FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate’s top leader has introduced a bill aimed at the governor’s overhaul of the state school board. Senate President Robert Stivers introduced the bill Tuesday. It would prevent future governors from such a sweeping reorganization of the board’s membership. Stivers says it would ensure political, gender and racial diversity on the board overseeing Kentucky’s…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has approved a proposal that would add a series of crime victims’ rights to the state constitution. The measure known as Marsy’s Law is a reprise of a 2018 constitutional amendment that cleared the legislature and was approved by Kentucky voters. The amendment was voided when the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled the question…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky House committee has approved a bill to create a loan program to assist financially struggling rural hospitals. The bill is seen as a way to protect rural health care. The measure sailed through the House budget committee without opposition on Tuesday. It now goes to the full House. Hospitals situated in counties with fewer…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — The former boyfriend of a missing Kentucky woman has been indicted on murder and robbery charges. News outlets report the indictment was handed down Tuesday by a Scott County grand jury. It charges 53-year-old Joseph Hicks with killing 32-year-old Sheena Baxter on Valentine’s Day. Hicks was already in jail after being arrested last week on charges…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman has been accused of stealing luggage from passengers at an airport on two occasions. News outlets report 33-year-old Carrie Welch is charged with theft after police arrested her at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Friday. Police say she was caught on surveillance cameras taking the bags Feb. 2 and Feb. 14….
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The wife of Vice President Mike Pence will visit Fort Campbell to highlight new efforts to create employment solutions for military spouses. A statement from the Office of the Second Lady says Karen Pence will be joined by the Secretary of Defense’s wife, Leah Esper, in Friday’s visit to the Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear is taking nominations to Kentucky university boards and other higher education boards. Vacancies will be considered during the Governor’s Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee’s next meeting. Boards include the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville boards of trustees; boards of regents at Western Kentucky University, Kentucky State, Murray State, Northern Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky are asking for the public’s help in finding those responsible for poaching two elk. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources says on its Facebook page that two bull elk were poached on Thursday in the Ball Creek area of Knott County. The post shows a photo of two severed elk heads….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a fire has broken out at an eastern Kentucky prison. The governor said Friday that the fire forced authorities to relocate about 500 inmates. He says no injuries have been reported from the fire at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex. It’s a medium-security facility in Morgan County. Beshear says authorities believe…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has signed legislation requiring that law enforcement officers to carry weapons when assigned to provide security at schools. The measure won bipartisan support in the state House and Senate. The measure is a follow-up to last year’s sweeping school safety law, which did not specify whether school police officers needed to carry…
