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Pension Relief Passes House Governor Matt Bevin’s pension-relief proposal has narrowly passed the state House after a more than three-hour debate as a midsummer special legislative session continues.The 52-46 vote Monday was a pivotal test for Bevin’s plan to assist regional universities and quasi-governmental entities strapped by surging retirement costs. Those agencies include public…
New Pavilion Space Coming To Hazard The Perry County Farmers Market will be getting a facelift from its current location.Jennifer Weeber, the food coordinator with the Community Farm Alliance, says it’s a way to bring the community together.”It can be an opportunity for our community to come together. Have an outdoor space in which…
Harlan High School Football Team Helps Miners The Harlan County High School football team raised $4,000 for Blackjewel coal miners on Monday night.They hosted a two mile “Coal Run” which took place at Harlan County High School.”Our stadium is Coal Miners Memorial so they helped build this place so we wanted to help them,”…
Event For Kids Giving Books And Cash A Books and Barbers event was held on Sunday afternoon at Lexington City Church.All kids had to do was walk through the door, pick out a book and read.Aside from getting a sticker and a little cash, the kids also got to keep a comic book.Former NFL…
Equifax Settles Lawsuit Affecting Kentuckians Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.Attorney General Andy Beshear made the announcement Monday.“Our top priority was to make sure the…
Franklin Co. ‘Real ID’ Issues Force State to Delay Rollout Residents of both Franklin and Woodford Counties now have access to Kentucky’s new Real ID driver’s licenses. It hasn’t been easy for workers, though. Some told WKYT-TV that because of demand and technical problems, state officials have now hit pause on rolling out the…
Special Legislative Session on Pension Rolls into Second Day For the second time in seven months, Kentucky’s Republican governor called lawmakers back into a special session Friday to deal with the state’s pension problems. The GOP-dominated legislature convened to consider Gov. Matt Bevin’s pension-relief plan for regional universities and quasi-governmental entities, which include public…
Pike County Opens Cooling Centers Amid Heat Wave A number of shelters and cooling centers across Eastern Kentucky, including Pike County, are open this weekend as the temperatures crank up to the upper 90s. Pike County opened all but one of its senior centers yesterday and again today to serve as cooling stations. As…
KY Flags Flying To Honor Fallen Soldiers Governor Matt Bevin has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Friday, July 19, 2019, in honor of two Kentucky servicemen who were killed in action during World War II and the Korean War, but whose remains were only recently identified.Navy…
KY Experiences Drop In Overdose Deaths Kentucky officials are reporting the first statewide drop in drug overdose deaths since 2013.A report issued Thursday states 1,333 people died from drug overdoses in 2018, down from a record 1,566 deaths the prior year. The decline follows years of steady increases in the death toll, driven mostly…