What To Do About Regulating E-Scooters E-scooters are a topic of conversation at the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Council meeting.To help traffic congestion, electric scooters are being used in cities across the country, but cities like Nashville are re-thinking e-scooters. The mayor even considered banning them after too many scooter-related injuries, including one death.There’s…
FREE Summer Church Camp In Eastern KY Church of God Worship Center in Eastern Kentucky offers a camp for teens every summer for free.This being the 13th year, 150 kids are already pre-registered, some representing churches from seven different states.Having invested more than $250,000 over the years, the church has never charged a child…
Pension Changes By Governor Bevin Looking to break the gridlock on his pension-relief proposal, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has reached out to lawmakers with several changes he’s agreed to make in hopes of winning enough support to have the measure taken up in a special legislative session.The proposal aims to provide relief for some…
Bridge Between KY And Illinois Still Closed An Ohio River bridge connecting Kentucky and Illinois will remain closed for about five more months.The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says an ongoing maintenance and repair project will require more work at the Brookport Bridge in Paducah.The agency says in a news release that inspectors determined additional repairs…
Opioid Manufacturer Pays Up An opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve federal investigations into allegations that it paid kickbacks and used other illegal marketing tactics to sell a powerful fentanyl spray, authorities said Wednesday.The settlement stems from criminal and civil probes into Insys Therapeutics Inc.’s scheme to pay doctors in…
Eastern KY University President On NCAA Presidential Forum The president of Eastern Kentucky University has been selected to represent the Ohio Valley Conference on the NCAA’s Division 1 presidential forum.Michael Benson was chosen at the May 31 meeting of the board of the conference’s presidents. His term begins Sept. 1.The forum assists the NCAA…
Remembering D-Day The world will focus today Thursday to the beaches of Normandy, France, paying tribute to the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and the few surviving veterans of that battle that changed the course of World War II. PresidentTrump is expected to give a speech while touring the beaches and an American…
Kids’ Summer Meals Program In Johnson County “There’a program in Johnson County where kids can get free meals just to help families throughout the summer,” says Johnson County School System’s Director of Nutrition Services Marsha Coleman. If you do not have a way to get to one of their locations, they now have mobile…
Juveniles Rob A Christian Woman’s Store Three juveniles are now behind bars after a slew of burglaries and vandalism. Officials believe all of the thefts and vandalism happened late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. Police say the three kids broke into four businesses; three in Cumberland and one in Lynch. Officials say they…
Catching Code Violators In Hazard And Perry Counties In 2019 Hazard and Perry County hired Bailey Richards as the Downtown Coordinator to oversee and foster the change needed downtown.In 2018 the city created a codes board. Now, they are moving to enforce those codes.”Through that process, the city can either raise people’s taxes to…