Governor Gets Involved In Coal Industry Governor Andy Beshear pledged that his state Labor Cabinet will take the miners’ employer to court if the company does not comply with his administration’s demand for records.This is in response to the…
Kentucky Lawmakers Assemble Bags Of Food Kentucky lawmakers assembled bags of food to be distributed to children at risk of going hungry at an event planned by a House leader who remains hospitalized.Lawmakers from both parties formed assembly lines…
Weapon Carrying In KY Public Schools Any police officers assigned to Kentucky schools would have to be armed under a bill introduced Monday as a follow-up to last year’s school safety law stemming from a deadly shooting.The new measure…
Williamson Memorial Hospital Furloughs Employees Twenty employees at Williamson Memorial Hospital will be furloughed as the hospital re-organizes through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.The hospital made the announcement Monday night.”After a comprehensive evaluation process, the hospital has developed a new, streamlined…
State Of The Commonwealth Speech Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear will give his first State of the Commonwealth speech to lawmakers and a statewide television audience tonight. The speech in the state House chambers will be broadcast on Kentucky Educational…
Miners Block Coal Delivery Pike County miners are blocking a train loaded with coal from leaving a mine in Kimper.Several miners and their families stood on the tracks leading from Quest Energy in Blackburn Bottom Monday afternoon.A train loaded…
Governor Beshear Restoring Workplace Safety Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is restoring a workplace safety board that was abolished by former Gov. Matt Bevin.Beshear said on Friday the move to reestablish the 12-member Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is…
Vaping Death In Kentucky Kentucky health officials on Friday announced the state’s first probable vaping-related death.The man who died was in his late 20s, said Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Angela Dearinger.The Centers for Disease Control website said as of…
Governor Beshear Making Medicaid Changes Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration issued a request for proposals Friday for Medicaid managed care contracts after Beshear canceled contracts awarded by former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration near the end of Bevin’s…
Leslie County Deputy Back Home Leslie County deputy Shane Wilson, who was shot Saturday in the Asher community, was welcomed home with a police escort on Sunday afternoon.Many emergency response organizations were in the escort including the Leslie Sheriff’s…