NEWPORT, KY (FOX19) - Some local food banks won big in Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together initiative in April.

From April 1 to April 30, more than 443,000 votes were cast for the more than 300 eligible Feeding America food banks and partner agencies as part of a campaign to fight hunger in local communities.

The Brighton Center in Newport, Madisonville Education and Assistance Center and Inter Parish Ministry in Cincinnati each won $20,000 to help them fight hunger in our community.

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FORT THOMAS, KY (FOX19) - The Village Players and Fort Thomas' Woman’s Club is help[ing present the CakeTown Comedy Jam 2 on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, at the Village Players Theater in Fort Thomas.

The fundraiser also features three short comic plays by Fort Thomas playwrights A. K. Forbes and Phil Paradis. Donna Hoffman directs “Flight Path,” featuring acting talents of Barbara and Tom Manning, “The Kitty Cat Ultimatum,” with Jamie Ball and Cate White, and “The Great Debate,” starring Dennis Blom and Clint Bramkamp.

The two-hour show of light entertainment will feature stand up comedians, short comic plays, musical comedy and storytelling by some of the Tristate’s funniest and most accomplished performers, actors, and writers.

There will be a silent auction with gifts donated by community patrons, including tickets to events and artwork and photographs by local artists.

FRANFFORT, KY (FOX19) - Ozone season has officially begun in Kentucky, and for some counties that means taking extra care to learn before you burn.  From May through September, open burning in Boone, Boyd, Bullitt, Campbell, Jefferson, Kenton, Lawrence, and Oldham counties is restricted to protect air quality.

Ground level ozone is a summertime pollutant, created when pollutants chemically react in the atmosphere in the presence of heat and sunlight. 

“Open burning is a major contributor to ozone pollution during the warmer months of the year,” said John Lyons, director of the Division for Air Quality. “That’s why most open burning is restricted in those counties that have historically exceeded pollution levels permitted by the Clean Air Act.”