ASHLAND -- Tyler Boyles' accomplishment of a dream resonated well beyond himself.

FRANKFORT -- A key Kentucky lawmaker said Friday that former Gov. Matt Bevin's four last appointments to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees were out of compliance with state law.

FRANKFORT -- Medical marijuana is getting a serious look in the Kentucky legislature.

GREENUP -- A former Kentucky teacher seen on video dragging an elementary school student has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.

FRANKFORT -- A House panel overwhelmingly approved a bill that would legalize medicinal marijuana in Kentucky, boosting a proposal that has long struggled to gain traction in the legislature despite increasing public support.

FRANKFORT -- Looking to protect people with diabetes from being overwhelmed by high drug costs, a House committee approved a bill Thursday to cap out-of-pocket costs for many Kentuckians relying on insulin.

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Andy Beshear has had his opportunity to present and pitch his two-year budget proposal for state government.

HENDERSON -- Opioid abuse and addiction is a significant problem in western Kentucky. It affects families, workplaces, schools and more.

FRANKFORT -- A black history month celebration at the Kentucky Capitol today will highlight contributions that African Americans have made to the U.S. military and the nation's defense.

HENDERSON -- Two women and five animals have been found dead at a home in western Kentucky, authorities said.

FRANKFORT -- Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman has given birth to a healthy girl.

FRANKFORT -- A bill to give Kentucky schools the opportunity to install cameras on school buses, to catch illegal passing while children are embarking or disembarking, passed the state House Thursday.

FRANKFORT -- A bill to ban physical discipline of students in Kentucky passed the state House on Friday, but not before one legislator recounted being paddled by another legislator while he was in school.

FRANKFORT -- Faced with dangerously overcrowded county jails across Kentucky -- many of which house state inmates serving felony time -- two lawmakers are sponsoring bills in the General Assembly that would make it easier to transfer prisoners to jails with open beds and to give larger state…

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Andy Beshear said gun-rights activists who brought their weapons into the state Capitol last week were allowed to do so, though security did not properly enforce rules prohibiting masks and requiring the weapons be safely secured.

Several thousand tobacco farmers would get payouts under a plan approved Wednesday by the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association.

Kentucky may shift how it labels its lowest-performing schools for the third time in as many years.

Eighteen municipalities across Kentucky have adopted nondiscriminatory LGBTQ "fairness" ordinances, and now, nine senators want to make it statewide.

MAMMOTH CAVE -- Paleontologists working at Mammoth Cave National Park say they have discovered shark fossils that include part of a shark head and dorsal fins.

LOUISVILLE -- Sparked by Gov. Andy Beshear's December dismantling of the Kentucky Board of Education, Senate leadership is working to prevent similar reorganizations in the future.

WASHINGTON -- Amy McGrath, a former Marine combat aviator who has raised more than $16 million in her effort to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell in November's election, said Friday that she was endorsing Joe Biden for president.

LOUISVILLE -- Around 100 gun owners from across the state converged on the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort Friday for a rally in support of the Second Amendment.

FRANKFORT -- An aluminum company planning to build a $1.7 billion plant in Appalachia announced a management shakeup as it tries to complete financing for a long-promised Kentucky project staked to millions in taxpayer money, but the company's top executive later disputed that he had stepped down.

FRANKFORT -- A Republican-backed bill to ban sanctuary policies by most public agencies in Kentucky started advancing after an emotional hearing Thursday. Opponents predicted the measure would spread fear among immigrants despite assurances that there's no cause for concern.

FRANKFORT -- House Republicans filed a public assistance reform bill Monday aimed at encouraging people who receive public assistance to join the workforce. Among other things, the bill would allow the state to temporarily pay private health insurance premiums for Kentuckians who make up to …

Officials with the Kentucky Department for Aging and Independent Living came to Owensboro Monday night to seek input for redesigning the state's long-term care system and providing a more person-centered approach to services.

FRANKFORT -- In a follow-up to last year's school safety law, the Kentucky Senate passed legislation Monday to require that police officers be armed when assigned to schools.

FRANKFORT -- School choice advocates in Kentucky renewed their push Monday to create scholarship tax credits for private schools, a proposal that some public school supporters and the state's new governor oppose.

OWENSBORO -- There's a new Facebook group taking part of Owensboro -- women ages 50 and older -- by storm.

HOPKINSVILLE -- A Kentucky prosecutor has been absent from court in the weeks following the release of the letter where he asked former Gov. Matt Bevin to pardon a man convicted of sexual abuse.

Senate Republicans wasted no time passing one of their highest priority bills of the 2020 legislative session on Thursday, easily approving a bill requiring Kentuckians to show government-issued photo identification in order to vote.

LOUISVILLE -- Gov. Andy Beshear's administration says it has handed over documents in multiple open records lawsuits that his predecessor, Gov. Matt Bevin, had sought to keep secret.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky told The Washington Post that 45 Republicans are willing to dismiss the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress that President Donald Trump faces during the Senate's impeachment trial.

FRANKFORT -- After receiving criticism that he called "painful," a state senator Tuesday withdrew his controversial bill that would allow police to stop people to demand identification if police think they might be about to commit a crime.

OWENSBORO -- In less than four months of existence, God Smile Ministry is already impacting lives through improving their oral health.

Working in the health care industry, Beth Burbridge knew to expect medical risks when she volunteered to donate a kidney to her neighbor's son in early 2019.

FRANKFORT -- College credentials are still a good value for Kentuckians, according to a new report issued by the state Council on Postsecondary Education.

FRANKFORT -- Kentucky's elections for governor and other constitutional offices would shift to even-numbered years, coinciding with presidential elections, under a proposal overwhelmingly approved Thursday by the state Senate.