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Feds End Oversight Of Oakwood Center In Somerset Play Video

October 5, 2011 12:38 PM

FRANKFORT (AP) - Kentucky officials say the federal government has ended oversight of Oakwood, a state-run residential center for adults with mental disabilities. In a statement issued Wednesday, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services cited "substantial improvements" at the facility as the reason the U.S. Justice Department... more »
Dozens Of Layoffs Expected At Southern Kentucky Mental Health Faciility Play Video

July 26, 2010 10:23 AM

Dozens of employees at a southern Kentucky mental health facility are expected to get pink slips. That's the word from the Commonwealth Journal in Pulaski County, which reports the notices started going out last week at Oakwood. The paper says more than 50 employees could get the axe at the... more »