March 12, 2024 Kentucky House votes to decrease emergency safety measures in small coal mines The Kentucky House passed a bill allowing small coal mines to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training required for each underground shift.
March 12, 2024 Kentucky House passes bill aiming to curb sale of vaping products to teens The Kentucky House has passed legislation targeting the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and unauthorized vaping products, officials say.
March 11, 2024 Kentucky pediatrician sought spiritual healers for 'death spell,' 'voodoo' to kill ex-husband: court docs Kentucky doctor Stephanie Russell allegedly sought spiritual healers for a "death spell" to cast upon her ex-husband after a contentious custody battle.
March 8, 2024 Ex-NBA player helps Kentucky bill for stutter treatment insurance advance The sponsor of a Kentucky bill to expand insurance coverage for people seeking treatment for stuttering says former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist's activism helped the bill pass.
March 7, 2024 Tennessee police searching Kentucky landfill in connection with disappearance of missing autistic teen Tennessee investigators said Thursday they are searching a Kentucky landfill in connection with the disappearance of a missing 15-year-old autistic boy.
March 7, 2024 Kentucky bill to create future-oriented energy commission advances as coal power plants close The Kentucky Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee has advanced a bill that would create a new commission to assess Kentucky's energy generation capabilities and future demands.
March 6, 2024 Former Kentucky deputy convicted of violating civil rights, obstructing justice Former Boyle County Sheriff's Dep. Tanner Abbott, 31, has been convicted of civil rights violations and obstructing justice to conceal his actions, according to the Justice Department.
March 6, 2024 Suspect in Kentucky college wrestler's dorm room murder busted in bloody shirt, admitted killing: detective Charles Escalera had a court hearing Wednesday for the Feb. 24 strangling of classmate Josiah Kilman. A detective said Escalera was bloody and confessed to the killing upon his arrest.
March 6, 2024 Kentucky Senate passes bill for armed guardians, mental health training in schools The Kentucky Senate passed bills aimed at increasing school safety using armed guards and mental health training and changing the way state Board of Education members are selected.
March 6, 2024 Kentucky Senate passes bipartisan bill to allow a parent to collect child support for pregnancy expenses The GOP-controlled Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant a parent the right to seek child support from the other parent for pregnancy expenses.