prestigious Wall Street Journal National Biz Quiz at Ohio State University Nov. 15-16.
Only 24 universities were selected, including Southern Cal, Texas, [...]
There’s just so much good stuff going on in some people’s lives that they can’t keep up with it all.
LoriAnn Lowery is one of those lucky folks.
Lowery was named president of Lloyd’s America in April after a 20-year career in insurance.
She told the company’s Kentucky agents last week at Keeneland that she is a sixth-generation [...]
Lowell and Betty Nigoff had thought about retiring, but their thinking turned serious when they were introduced to Lexington residents Rob and Suzanne Morris through a mutual friend.
“After getting to know this younger couple, we decided we would entrust Lowell’s to them,” the Nigoffs said in an email to their friends and customers.
They have sold [...]
Carl Howard has two decades of restaurant experience so he knew where to find Fazoli’s heart and soul.
Within days of arriving in Lexington as the “fast Italian” chain’s new CEO, Howard began reporting for work in the kitchens of local Fazoli’s restaurants.
“I really wanted to get in and get to know how things work,” the [...]
Carl Howard has two decades of restaurant experience so he knew where to find Fazoli’s heart and soul.
Within days of arriving in Lexington as the “fast Italian” chain’s new CEO, Howard began reporting for work in the kitchens of local Fazoli’s restaurants.
“I really wanted to get in and get to know how things work,” the [...]
So what do you do if you start a new MBA program, but not enough people apply?
You turn to the old media, of course.
Western Kentucky University is using billboards in Bowling Green, Glasgow, Elizabethtown and Owensboro as well as ads in various publications to recruit 25 to 30 students for its first executive MBA program, [...]
Portabella’s is no more.
All that’s left of the North Locust Hill Drive restaurant is used equipment, dishes and glassware.
Patrick Kelly is selling those items as fast as he can.
The former owner of the restaurant, Kelly had offered to sell it for $65,000 in listings on eBay and Craig’s List.
At one point, he thought he had [...]
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