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KY Sales Tax Revenue Kentucky collected record amounts of sales tax revenues in April, reflecting growing consumer spending in another sign of economic recovery from the coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear said.Sales tax receipts from last month reached $486.5 million, not only the state’s best-ever total for an April but an all-time monthly high, the…
Hershey Recall The Hershey Company recalled 1,700 bottles of Hershey’s Chocolate Shell Topping due to an undeclared allergen.The shell topping is made with almonds. According to the Food and Drug Administration, almonds are not declared as an ingredient on the recalled products.The products were shipped nationwide between April 15 and May 3, 2021 and…
KSP Car Show Kentucky State Police, Post 9, Pikeville will be hosting an outdoor car show May 15 with the proceeds to benefit KSP Shop with a Trooper event.According to Trooper Michael Coleman, Post 9 public information officer, this will be the post’s first car show.“To my knowledge, this is the first car show…
Juvenile Justice Commissioner Resigns Kentucky’s juvenile justice commissioner has agreed to resign.LaShana Harris’ departure ends a dispute over her employment after she was dismissed following an investigation of alleged sexual harassment.Earlier this week, media outlets reported that Harris remained employed for more than six weeks after the Beshear administration acknowledged she was fired.Harris voluntarily…
Memorial Day Flags Volunteers are needed to help place thousands of American flags before Memorial Day.The Central Kentucky Veterans Committee will place 17,000 flags at the Lexington Cemetery and Camp Nelson. Each one will be placed at the grave site of a veteran. Source: MG News Return to News
Opioid Crisis Lawsuit In an attempt to help children of mothers who used opiods during birth in Kentucky attorney Ron Johnson, a partner in the law firm of Hendy Johnson Vaughn Emery in Louisville, is representing the state’s public school districts, one of the hardest hit by the opioid epidemic.“On its face, it’s just…
Parvo Cases Uptick Veterinarians are pleading with pet owners to take preventative measures because they are seeing an uptick in parvo cases due to a new strain of the virus.Parvovirus, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, is described as a highly contagious gastrointestinal illness that most often affects puppies.“Symptoms that folks will notice…
Controversial DUI Court Ruling One Northern Kentucky prosecutor says a recent Kentucky Supreme Court ruling threatens to make it far easier for DUI suspects to avoid charges.The supreme court’s ruling last month prohibits warrantless blood tests from being used as evidence against DUI suspects in court. Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney Rob Sanders says the…
Three Year Old Found Safe Police, fire departments, search and rescue teams, and volunteers searched the Garrett community in Knott County for nearly 26 hours for three year old Madlyn Clawson after she wandered away from her grandparents’ home Tuesday night. Madlyn was found and then taken to the hospital. Police say she is…
Colonel Sanders Statue Now you can see the most famous Kentuckian as the great Colonel Sanders, and on Wednesday the city of Corbin continues to pay homage to him. The Corbin Center unveiled a chainsawed wood statue of the colonel right outside their building.“Something that would attract tourists off of the interstate, being people…