The Lexington City Council is moving forward with an expansion of Flock license plate reading cameras. After an extensive debate, a vote to remove the item from consideration was easily defeated.

This week on Eastern Standard:Efforts to maintain and support connections between incarcerated parents and their children have produced positive outcomes benefitting the child, the jail, and the community. We talk with Tara Grieshop-Goodwin of Kentucky Youth Advocates and Wendi Hall, program director, Save the Children - Perry County. | We hear about a trio of Disaster Assistance Grants for Eastern Kentucky arts organizations, school arts programs and individual working artists impacted by the July flooding | A look at designing safe and secure schools | And former Kentucky Poet Laureate Jeff Worley discusses his new book and why he found himself writing an overheard comment on a banana peel.