By KARYN CZAR Training sessions on how to recognize early signs of child abuse will be held this week in Louisville and Lexington. The events, run by Kosair Charities’s “Face It” movement, are designed to educate social workers, early-childhood educators, emergency medical service providers and concerned community members on how to spot red-flag bruising on children.…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In today’s meeting of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation’s board of directors, year-to-date sales for the current fiscal year were reviewed. Overall sales from July through August were $170.3 million. This is 0.6% ($970,000) more than the same period last year. Scratch-off ticket sales totaled $102.3 million, up 2.6% ($2.6 million). Top draw game…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin has made the following appointments to Kentucky Boards and Commissions: John Senter has been appointed as a member of the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee. John Senter, of Frankfort, is a financial institution lender. He will serve for a term expiring June 13, 2022. The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating…
By LISA AUTRY Some Kentucky colleges and universities are among 600 higher education institutions across the nation asking Congress to give permanent protection to children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, was enacted by the Obama administration to prevent those known as “Dreamers” from being…
by Chris Attorneys general in 24 states, including Kentucky and Illinois, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to express their opposition over a proposed rule change to the food stamp program. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul are among the coalition of Democratic AGs that filed the…
By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration hired a physician to lead the state’s infectious disease office just months after the Department of Veterans Affairs dismissed that doctor for “egregious” medical misconduct. Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services hired Dr. John “Mel” Bennett in the same month that the VA’s Inspector General published…
By WYMT News Staff | FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP/WKYT) – The Kentucky Senate’s top leader says he will introduce a measure calling for an investigation into the state’s $24 million settlement with the makers of the prescription painkiller OxyContin. Stivers says Kentucky was “shortchanged” in the Purdue Pharma settlement. Former Attorney General Jack Conway settled the case in late…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – The transparency of Kentucky’s Retirement systems were the topic of the Public Pension Oversight Committee Monday. State auditor Mike Harmon presented his findings of a special investigation into the systems to the committee. Last month, the Republican-released a report saying Kentucky Retirement Systems and Teachers’ Retirement System were not complying with…
BY AMBER SMITH KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. A new tool will help Kentucky parents see how their child’s school compares to others in the state. The Kentucky Department of Education is set to roll out the new, five-star school rating system next week. Using data from the 2018-2019 school year, Kentucky’s new accountability system will provide an overall rating…
BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF | KENTUCKY PADUCAH, Ky. – With the election just over a month away, Governor Matt Bevin and challenger Andy Beshear will be taking part in a forum in Paducah. The event is scheduled for October 3, at the Julian Carroll Convention Center. The buffet lunch begins at 11:30. The televised forum starts…
