By Allie Hennard | Bowling Green, Ky (WBKO) — Elections are less than a month away and GOP candidates held a meet and greet at the Victory Offices in Bowling Green on Sunday, October 7. Candidates on the city and state level briefly spoke to community members. Chairman David Graham said this was an opportunity…
By CBS News | SAN CARLOS, Calif. (CBS NEWS) – Brandon Alexander would like to introduce you to Angus, the farmer of the future. He’s heavyset, weighing in at nearly 1,000 pounds, not to mention a bit slow. But he’s strong enough to hoist 800-pound pallets of maturing vegetables and can move them from place to…
By Associated Press | CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. (AP) – Thomas More isn’t a college anymore. Now, it’s a university. The Kentucky Enquirer reports the school began as a small Catholic secondary education institution in northern Kentucky. It grew into a college in the 1960s and gained university status on Oct. 1. The school in Crestview…
By Dalton Godbey | BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) — For the third year in a row, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear took the podium in Centennial Mall to speak on several topics. One in particular, domestic violence. One in three women and one in four men in Kentucky will experience some form of domestic violence in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin and the Council on Postsecondary Education have announced that Kentucky has won a $24.5 million GEAR UP grant to increase the number of low-income students graduating from high school and enrolling in college or workforce training programs. Kentucky is one of only six states to receive GEAR UP funding…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has a new law restricting painkiller prescriptions to three days for acute pain, but an anecdotal story from one of the state’s leading doctors suggests that it has a ways to go: the child of a friend recently got wisdom teeth extracted and was given a 30-day supply…
by Michon Lindstrom – WASHINGTON– Gov. Matt Bevin, R-Kentucky, believes he’ll win the appeal of a ruling from a Sixth Circuit Court judge striking down a 20 year abortion law. While in Washington D.C., Bevin told Spectrum News he believes the ruling of U.S. District Judge Greg Stivers was made because the judge supports the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — To further eliminate employment barriers for Kentuckians with disabilities, Governor Matt Bevin today issued an executive order streamlining the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) and the Office for the Blind (OFB) into one centralized agency offering services to individuals with disabilities. Effective Oct. 1, the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet will consolidate…
by The Associated Press – BOWLING GREEN, KY. — Western Kentucky has received a $1 million donation from former Hilltopper football player Joe Micatrotto and his wife Sunshine and school officials say it’s the largest gift from an ex-student athlete. The donation includes support for WKU’s football and volleyball programs, its Opportunity Fund and capital projects.…
by Phillip M. Bailey, Louisville Courier Journal – This story is developing and will be updated. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is again siding against the Republican Party, but this time it involves a former prep school classmate who is running for Congress in Maine and supports abortion rights. Independent state Rep. Marty Grohman is in a three-way…