BY MICHAEL CADIGAN KENTUCKY LEXINGTON, Ky. – Most children who are deaf or hard of hearing are born to hearing parents who don’t have experience with hearing health care or sign language. Kristi Grider remembered when her son, Kenton, was diagnosed with severe hearing loss. “That was a very dark day for me because I wasn’t expecting that and…
By COLIN DWYER Confronted with a torrent of lawsuits across the U.S., several major drug companies are in discussions with authorities to resolve thousands of opioid-related suits filed against them. A government source close to the negotiations tells NPR that Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, Endo International and Allergan are looking to cut deals. The health…
By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – A ceremonial bill signing was held at the Capitol on Tuesday for legislation that requires health insurance plans to cover genetic tests for cancer. Sen. Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester, sponsored the measure, which was approved during the 2019 General Assembly. “For a lot of cancers, there…
By WILL STONE Originally published on August 27, 2019 4:43 pm Researchers hoping to study marijuana for scientific and medical purposes are one step closer to expanding their limited supply of the plant. This week, the federal government announced it would begin processing dozens of pending applications for permission to cultivate the plant for scientific research. The U.S.…
by Chad Mills and Jason Riley Sen. Morgan McGarvey says he’s already working to remedy a problem spotlighted by a WDRB News Sunday Edition. (WDRB Photo) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Kentucky state senator says he’s working on a remedy after a WDRB News Sunday Edition pointed out a gap in state law. “It’s been scary as…
Kentucky Senator Julian M. Carroll, D-Frankfort, has prefiled legislation establishing the framework to allow sports wagering at any horse racing track or off-track wagering facility. Bill Request 236 builds on two previously filed bills that were proposed over the last couple of legislative sessions by Senator Carroll. He introduced the bills in anticipation of the…
By Miranda Combs | LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Lincoln County Jailer Rob Wilson said he has a 72-bed jail and 182 inmates currently staying in the facility. That is nothing new. In fact, there are 29 jails in Kentucky that are 150 percent or more overcapacity. The two isolation rooms in the Lincoln County jail usually have…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Expanded gaming, including legalizing casinos and sports wagering, is likely to come up again during the 2020 General Assembly, but how hard it will be pushed depends on who wins the Governor’s race this November. Sen. Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort, sponsored a bill during this year’s session to legalize sports wagering,…
By WYMT News Staff | HAZARD/PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) – Two special guests are coming to Eastern Kentucky in support of Gov. Matt Bevin and Dr. Ralph Alvarado’s campaign for governor and lieutenant governor. Donald J. Trump, Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle will be in Hazard and Pikeville on Thursday. Guilfoyle is an attorney who co-hosted The Five on…
By Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource Tom Folz drives around on a sunny, August afternoon and surveys the thousands of acres of dark green, leafy soybean plants and tall stalks of corn he grows on his sprawling farm in Christian County, Kentucky. At 54, Folz has wispy, white hair matching his white mustache. It’s taken him…