by Jason Riley – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — On April 18, a south central Kentucky man appeared before an Adair County judge on what was considered his first drunken driving charge — a misdemeanor violation. But by the end of his hearing that day, the man’s charge had been upgraded to his fourth such offense, which is a…
by Grace Schneider, @gesinfk – UPS unveiled its vision a year ago for investing $310 million to expand their sprawling ground shipping hub in southern Louisville. On Thursday, company executives and three top political leaders will gather to break ground for the expansion and modernization and discuss more details of the project. The growth is expected to add 300 new full-…
by Terry DeMio, [email protected] – Get them treatment. Now. It’s the answer that area addiction experts have in response to a furious outbreak of overdoses in Cincinnati and Hamilton County that started with more than 30 people in hospitals on the weekend and another 21 people Tuesday night alone. As officials were reeling on Wednesday, the addiction…
The Associated Press – FRANKFORT, KY. — The director of Kentucky’s forensic crime lab says the state is working through its backlog of untested rape kits and should get the first batch of results next month. An audit last year revealed Kentucky had more than 3,000 untested rape kits, a collection of physical evidence from a victim…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Newly released ACT scores show only a fifth of Kentucky’s 2016 high school graduates met all the benchmarks that show they are ready for college-level coursework. News outlets report that the scores, released Wednesday, didn’t move significantly compared to the Class of 2015. More students in the Class of 2016 were able to reach…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – Kentucky and four other states have filed another lawsuit against the Obama administration over discrimination protections for transgender people. The lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to block parts of a nondiscrimination mandate of the health care law. Some lawmakers in Texas think it could force doctors to help with gender transition against their religious convictions.…
by Deborah Yetter and Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – Kirby Adams talks with CJ business reporter Grace Schneider about her Sunday story on how much house $165,000 will buy you in the metro Louisville area. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration unveiled its long-awaited plan to reshape the state’s Medicaid program Wednesday, two months after Bevin announced a sweeping overhaul of…
by Terry DeMio, [email protected] – Alert: Naloxone isn’t working on several recent ODs. Be on alert: A spike in overdoses in Hamilton County emergency rooms coupled with a lack of effectiveness of the antidote naloxone is leading health officials to believe that deadly opioids are getting to heroin users. The Hamilton County Heroin Coalition issued the…
by Andrew Wolfson, @adwolfson – Five things to know after James Ramsey was ousted as president of University of Louisville. In another attack on the University of Louisville’s vaunted spinal cord research program, a former neurosurgery professor says in a lawsuit that he was fired in retaliation for reporting patient care and safety issues to the federal…
by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – FRANKFORT, Ky. – Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd on Monday temporarily restored Thomas Elliott as a member of the Kentucky Retirement Systems Board of Trustees and scolded the Bevin administration for using “lawless, strong arm tactics” to block Elliott from participating in a board meeting in May. But in the same 20-page order, Shepherd…
