(KFVS) - The Kentucky Nonprofit Network presented Heartland CARES with the 2011 Fifth Third Bank Innovative Nonprofit Award.

Heartland CARES is an HIV/AIDS medical clinic and social service agency that serves Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois. They were recognized for their team approach to providing health care to people with HIV/AIDS and extending their reach throughout their service area.

“There is no race, ethnicity, gender, age or sexual orientation that is not impacted by this disease,” said Sue Moore Fenske, Executive Director of Heartland CARES, when accepting the Fifth Third Bank Innovative Nonprofit Award.  “Our patients come from all walks of life; rich and poor, city and rural, young and old.  Our goal at Heartland CARES is to educate youth and adults in Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois to eliminate the stigma and to prevent new infections.”

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GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - According to Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon, a single car crash on Monday sent a Missouri girl to the hospital.

The sheriff says at about 10 a.m. Mallory Fritz, 19, of Kennett, Mo. was driving her 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser eastbound on KY 94 East between the intersections of KY 303 and High Road. He says Fritz was driving from Kennett to Murray State University and apparently fell asleep at the wheel and drove off the right side of the road.

According to Redmon, the car hit a mailbox, jumped a creek and then hit a tree and earthen embankment. He says the car caught fire after hitting the tree and embankment.

The sheriff says Fritz was helped out of the car by local resident Terry McDermitt.

The Cuba and Sedalia Volunteer Fire Departments were both called to extinguish the fire.

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Events for the Graves County School District on Tuesday, Nov. 1 are available.

Events include:

• Sedalia - Picture remakes
• Sedalia - Sedalia choir nursing home visit
• Farmington - Tutoring from 2:26 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Lowes - Drama Club practice from 2:36 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• Symsonia - Choir practice from 2:36 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Symsonia - Running Club from 2:36 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Lowes - KYCID meeting at 2:40 p.m.
• Central - Second and third grade drama practice from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Nov. 1 through 4 - Middle School book fair

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