by Sheldon S. Shafer , @sheldonshafer – Kentucky Lottery sales are ahead of last year but slightly below budget. That mixed picture emerged Friday from a meeting in Louisville of the lottery corporation’s directors. Maggie Garrison, the lottery’s corporate controller, told the board that year-to-date (July 1 through Oct. 31) statewide ticket sales totaled $314.3 million, or nearly…
Jace Burris, behind a favorite quote from John Ruskin that is written on a window in his JCBarchitect office, 706 Westland Dr. in Lexington. Charles Bertram cbertram@herald-leader.com BY CHERYL TRUMAN, ctruman@herald-leader.com – Architect James “Jace” Burris sits with his dog, Pippi, at his architecture office off Old Frankfort Pike, considering the future that will shortly be emerging from a…
By WBKO News Staff | BOWLING GREEN, Ky. WKU is still looking for a provider for its proposed sports medicine complex. In September, WKU issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a medical provider to lease the campus health clinic, provide orthopedic services for student athletes, and to construct a Sports Medicine Complex on campus. The deadline was November 15.…
By Caleb Noe | BELL CO., Ky. (WYMT) – Within hours, flames made a bustling tourism destination look more like a war zone. Forest fires left many people displaced, and firefighters on-call around the clock. “These guys are on the front lines. If there is anything I could do to help these guys. I’ve been in the same situation. Not…
by Don Weber, @DonWeber_cn2 – COVINGTON – As Senate Republicans meet at their annual retreat in Paducah, one reality is that for the first time in 95 years, legislation which is passed out of their chamber in 2017 has a better chance than ever to pass both chambers, and be signed into law. Sen. Wil Schroder, R-Wilder, senses a…
by Nick Storm, @NickStorm_cn2 – Details are scant on what exactly a GOP tax reform package would consist of or even when a proposal could come, but tax insiders are speculating on which way the discussions could play out based on previous comments from the governor and others. Charles George, the government affairs director for the Kentucky Society of Certified…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – State officials say unemployment rates fell in 82 Kentucky counties between October 2015 and October 2016. The Kentucky Office of Employment and Training says jobless rates rose in 33 counties during that span. It says rates stayed the same in Breckinridge, Knott, Laurel, McLean and Powell counties. The agency says Woodford County had the…
By Caleb Noe | HARLAN CO. Ky. (WYMT) – Who knew puddles along the side of the road could be such a good sight? “It’s a great relief, obviously. We’ve been working for a month or a month and a half here. It’s just been fire after fire,” said Bell County Ranger, Lem Johnson. The rain Monday night into Tuesday…
Phillip M. Bailey , @phillipmbailey – Mayor Greg Fischer said those seeking to address gun violence in Louisville and other cities, such as Gov. Matt Bevin, must consider multiple policy levers in order to halt lower the rise of shootings and homicides. Phillip Bailey/CJ Mayor Greg Fischer said those seeking to address gun violence in Louisville and other…
By Lisa Gillespie – More than 8,500 people with expanded Medicaid coverage got breast cancer screenings in May and June of this year. And more people covered under the expansion received dental, diabetes, Hepatitis C and colorectal cancer screenings. That’s according to a report released Monday by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. In a news release, foundation president and…