BY ASSOCIATED PRESS OHIO CLEVELAND (AP) — How much money should CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies pay two Ohio counties in damages to help abate the effects of the opioid crisis? What You Need To Know Around 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County between 2012 and 2016 61 million pills were dispensed in Lake…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson This year’s Primary Election is just over a week away. It’s always a busy time for Kentucky county clerks. That may even be more of the case in Fayette County. For Fayette Countians, early in-person voting begins this Thursday and runs for three days, through Saturday. It is happening from 8:30…
By Liam Niemeyer A Hickman County farmer is challenging a long-time state representative for his seat in the Republican primary election this month. The Republican primary election for House District 1 features two candidates: Rep. Steven Rudy of McCracken County, who is seeking reelection for a tenth term in the House of Representatives and serves in GOP…
BY JACQULYN POWELL KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — All May long, Spectrum News 1 is celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage month, sharing important stories of Asian Americans in the Commonwealth. What You Need To Know Nima Kulkarni’s family emigrated from India when she was six-years-old She wanted to help families like hers, so she went into immigration law…
Jane Kim MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY — The Kentucky primary election is in two weeks, and county officials want people to know you have several options to cast your vote. There’s in-person excused absentee voting and early in-person no excuse voting. There are several situations in which people can qualify for excused absentee voting: Students who are…
By Phil Pendleton LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Republican state senators say Fayette County will benefit from a number of projects approved by the legislature this year. Five state senators, who live outside Lexington but now represent Fayette County by way of redistricting, spoke Tuesday morning about those projects with the Lexington Chamber of Commerce. Those five…
Although most cases of Lyme disease can be cured with a two-to-four-week course of antibiotics, some patients still experience lingering, debilitating effects of the disease months after they finish treatment. Dr. Greg talks with Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D., and Brian Stevenson, Ph.D., in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, about a new study seeking to…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday exercised his power to make line-item vetoes on two appropriations bills that were passed during the final day of the 2022 regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly. House Bill 92, sponsored by Rep. Danny Bentley, R-Russell, dealt with money the state would get from…
WUKY | By Josh James Flu season is hitting unusually late in Lexington, consistent with trends seen elsewhere in the country. Flu season typically peaks in late January or early February in Kentucky, but local health officials say the illness is making the rounds later than expected — with at least 32 lab-confirmed cases in the…
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS AND SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF NATIONWIDE Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer. What You Need To Know Moderna is asking U.S. regulators to open its COVID-19 vaccine to the…
