Month: June 2013

Coal severance funds given to Rupp Arena renovation project

Editor’s note: The following article is reprinted from the June 12 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader, with their permission. By JOHN CHEVES Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration is taking $2.5 million from shrinking coal severance tax funds and giving it to…

Carrie man injured in ATV crash

  An ATV accident Friday sent a Carrie man to the hospital with a serious leg injury. The accident occurred around 1:30 p.m. on Hwy. 550 W near Carrie Loop. According to Knott County Sheriff Deputy Robby Slone, A.B. Patrick,…

Former East Ky. doctor sentenced in drug case

(AP) — A former eastern Kentucky doctor has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for dispensing thousands of prescription painkillers. U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar sentenced 66-year-old Richard Albert of Paintsville on Wednesday in court in Lexington…