May 18, 2013
E-EDITION
SUBSCRIBE/RENEW
MANAGE PRINT SUBSCRIPTION
Kentucky
Beshear vetoes portions of budget
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear has used his line-item veto power to delete some spending proposals that lawmakers added to a bare-bones budget proposal. Beshear released a statement Wednesday sa...
Apr 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Officials offer reward for info in hospital fire
MOUNT STERLING — A reward is being offered for information in a blaze at an empty eastern Kentucky hospital that firefighters have called the most destructive attempt they’ve seen to burn down a bu...
Apr 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Prescription drug bill facing opposition from MDs
FRANKFORT — House Speaker Greg Stumbo called Tuesday for lawmakers to support legislation aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse despite opposition from the Kentucky Medical Association. Stumb...
Apr 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Woman faces prison for role in overdose
LEXINGTON — Prosecutors say a Breathitt County woman’s guilty plea marks the first prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office charging someone in the eastern half of Kentucky with causing a death by...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Man killed by train in western Ky.
HOPKINSVILLE — Police are investigating after a train hit and killed a man in western Kentucky. Hopkinsville Police officer Roger Stephens said Corey Majors died early Sunday after being hit by ...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Legislators still without road budget
FRANKFORT — With time running short, lawmakers still haven’t come to terms on a six-year, $10.6 billion proposal to fund road and bridge projects across Kentucky. State Rep. Sannie Overly, D-Par...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Drug summit draws state lawmakers
LOUISVILLE — Top health leaders and lawmakers from Kentucky who are trying to end multistate prescription drug trafficking and abuse are meeting in Florida this week. The National Rx Drug Abuse ...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Unmanned semi crashes into apartment
LEXINGTON — A driverless tractor-trailer truck has crashed into a vacant apartment in Lexington. Police told the Lexington Herald-Leader the crash happened early Sunday evening at the Townley Pa...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Taxpayers get extra days this year to file
FRANKFORT — The state Department of Revenue is reminding Kentucky taxpayers that this year they will have two extra days to file their income taxes. The 2012 deadline is on April 17 because of E...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Associated Press A critique of students' recent assignments is conducted April 2 at The Lifelong Learners program at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. The program allows students 65 or older to take classes for free.
Elizabethtown residents become Lifetime Learners
ELIZABETHTOWN — Sherry Lee Pile is new to the Lifelong Learners program, but she’s long believed in the concept. “Life is a lifelong learning experience,” she said. A former educator, she used t...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Weather
Click for Paducah, Kentucky Forecast
Sponsored By:
National Video Feed