By BEN FINLEY Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Steve Beshear is being pressured from both sides of a controversial bill that would strengthen legal protections for religious freedom in Kentucky. Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, are urging Beshear to veto the measure. They say it could allow...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky students would be barred from dropping out of school before they’re 18 years old under legisla- tion passed by the Legislature on Monday. The Senate voted 33-5 late Monday afternoon for final passage. That vote came on the heels of 88-10 House vote. Raising the dropout age has been...
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) — Eddie and Sherri Granger’s new life running an antique store collapsed in a heap of debris when a tornado demolished their nearly century-old building while tearing through this eastern Kentucky town nestled in the Appalachian foothills. Six months later, the Florida transplants are not...
Law enforcement officers from seven counties joined Kentucky State Police and the U.S. Marshals Service last week to conduct a sex offender compliance check throughout the area. The effort was called “Operation Big Sandy.” Sheriff Dale Richardson advised that of the 276 residence checks, 25 were in Knott County. Sheriff Richardson explained the operation...
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state troopers in the Appalachian region are stepping up traffic patrols after receiving multiple complaints about speeding coal trucks on U.S. 119 between Harlan and Pineville. Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officer Mark Scott told the Harlan Daily Enterprise that “people are terrified” about coal trucks tailgating them. Scott said it’s understood...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has signed emergency regulations that require doctors to meet tougher prescription standards in an effort to stop drug abuse. The rules, which were given to given to state boards that oversee the medical industry on Friday, were presented to lawmakers Monday and will remain in effect...
By BRETT BARROUQUERE Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will switch to a single drug to carry out the execution of condemned inmates under a new set of regulations filed Friday, becoming the latest state to drop a three-drug mixture for lethal injections. The new regulations allow the state to use either three...
It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary for spunky eight-year-old Hannah Click to hop on the Go-Cart with her 23-year- old sister to take a couple laps around her family’s Knott County home. But while it was something she did numerous times before, that day last August would unfortunately turn out to be anything...
Reprinted from the Lexington Herald-Leader, with their permission. By BILL ESTEP Lexington Herald-Leader FRANKFORT — Hundreds of people in favor of mountaintop mining in Eastern Kentucky started congregating for a rally in the state Capitol before 5 p.m. Tuesday. While that rally went on, a group of about 75 people opposed to surface mining...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials are moving toward meeting the increasing demand for veteran cemeteries. The Courier-Journal reports that four state veteran cemeteries have been built across Kentucky and a fifth one is being planned in Leslie County to meet the need arising mostly from the deaths of World War II veterans. The...
