KY Without A Public Health Chief During Hepatitis “A” Outbreak Kentucky is struggling with the nation’s worst hepatitis A outbreak, and its state Department of Public Health is suddenly without its infectious diseases chief. John Bennett tells The Courier Journal that he was dismissed on Friday. Cabinet for Health and Family Services spokesman Doug…
KY State Police Looking For Escaped Inmate Kentucky State Police say they are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Green River Correctional Complex.Police said in a statement that the state prison in western Kentucky reported that 44-year-old Charles Pedigo escaped from the facility Wednesday evening. Authorities say he was serving a 29-year…
Gubernatorial Candidates To Speak Candidates vying for the Commonwealth’s top office will have the opportunity to share their views with voters Thursday evening.Two different gubernatorial candidate forums are scheduled, one in Frankfort and one in Lexington.The first forum, hosted by Community Action Kentucky, will begin around 1:15 p.m. at the Lexington Public Library’s downtown…
KY Driver Pleads Guilty In Crash A driver accused of killing a pregnant woman and three other people while on drugs in Kentucky has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.News outlets report that Jason Gibson pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of murder and one count of fetal homicide in Clay County court.…
Fatal Semi Crash In Letcher County The coroner arrived on the scene after a tractor-trailer crash in Letcher County Wednesday.The crash happened on KY 160 at Sand Hill between Gordon and Cumberland in the early afternoon.Kentucky Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officials tell us one person is dead.The company the victim was driving for is based…
Hillbilly Days Is Here In Pikeville The 43rd annual Hillbilly Days festival kicked off Wednesday in Pikeville, bringing food, fun and a little flare to the downtown area. Preparations for the festival were underway as vendor booths and carnival rides took over the downtown landscape.The full festival, which is a collaboration between the City…
Ethics Complaint Not Being Reconsidered A Kentucky ethics panel says it won’t reconsider an ethics complaint by a Democratic lawmaker against the state House’s Republican leader.The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission on Tuesday denied a request by Rep. Jim Glenn to reconsider its dismissal of his complaint against House Speaker David Osborne.Glenn alleges Republican leaders…
New Crime Technology Being Introduced Governor Matt Bevin and Kentucky State Police will make an announcement Wednesday regarding new sexual assault case technology.Kentucky will be the first state to use a DNA technology tool developed for the testing of sexual assault evidence kits. The tool can lead to the identification of suspects within hours.Bevin…
Nurse Practitioners Graduate The University of the Cumberlands recently had a 100% pass rate for their first Family Nurse Practitioner students.The students were the university’s first cohorts of their online Master’s in Science – Family Nurse Practioner (MSN-FNP) program. And, every student passed their board exams.University staff say the news was no shock to…
Governor Bevin Vetoes Pension Bill Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin vetoed a pension bill that was aimed at providing relief to some state-funded agencies struggling with ballooning retirement payments.Bevin said in his veto message that he will call a special legislative session before July 1 to give lawmakers another chance on the issue. …