NEWPORT, KY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UpTech, Northern Kentucky’s super business accelerator has opened the application process for UpTech II.

Launched in 2012, the intense, six-month accelerator program provides $50,000 in equity investment and is designed to attract and accelerate entrepreneurs who have the next big idea to make the world a better place.

As Tri-ED, Vision 2015 and Northern Kentucky University (NKU) continue their effort to build an informatics industry in Northern Kentucky, NKU will continue to support the community's business start-up effort that began in UpTech I.

LOUISVILLE, KY (AP/FOX19)- School administrators and school resource officers cannot question students without first reading the student their Miranda rights. The Kentucky Supreme Court made that decision Thursday.

The ruling stems from a case in Nelson County where a student confessed to bringing hydrocodone to school and sharing it with a classmate. The court concluded the student was not informed of possible criminal implications while speaking with the assistant principal and resource officer until after admitting to the offense, therefore his admissions were inadmissible in court.

"Legally the moral of this story is, if you're going to bring a juvenile in for questioning don't have a school resource officer there if you don't want it to turn into a criminal charge," said Mike Allen, FOX19's legal analyst.

The principal at Campbell County High School, Renee Boots, says she has some concerns about the ruling.

KENTUCKY (FOX19)- The first-ever Kentucky Gives Day, a 24-hour online giving event to benefit participating Kentucky charities, raised a grand total of $330,200.  The donations went to 301 nonprofit organizations throughout the state.

"We are absolutely thrilled/with the way Kentuckians responded to this day," said Danielle Clore, executive director of Kentucky Nonprofit Network Inc., which coordinated Kentucky Gives Day.  "We didn't know exactly what to expect.  But we were overwhelmed with the generosity that Kentuckians showed today. We felt this was a great start to an effort that we hope will continue for years to come."

A total of 380 charities throughout Kentucky are benefiting from Kentucky Gives Day.  The agencies focus on health, humanitarian aid, the environment, children, the arts, animal welfare and a host of other causes.

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