(Credit: Pixabay)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker is predicting the General Assembly will consider a bill to bring public pension systems in sync in complying with a law requiring more transparency. Republican Sen. Jimmy Higdon said Monday that a state audit showed the Kentucky Retirement Systems and Teachers’ Retirement System are interpreting parts of the 2017 law differently. The…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a group of people who lost federal disability benefits after their lawyer was arrested for fraud. The suit filed Friday in eastern Kentucky aims to revive the cases of about 500 people who most likely gave up the legal fight after the government began revoking benefits…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials are preparing to launch a program that aims to increase the number of students seeking higher education after high school. The Council on Postsecondary Education says in a statement that the statewide launch of Gear Up Kentucky is planned for Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Eastern Kentucky University. Initially, 12 school districts have been chosen…
BRANDENBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who got into a scuffle with a deputy trying to arrest him has been charged with manslaughter after the law enforcement officer died of an apparent medical issue. News outlets cited a statement from Meade County Sheriff Phillip Wimpee that says Deputy Chris Hulsey was attempting to arrest Terry Gonterman on drug charges…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — NASA has recognized three Kentucky companies for supplying critical elements and tools for the rocket boosters of the Space Launch System rocket. A statement from NASA says the companies were awarded a Space Launch System Program Manager’s Commendation award to recognize excellence in delivering quality products critical to manufacturing the boosters on time. American Synthetic Rubber…
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky teacher has been charged with sodomy, accused of repeatedly engaging in sexual acts with an underage girl in a public school classroom. News outlets report 27-year-old Evan M. Harvey was suspended from being a teacher and football coach in the Daviess County school district after police charged him with third-degree sodomy Thursday. But the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican governor has run into turbulence over his use of taxpayer-owned aircraft, creating another distraction for a reelection campaign already dogged by feuds with teachers, struggles over state pensions and a legal fight with his lieutenant governor. Gov. Matt Bevin tried to defuse the air travel controversy late Thursday by having his office release a…
(Credit: Pixabay)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Supreme Court delved into a case Thursday revolving around whether the death penalty should apply to defendants who committed their crimes between the ages of 18 and 21. The case reached the high court after a lower court judge ruled that applying the death penalty to such defendants amounts to an “unconstitutionally disproportionate punishment.”…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A woman with four previous drunken-driving convictions now faces three counts of murder for a wrong-way crash during a high-speed police chase on Interstate 75. News outlets report 42-year-old Tammy Marie Bevins Rodriguez also was charged Thursday with assault and wanton endangerment. She was initially charged with DUI and not having a license. Winchester police Capt….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say the state’s unemployment rate rose slightly in August. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 4.4% last month. The preliminary figure is up from the 4.3% rate in July. Last month’s rate was unchanged from the statewide jobless rate in August 2018. State officials say Kentucky’s trade,…
