Gubernatorial Candidates To Speak

Gubernatorial Candidates To Speak Candidates vying for the Commonwealth’s top office will have the opportunity to share their views with voters Thursday evening.Two different gubernatorial candidate forums are scheduled, one in Frankfort and one in Lexington.The first forum, hosted…

KY Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash

KY Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash A driver accused of killing a pregnant woman and three other people while on drugs in Kentucky has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.News outlets report that Jason Gibson pleaded guilty Tuesday…

Fatal Semi Crash In Letcher County

Fatal Semi Crash In Letcher County The coroner arrived on the scene after a tractor-trailer crash in Letcher County Wednesday.The crash happened on KY 160 at Sand Hill between Gordon and Cumberland in the early afternoon.Kentucky Commercial Vehicle Enforcement…

Hillbilly Days Is Here In Pikeville

Hillbilly Days Is Here In Pikeville The 43rd annual Hillbilly Days festival kicked off Wednesday in Pikeville, bringing food, fun and a little flare to the downtown area. Preparations for the festival were underway as vendor booths and carnival…

Ethics Complaint Not Being Reconsidered

Ethics Complaint Not Being Reconsidered A Kentucky ethics panel says it won’t reconsider an ethics complaint by a Democratic lawmaker against the state House’s Republican leader.The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission on Tuesday denied a request by Rep. Jim Glenn…

New Crime Technology Being Introduced

New Crime Technology Being Introduced Governor Matt Bevin and Kentucky State Police will make an announcement Wednesday regarding new sexual assault case technology.Kentucky will be the first state to use a DNA technology tool developed for the testing of…

Nurse Practitioners Graduate

Nurse Practitioners Graduate The University of the Cumberlands recently had a 100% pass rate for their first Family Nurse Practitioner students.The students were the university’s first cohorts of their online Master’s in Science – Family Nurse Practioner (MSN-FNP) program.…

Governor Bevin Vetoes Pension Bill

Governor Bevin Vetoes Pension Bill Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin vetoed a pension bill that was aimed at providing relief to some state-funded agencies struggling with ballooning retirement payments.Bevin said in his veto message that he will call a special…

Governor Asks For Emergency Assistance

Governor Asks For Emergency Assistance Governor Matt Bevin sent a letter to President Donald Trump last week, asking for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 58 Kentucky counties.These counties were impacted by severe weather in February and March. Strong winds…

Looking For Cemetery Vandals

Looking For Cemetery Vandals People who live in a small community in Letcher County were angered to see a cemetery in town vandalized.Dozens of grave markers were knocked over and now police are trying to find out who is…