Despite turmoil at UofL, arena board still plans to refinance KFC Yum! Center debt

 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The Louisville Arena Authority plans to move forward with the scheduled refinancing of the KFC Yum! Center’s debt, even as the building’s main tenant faces an uncertain future.University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino was suspended Wednesday, a day after federal criminal complaints alleged that at least two U of…

Hands-only CPR Mobile Tour bringing lifesaving methods to Kentucky

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) — The American Heart Association Hands-Only CPR Mobile Tour stopped in Bowling Green at Western Kentucky University to teach free, life-saving lessons to the campus community. During the event on Monday afternoon, participants practiced CPR chest compressions on “manikins”, learned how to work an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and were able…

Rep. James Kay wants lawmakers to own up to pension problems by living with it themselves

FRANKFORT, Ky. — As Kentucky lawmakers prepare to tackle pension reform, they’re also considering the impact the commonwealth’s struggling retirement systems will have on the next budget and whether legislators’ pensions should be handled differently than those of other public employees. During a Monday meeting of the legislature’s Public Pension Oversight Board, state Rep. James…