First Lady Beshear to visit library, Jamestown Elementary today

February 18, 2025 Zac Oakes WJRS News

Kentucky’s First Lady Britainy Beshear is set to visit the Russell County Public Library and Jamestown Elementary School today.

Beshear will join J.C. Morgan, State Director of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Kentucky, for a special story time at 10:00 this morning.

The visit from the first lady will celebrate early literacy in Kentucky, as well as Russell County’s success with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program.

Beshear is also scheduled to visit Jamestown Elementary tomorrow to read to a Kindergarten class.

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