By Ryan Van Velzer Kentucky utility regulators want more information to decide whether Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest has legal standing to file a complaint over a natural gas pipeline in northern Bullitt County. Bernheim filed a complaint with utility regulators in early August alleging Louisville Gas and Electric bypassed the typical process for a new natural…
BY EVA MCKEND | KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville lawmakers are working to turn over responsibility of holding incarcerated juveniles to the state. The two sides are negotiating the terms of the city’s exit strategy. “It would not be feasible for us to take over the system, the actual physical plant that exists at JCYC,” said John…
BY LESLEY CLARK WASHINGTON A conservative group is increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to put election security legislation up for a vote in the Senate by airing ads that target the Kentucky Republican and four other Republican senators in their home states. Republicans for the Rule of Law is unveiling new spots…
An organization headed by former Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher will get $6.6 million in federal funds “to establish a center of excellence for substance-abuse disorder and . . . provide treatment and housing options for low-income and high-risk individuals in 47 Kentucky counties,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said in a press release. The…
BY DANIEL DESROCHERS Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones used his radio show Monday to wade into the controversy over LEX18’s decision to fire him last week, saying the campaign of Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath got him pulled from his television show last month. “I knew they had done it,” Jones said Monday morning,…
By MATT MARKGRAF Murray State University President Bob Jackson is reallocating funds for his presidential investiture into need-based scholarships. Jackson outlined the university’s “road ahead” at a faculty summit on Friday. He also described his first year in office as “a good year.” He suggested he doesn’t plan on going anywhere soon: “This will be my…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Frankfort Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in Kentucky to implant the newest injectable cardiac monitor (ICM) – the Biomonitor III from Biotronik. Marty Denny, MD, interventional cardiologist, performed the procedure. The monitor is designed to document suspected arrhythmia or unexplained syncope with increased clarity, enabling fast diagnosis and appropriate treatment.…
BY EVA MCKEND | KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – Among Kentucky’s congressional delegation, Republican Thomas Massie seems to stand alone in his vocal opposition to red flag laws. Since the two mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, he’s taken to Twitter and local radio to blast the laws aimed to give police and citizens…
BY BETH MUSGRAVE – Details on how much money it costs to run the newly renovated courthouse building downtown remains a mystery. BY MARCUS DORSEY A group that oversees the publicly-owned former Fayette County courthouse has voluntarily released its financial records after the Lexington Herald-Leader sued the group in Fayette Circuit Court last month. Historic Courthouse LLLP,…
BY MICHAEL CADIGAN KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A robotic surgical system promises to give people who suffer from chronic back pain an option for treatment. Norton Healthcare has the Mazor X robotic surgical system. This unit helps reduce pain and shortens recovery time following spine surgery. Terri Tackett was one of the first people in Kentucky to have…