MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Lone Oak Middle School MATHCOUNTS team took top honors in the team competition at the recent MATHCOUNTS regional competition. 

Lone Oak Middle School students Zach Althouse, Roberto Dos Remedios and Drew Schofield won 1st - 3rd place respectively in the individual competition.

The team will advance to the state competition in Lexington in March. This marks the 18th year a Lone Oak Middle School team has qualified for the state MATHCOUNTS competition.

MATHCOUNTS is a national middle school coaching and competitive mathematics program that promotes mathematics achievement through a series of competitions.

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MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Reidland High School has announced one of its students was one of 138 Kentucky students selected by the Family Resource and Youth Services Coalition of Kentucky (FRYSCKy) to serve as a legislative page in Frankfort.

Diana Medina recently served as a page for Senator Bob Leeper. She was selected based on a submitted application and artwork.

According to the school, students from around the state shared in the Legislative Page Days program to learn, assist and experience what happens when legislators come together in Frankfort.

The FRYSCKy Coalition is a nonprofit organization that provides legislative advocacy, training and support for the FRYSC coordinators and their staff in Kentucky.

This is the 5th year that the FRYSCKy Coalition has sponsored the Legislative Page Days in Frankfort.

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PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The Paducah Hospitality Association began 2013 with its annual awards dinner and installation of officers.

Steven Vest, Publisher of Kentucky Monthly, was the featured speaker at the banquet held at Walker Hall in Paducah.

Tonya Grady of Paducah and Marcus Phelps of Benton, outstanding students in the WKCTC Culinary Arts Program, received PHA Charles Armstrong Scholarships.

Linda Crowe-Curtis, Whaler’s Catch Catering, was awarded the Bobbi Holman Award for her years of service to the community. The Bobbi Holman Award, named for the late Paducah restaurateur, is the highest honor a PHA member can receive. Ruby Armstrong and Bennett Chambers received Spirit of Hospitality honors.

The new slate of officers is as follows: President Eddie Grant, Barkley Regional Airport; Vice President Susan Edwards, National Quilt Museum; Secretary/Treasurer Darrel Gargus, Drury Hotels.