by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – Maker’s Mark president emeritus Bill Samuels Jr. is speaking at a state park next month about all things bourbon. His appearance will be during an event Lake Barkley State Resort Park is calling “Bourbon, Beef and BS.” Samuels’ father purchased the Loretto distillery in the 1950s and started producing the iconic bourbon…
by TAYLOR INMAN – Marshall County has had four confirmed deaths in the past week related to the flu. According to the County Health Department all four of the victims were elderly. Public Information Officer Jennifer Brown says the exact strain of flu is not known until lab results are returned. Brown says while the elderly and…
ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) A mysterious rash is the reason Boyd County Middle School students will be moving to the old Boyd County High School starting next week. The middle school is undergoing a complete renovation, which was suspected to be the cause of the rash, but school officials say water and air testing has not revealed a cause.…
by Phillip M. Bailey and Morgan Watkins , The Courier-Journal – A brief look at nine issues that will be getting attention at Kentucky’s next General Assembly. Scott Utterback/The CJ A Senate committee approved a bill Thursday morning that would give Kentucky’s governor the power to fill vacancies in Louisville, although significant changes were made overnight to make the proposal more…
by William Joy, Reporter – Fantasy sports could see new regulations in Kentucky FRANKFORT, KY (WAVE) – Fantasy sports leagues are about as popular as the games themselves, and now Kentucky may be regulating all fantasy sports in the state. Rep. Adam Koenig (R – Kenton) said his new bill was requested by sites like…
A bill championed by state Rep. Steve Riley, R-Glasgow, which will recognize student-enlistees in the military as career-ready based on the passage of an aptitude test cleared the House on Tuesday. House Bill 231 calls for student-enlistees who receive a qualifying score for their military branch in the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test,…
by Kevin Wheatley – FRANKFORT — Funding for the state’s postsecondary schools would be based on the numbers of degrees they confer, students enrolled, credit hours earned and other factors under legislation passed by the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee on Tuesday. Senate Bill 153, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem David Givens, would codify a performance-based funding model…
BY VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS, vhoneycutt@herald-leader.com – Individuals and businesses could increase financial assistance for children to attend private schools with a Scholarship Tax Credit Program under a bill discussed Tuesday by the House Education Committee. Under the school choice program in House Bill 162, individuals and businesses would donate to scholarship granting organizations and in return receive…
by STU JOHNSON (KPR) – Legislation providing for the increased use of experimental drugs for terminally ill patients is heading to the Kentucky House. The Senate voted unanimously yesterday in favor of the measure sponsored by Morgantown Senator C.B. Embry. “Maybe one of these experimental treatments that’s passed the first clinical study might be of assistance to…
by Terry DeMio , tdemio@enquirer.com – The Campbell County Detention Center has a new voluntary treatment program for women fighting drug addiction. Most are there for heroin. Liz Dufour NEWPORT – They almost look like members of a club, all wearing fitted khakis and red polo shirts. They like to sit in a circle to talk, to laugh and…