April 5, 2019 E. coli outbreak in Kentucky sickens nearly 50 people, health officials say At least 46 people have been sickened as a result of an E. coli outbreak in Kentucky, state health officials said this week.
April 5, 2019 Man, 23, accused of posing as Timmothy Pitzen has criminal history, authorities say An Ohio man who falsely claimed on Wednesday to be Timmothy Pitzen, the Illinois boy who went missing in 2011 at age 6, has a criminal history and was once psychologically evaluated, authorities said on Thursday.
April 4, 2019 Kentucky toddler beats stage 4 cancer, poses for photos Molly Hughes beat cancer, and she was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma at nearly five months old.
April 4, 2019 Person who claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen is not Timmothy Pitzen, FBI says, citing DNA test A person who claimed on Wednesday that he was Timmothy Pitzen — a 6-year-old boy from Illinois who went missing in 2011 — is not Pitzen, the FBI revealed on Thursday.
April 4, 2019 DNA testing underway in Timmothy Pitzen case after teen found in Kentucky says he’s long-missing Illinois boy Authorities ordered DNA testing on a teen who claims to be Timmothy Pitzen, an Illinois boy who made national headlines when he vanished in Illinois in 2011 — but shocked police Wednesday when he reemerged in Kentucky claiming he escaped his two kidnappers in Ohio.
April 4, 2019 Ohio teen tells investigators he's Timmothy Pitzen, child who disappeared in Illinois in 2011: report Investigators claim that a 14-year-old boy in Ohio identified himself on Wednesday as Timmothy Pitzen, a 6-year-old boy who vanished in 2011, and said he had just escaped the grasp of two kidnappers who allegedly held him for seven years.
April 1, 2019 Kentucky man says employer advised him to undergo exorcism, asked questions about sexual habits, lawsuit says A Kentucky man who worked for a popular hotel chain says his employer punished him for not undergoing an exorcism and for refusing to answer questions about his religious beliefs and sexual tendencies, according to a lawsuit filed in March.
March 31, 2019 Michigan State holds off Duke to reach Final Four as Auburn knocks off Kentucky Kenny Goins hit a three-pointer with 34.3 seconds remaining as Michigan State overcame a 24-point, 14-rebound performance by Zion Williamson to defeat top overall seed Duke, 68-67, in the East Regional Final Sunday evening in Washington, D.C.
March 21, 2019 Federal judge for second time blocks Kentucky abortion law For the second time in days, a federal judge issued an order temporarily blocking a new Kentucky law aimed at imposing more abortion restrictions. The latest order temporarily stopped a measure that would ban abortion if a woman wants to end her pregnancy because of race or gender as well as the diagnosis of a disability in the fetus.
March 20, 2019 Kentucky governor says he intentionally exposed his 9 kids to chickenpox Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said Tuesday that he deliberately exposed his nine children to chickenpox in lieu of vaccinating them, actions that follow reports of an outbreak of the contagious disease at a Roman Catholic school in a northern part of the state.