Category Archives: Kentucky News
USDA greenlights online infant formula shopping for WIC
(WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO) BY NADIA RAMLAGAN, Kentucky News Connection Households receiving benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children could be able to start ...
Jul 26, 2022
State leaders discuss school safety with legislative committee
Committee co-chair Sen. Max Wise, R-Campbellsville, asks a question on school safety at the Interim Joint Committee on Education meeting on Friday. (LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION) FRANKFORT- The fir...
Jul 21, 2022
Crash causes major traffic backup near Elizabethtown, Lebanon Junction
Traffic near Elizabethtown and Lebanon Junction is blocked due to a semi crash in a constriction zone. This cameras shows mile marker 102.8. (KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET) ELIZABETHTOWN - A crash n...
Jul 21, 2022
Fiery crash claims life of two men in Butler County
SUGAR GROVE, Ky. - State police said two people died in a Butler County crash on Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened just around 1 p.m. near the 20 mile marker of Interstate 165 - formerly the Willi...
Jul 21, 2022
Legislative committee hears testimony on election security
House Minority Caucus Chair Derrick Graham, D-Frankfort, comments on election security in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (KENTUCKY LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION) FRANKFORT - The Interim Joint Committ...
Jul 20, 2022
Beshear: New 988 Mental Health Crisis Lifeline here to help save lives
(WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO/BRENNAN CRAIN) FRANKFORT - Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that Kentucky has launched the easy-to-remember three-digit mental health crisis hotline, 988, which connects Kentuc...
Jul 18, 2022
What laws take effect in Kentucky today?
FRANKFORT - The Kentucky General Assembly passed 234 bills during this year's legislative session, and most will take effect on Thursday. That means that fentanyl dealers and porch pirates will face t...
Jul 14, 2022
Kentucky to end 2022 with budget surplus
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Officials say Kentucky will end the 2022 fiscal year with a budget surplus. The Office of State Budget Director said general fund receipts totaled $14.7 billion, which exceeded e...
Jul 12, 2022
Kentucky man indicted in slaying of 3 police officers
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man charged with killing three officers in an ambush while police were serving a protective order has been indicted on 20 charges. Forty-nine-year-old Lance Storz w...
Jul 12, 2022
101st marking first deployment to Europe in almost 80 years
(WCLU NEWS FILE PHOTO) FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Soldiers at Fort Campbell are having a ceremony Tuesday to mark deployment to Europe, the first time 101st Airborne has deployed to Europe in nearly 80...
Jul 05, 2022