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…
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Legislature okays raising dropout age
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…
Residents pull together to recover from tornado
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…
‘Operation Big Sandy’ yields arrests of 22 sex offenders
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…
Ky. officials worried about speeding coal trucks
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…
Gov. Beshear signs order to regulate prescriptions
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…
Ky. switching to single drug executions
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…
Knott County mother praises Hazard ARH surgeon’s care following daughter’s traumatic go-cart injury
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…
Dueling rallies precede EPA hearings
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…
State expanding veteran cemeteries
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…