By WYMT News Staff LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT/WKYT) – We are in the heart of flu season and Kentucky’s flu activity level has increased. Sister station WKYT reports Kentucky is now in what is called a regional outbreak of the flu. It is too early to know how effective this year’s flu shot is, but nurses say it is…
BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – A possible proposed law has LGBTQ advocates speaking out. Rep. Savannah Maddox, R-Dry Ridge, announced on her Facebook she has begun drafting legislation to ban gender reassignment surgery or drug hormone therapy for anyone under the age of 18 in Kentucky. “I am a strong advocate for parent’s rights- but…
By Ryland Barton In the wake of Kentucky’s close gubernatorial race, state lawmakers are considering a constitutional amendment that would trigger an automatic vote recount in close elections. Under the proposal by Republican House Speaker David Osborne and Democratic House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins, an automatic recount would be triggered if election results show a candidate…
By Katey Cook SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WYMT)- A school district in Kentucky is planning to sue electronic cigarette companies for creating ‘an epidemic of nicotine addiction affecting student health and school learning environments.’ Sister station WKYT reports news outlets are saying the Bullitt County Board of Education announced on Wednesday plans to sue Juul and other industry manufacturers, distributers…
By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Kentucky’s Public Service Commission has released results of a months-long investigation into high rates of water loss in certain rural water districts. The findings point to systematic financial and managerial challenges facing rural districts, and solutions would likely require sweeping legislative change. The PSC launched its investigation in March after…
By MARY MEEHAN Changing weather is bringing a wave of seasonal illness that has impacted some Kentucky schools. Kentucky health officials are encouraging people to take precautions to avoid contagious diseases like the flu, stomach viruses, and strep throat. Several school districts from around Kentucky have closed for a day or two because of high rates…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Kentucky state senator landed in the national spotlight during a meeting at the White House. Republican Senator Julie Raque Adams attended a listening session on vaping held by President Trump on Friday. Adams has helped lead the effort to curb teen vaping in Kentucky, and the president called on her…
By KARYN CZAR A Kentucky police department is suing a newspaper in an attempt to avoid releasing investigative records into its defunct youth program, where two officers were convicted of sexually abusing minors. The Courier Journal reports it’s being sued by Louisville Metro police, despite a state attorney general’s ruling that the department violated state law by denying…
By ALAN LYTLE Dr. Aaron Thompson, the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education has been on a Listening Tour across the commonwealth to learn what students, parents, community leaders and employers think about higher education. Dr. Thompson was on UK’s Campus last week and he sat down with WUKY’s Alan Lytle and UK Now’s Kody Kiser (host…
by Jason Riley, Travis Ragsdale LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – When WDRB News asked Kentucky State Police earlier this year for a copy of the settlement the department reached with a Harlan County man who had been beaten by troopers while handcuffed, the agency’s response was short, concise and false. KSP’s in-house attorney said no settlement existed, and,…