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Automakers Pledge To Make Safer Cars Major automakers say they have agreed to equip nearly all U.S. vehicles with systems to remind motorists of passengers in the back seat, by model year 2025, in an effort to avoid deaths of young children left behind in hot cars.The announcement on so-called rear seat reminder systems…
Jobs For Kentucky Intuit and SYKES joined Governor Matt Bevin, Perry County Judge Executive Scott Alexander, Hazard Mayor Happy Mobelini and several others at the Perry County Library.”This means everything. It means hope and opportunity it brings enthusiasm that is going to be here for generations to come,” said Governor Bevin.The companies will invest…
Kentucky Doesn’t Make The AP Cut After their opening week win over Toledo, Kentucky inched closer to the Coaches’ Poll Top 25. The Wildcats received 40 votes in the Coaches’ Poll. However, Kentucky did not receive any votes in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.The Top 25 went 23-0 against unranked teams to open…
KY School Security Marshall Hired State leaders pushed for a new state law that adds protections for students across Kentucky and one of those additions is a school security marshal. Reports indicate Ben Wilcox has taken on the role of school security marshal.Wilcox became a resource officer in 1999 after the Columbine shooting and…
Blackjewel Back In Court Today Blackjewel will be back in court this afternoon for an evidentiary hearing. The hearing is about the coal from the Cloverlick mine that is still sitting on the railroad tracks.Meanwhile, the miners are going on six weeks at the tracks protesting against not receiving their paychecks since the company’s…
KY Man Holds World Record In Weight Lifting A Kentucky man who has only been lifting weights for seven years is the new world record holder in the raw bench press.Julius Maddox, of Owensboro, broke the record by lifting a whopping 739.6 pounds at the Boss of Bosses event Saturday in Mountain View, Calif.He…
Enerblu Investors Sue A group of investors that gave $1.2 million to the failed battery manufacturing plant Enerblu, which promised hundreds of jobs in Eastern Kentucky, has sued two of the company’s executives to retrieve its investment, according to filings in Pike County Circuit Court.The lawsuit claims that Enerblu executives made deliberate misrepresentations to…
Fire Destroys Home In Perry County A fire destroyed a home in Perry County on Monday afternoon.Officials say they received a call around 1 p.m. that a home was on fire at Shuckbean Hollow.When the Hazard Fire Department arrived the house was engulfed in flames.”What we’ve tried to do is just try to contain…
KY State Fair Officials Release Attendance Figures Kentucky State Fair officials say attendance was down this year but revenue was up. Recently released attendance figures show a drop of more than 25,000. This year’s fair ran from Aug. 15 to 25 and drew 589,170 people. Last year, attendance was 614,470.Temperatures well into the 90s…
Special Kids To Join University Of KY’s Catwalk This Fall The University of Kentucky’s Cat Walk before football games will have a special guest each week this fall.The athletics department says offensive tackle and engineering student Luke Fortner and a team of engineers from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky worked for months to design and…