by Jacob Ryan Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s special Kentucky Derby party guests had fresh cookies and bonded bourbon, braised lamb and cactus salad. They stayed at the brand-new Omni Hotel and were chauffeured to the track, where they watched two days of races from the swank sixth floor Skye Terrace. A professional photographer captured the…
by ADAM BEAM Associated Press – FRANKFORT, KY. — Declaring he has “won the argument” on hemp, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate is on track for a vote to legalize the crop that comes from the same plant that produces marijuana. The Senate Agriculture Committee is scheduled to consider the farm…
By WKYT News Staff | LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) — Attorney General Andy Beshear has launched a program called “Scam Alerts” that allows Kentuckians to sign up to be alerted about potential scams in their area. He tells WKYT one of the reasons he started the program was because of the increase in phone calls scamming people…
by Kevin Wheatley – FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) — As school districts across the country explore ways to make their classrooms safer amid threats of violence, Kentucky experts told lawmakers Monday that school resource officers and better building security are two key places to start. Their testimony before the Interim Joint Education Committee will be considered…
by Deborah Yetter, Courier Journal – Gov. Matt Bevin announces a new program that will allocate almost $11 million to target adoption and foster care. Sam Upshaw Jr./Louisville Courier Journal This story may be updated. The top official overseeing child protection in Kentucky plans to leave her job as commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services, an…
By Marissa Silver | CLARK COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – A large fire continued to burn in Clark County Sunday morning. Fire officials said they were called to the Stuff Recycling Plant around four Saturday afternoon. The fire is burning a scrap metal debris pile, which is estimated to be at least 200 feet long, 100 feet…
by Mandy McLaren, Courier Journal – Published 7:03 a.m. ET June 11, 2018 | Updated 7:05 a.m. ET June 11, 2018 Interim Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis spoke to reporters Tuesday about the JCPS takeover, Head Start, and more. June 5, 2018 Mandy McLaren/Courier Journal After school board members voted in late May to abandon Jefferson County…
Northern Kentucky University joins with economic educators across the state to launch the Coalition for Financial Literacy in the Commonwealth (CFLC). NKU partnered with Eastern Kentucky University, Morehead State University, Murray State University and the University of Kentucky to form the CFLC to combine resources to teach personal finance, entrepreneurship and economics throughout Kentucky. This…
by Sara Sidery – ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (WDRB) –E-cigarette users now have fewer places to vape in Elizabethtown after the city expanded its smoking ban for the first time in 12 years.At the Lincoln Trail District Health Department, doctors advised the city to expand its smoking ordinance to include e-cigarettes. “I think it’s stupid,” said e-cig user…
by BETH MISGAVE, bmusgrave@herald-leader.com – Kentucky environmental officials who wanted to inspect possible asbestos contamination on a nearly 90-acre site off Squires Road in Lexington were unable to enter the site Wednesday, state officials confirmed. “We tried to get on the site but the gate was locked and the company did not return our phone calls,”…