The Community Foundation of Southern Indiana selected four graduating seniors from Clark and Floyd counties for its annual Lilly Endowment Community Scholars.
The funds will give cash payments to survivors of mass casualty crimes, which the foundation defines as non-domestic violence crimes with four or more people killed or wounded, excluding the perpetrator.
Eight nonprofits in southern Indiana were awarded $170,000 in grants, announced on Thursday.
A new grant supports more accessibility in southern Indiana’s public spaces.
Twenty four nonprofits have been awarded the money.
The Evan Williams Bourbon Experience in downtown Louisville will help produce, bottle and distribute hand sanitizer along with two other sites.
Brown-Forman Corporation announced a $1-million donation for COVID-19 response funds on Monday.
They include the Boys and Girls Club, the Family and Children's Place and Louisville Metro Parks, among others -- but the public gets to vote on which of them gets a bonus $2,500 prize.