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Transportation Secretary Jim Gray Issues Official Order to Facilitate Distribution and Delivery of Livestock Feed and Poultry
Severe winter weather has caused supply chain delays FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 3, 2023) - Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray has signed an official order to temporarily suspend certain restrictions...
Erin Feb 03, 2023
Tornado-relief payments come under scrutiny in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Some people unaffected by tornadoes that ravaged Kentucky in late 2021 were mistakenly sent payments from a relief fund funneling private donations into the region, the state tre...
Erin Feb 02, 2023
Retired Webster County teacher wins Ag Teachers Change Lives Award
Retired Webster County Schools teacher Margo Bruce has been selected as one of two new recipients of the Ag Teachers Change Lives Award. The Kentucky Association of Agriculture Educators said in a soc...
Erin Feb 02, 2023
Ridley selected to serve as Rotary Club's District Governor
The Rotary Club's District Nominating Committee has selected Dorsey Ridley to serve as the Rotary Club's District Governor in 2025-26. He assumes the role of District Governor Nominee Designate immedi...
Erin Feb 02, 2023
Republican-led panel targets COVID relief dollars for review
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 1,000 people have pleaded guilty or have been convicted on federal charges of defrauding the myriad COVID-19 relief programs that Congress established in the early days of ...
Erin Feb 01, 2023
Fiscal Court calls special meeting for Friday morning
Henderson County Fiscal Court will hold a special fiscal court meeting at 9 a.m. Friday in the Henderson County Fiscal Courtroom. Fiscal Court plans to authorize the purchase of E-Poll books and acces...
Erin Feb 01, 2023
Group makes first funding award to combat opioid epidemic
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky commission assigned to distribute money from a massive settlement with opioid companies has made its first funding award to help combat the state's opioid epidemic, At...
Erin Feb 01, 2023
Kentucky sued over counties' costs to house state inmates
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A lawsuit claims that Kentucky counties are unfairly stuck with the costs of housing, feeding and providing medical and psychiatric care for state inmates. The suit against the s...
Erin Jan 31, 2023
Kentucky to begin processing state tax returns on Feb. 6
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Department of Revenue started accepting electronically filed 2022 individual income tax returns last week, mirroring the IRS tax filing timeline, the state said. The...
Erin Jan 31, 2023
Beshear touts education plan ahead of lawmakers reconvening
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky is lagging behind in the "competition for talent" to lead its classrooms, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday in pushing for higher teacher pay as a way to overcome a shortage...
Erin Jan 31, 2023