By GREG DAVIS The introduction of naloxone into the body of someone who’s overdosed on opiates can quite literally be a life-saver because within seconds the drug – also known as Narcan – blocks opioid receptors. The Fayette County Health Department is doing what it can to make sure everybody in our community knows how they…
by Marcus Green Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Mero Street headquarters LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Kentucky expanded its Real ID rollout on Wednesday, adding Henry County to the small but growing list of counties whose residents can apply for the beefed-up driver’s licenses. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced that its Frankfort headquarters now will accept applications from…
by Thomas Capps MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY — On Wednesday the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce met to discuss their legislative priorities for the upcoming legislative session. One of the topics discussed was securing funds for several local road projects. The road projects the chamber would like to see fully funded include U.S. 62, KY 1286, the…
By Gene Birk | FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) — Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced today that new members of the Kentucky Board of Education have been appointed, an action Gov. Beshear has long promised would occur at the beginning of his term. “This morning, I reorganized the state board of education and appointed new…
by Jason Riley Daniel Hostetler (Photo credit: The Glasgow Daily Times) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Condemning a “sloppy and unjust prosecution,” former Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned an Amish man who claimed he was coerced by police, prosecutors and even his own attorney into confessing to manslaughter in the death of a 19-year-old man. Daniel Hostetler, who…
By WKYT News Staff | RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) – Dr. Michael Benson is stepping down as the president of Eastern Kentucky University. In a letter sent to employees, Benson said he’s planning to use the next year to research and write his Gilman manuscript, which is under contract with Johns Hopkins University Press. “In the near future,…
BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – Ann Strand’s husband Michael served in the military for more than two decades— and she says he also suffered from severe mental illness. “He was that old-school soldier we refer to: You do not talk about your problems ever, you never let them get in your record, you do not go…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky- A newly pre-filed bill could give state employees slight pay increases. Rep. James Tipton, R-Taylorsville, pre-filed a bill Monday to provide a yearly cost of living adjustment to state employees. State law provides for an annual pay increment of five percent for state employees but has routinely suspended in the state budget.…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Democrat Andy Beshear was sworn in as Kentucky’s governor during a private ceremony early Tuesday, just after midnight in the Governor’s Mansion. Beshear follows in the footsteps of his father, Steve Beshear, whose two terms as governor preceded the one four-year term of Republican Matt Bevin. Beshear defeated Bevin in last month’s election, overcoming…
By Ryland Barton If Gov.-elect Andy Beshear fulfills his campaign promise to replace the members of the Kentucky Board of Education, he would be the first governor to do so since lawmakers tried to insulate the board from political pressures in 1990 as part of the Kentucky Education Reform Act. Beshear, a Democrat, has said he…