WUKY | By Josh James Attorney General Daniel Cameron has selected a dozen counties for a post-election audit. In past years, the attorney general’s office has randomly chosen six counties for audit after elections. But with the General Assembly opting to expand that number, Cameron randomly pulled 12 names on slips of paper from a bourbon…
By WKYT News Staff JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – Some school districts in central and eastern Kentucky are already finished with the school year. However, some children who depend on school breakfast and lunch still need to be fed. Two barriers are in the way that could make it more difficult to feed the need this…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Appointed the Honorable Kathryn Gabhart as Circuit Judge, Division 2, for the 14th Judicial Circuit of Kentucky. Appointed the Honorable Stacy Coontz as District Judge for the 50th Judicial District of Kentucky. Appointed the Honorable Brandon Knoth as District Judge…
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONWIDE Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. What You Need To Know Pfizer says three small doses of its…
By Aprile Rickert The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services is continuing to offer additional baby formula choices to WIC participants as the nationwide shortage presses on. Robin Gillespie, WIC manager at the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, said the state typically contracts with one company a year to be able to get lower…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson The field in the Lexington mayoral contest narrowed to two candidates Tuesday. The incumbent mayor was easily the top vote-getter. Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton garnered the vast majority of votes in Fayette County with the unofficial tally showing her with more than 70% of the vote. The first-term mayor said she…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson The sixth district congressional race this fall will feature Republican incumbent Andy Barr and retired state engineer Geoff Young. Barr easily outdistanced first-time candidate, Lexington businessman Derek Petteys. Young secured 52% of the unofficial vote edging out Berea high school teacher and another first-time candidate Chris Preece. Young thanked Sixth District…
WUKY | By Josh James Kentucky’s COVID positivity rate is climbing again, but officials remain cautiously hopeful this isn’t a repeat of the first Omicron surge. If you look at just one data point — the test positivity rate — you might wonder why more alarms haven’t been sounding yet from Frankfort. At the end of…
By DON SERGENT [email protected] Even as his colleagues in Congress move closer to approving a $40 billion aid package for war-torn Ukraine, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, isn’t backing down on his stance of questioning the spending. Paul, consistent with his libertarian tendencies when dealing with international entanglements and spending, last week denied the…
WUKY | By Josh James Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams had put his office’s turnout guess at around 23%, but even that number may be too optimistic. In a tweet Monday, Adams now says he expects turnout closer to just 20%. On a recent appearance on KET, he said it’s unfortunate that interest is often…
