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Former KY County Official Pleads Guilty A former Kentucky county judge-executive has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $38,000 in state grant money.A statement from Attorney General Andy Beshear says 57-year-old Wallace Taylor accepted a deal Friday and pleaded guilty to one count of abuse of public trust under $10,000, a Class D felony.News…
Bridge Closure Discussion Affecting KY Southern Indiana officials are urging Indiana’s transportation department not to fully close down an Ohio River bridge during repairs to the span.Local leaders, members of business groups and local colleges shared their concerns Thursday about the Sherman Minton Bridge during a closed meeting with the Indiana Department of Transportation’s…
Getting Workers Skilled For Jobs In KY High tech and high skill describes what is to come within the next couple of years in Barbourville.What sits as an abandon nursing home will soon be transformed into a new home for a work-ready training center.”Some dollars are coming back into this community to create training…
Daughters Of The American Revolution Meet In KY On Sunday, the Hindman Settlement School hosted more than 275 women from the National Society ‘The Daughters of the American Revolution’ for a school tour.The ‘Daughters of the American Revolution’ was founded in 1980. It is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are directly descended…
Pineville Fire Extinguished Emergency crews were on the scene of a fire in Bell County.Responders say the fire started in a duplex apartment in downtown Pineville late Sunday night, before spreading to two neighboring homes.Police had to block the street at Tennessee Avenue and U.S. 25 East while crews from several local agencies work…
Governor Announces Funding For Road Projects Governor Matt Bevin made several funding announcements in the region on Saturday.One of those was in Harlan County.$326,189 in discretionary funding will pave eight different roads,$223,189 will be used for six roads in the county. Those roads are: Cawood Branch Road, Morris Lane, Salt Trace Branch Road, Reuben…
175,000 Kentuckians Placed on ‘Inactive’ Voting List, Suit Claims The Kentucky Democratic Party contends in a new lawsuit that the State Board of Elections placed 175,000 registered voters on an “inactive list,” possibly infringing on their right to vote. Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Ben Self said in a statement the party determined the lawsuit…
Services Scheduled for Former London Police Officer Police in London are mourning the loss of one of their own this weekend after retired Sergeant Lester Eugene VanHook died Wednesday night. VanHook started his career in law enforcement as a dispatcher in 1975 and worked his way up to sergeant when he retired in 1996.…
McGrath Nearly Matches McConnell in Fundraising The U.S. Senate campaign for Amy McGrath says she has raised nearly $11 million in her first three months of fundraising in her effort to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McGrath’s campaign finance report is expected to show total donations of $10.7 million. Donations to the Marine…
Lawsuit Filed Against The Board Of Elections The Kentucky Democratic Party contends in a new lawsuit that the State Board of Elections placed 175,000 registered voters on an “inactive list,” possibly infringing on their right to vote.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Ben Self said in a statement the party determined the…