Source: Kentucky Lantern

Purdue Pharma introduced the painkiller OxyContin in late 1995 – and we are still learning of the harm it has caused. Purdue marketed Oxy in communities with high percentages of people with chronic pain from cancer. The company particularly targeted Appalachian communities. Oxy proved especially addictive and easy to both obtain and abuse. When…

WHITESBURG, Ky. — Drugs and the consequences of addiction are woven into the fabric of Jamie Madden’s life. Her earliest memory is of standing on the passenger seat of her dad’s car as a toddler, wearing a peach-colored blouse, while he drove from their Kentucky home to Florida to pick up drugs. On a…

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet begins the second phase of a concrete improvement project at the U.S. 127B and U.S. 62 intersection in Anderson County, with two-way lane closures scheduled through early July.

JCPS payroll records contradict the district’s claim that Shawnee principal Hollie Smith was on vacation on March 31, revealing she had been reassigned 11 days earlier and was marked present in her new position.

Gov. Andy Beshear is encouraging Kentuckians to observe Juneteenth on June 19 as National Freedom Day, promoting reflection on African American history and celebration of emancipation across the Commonwealth.

Tim Robinson, the former CEO of what was once Kentucky’s largest and fast-growing addiction treatment company, has entered a not guilty plea in federal court to fraud charges related to finances at the Louisa-based company. Robinson, who founded what became Addiction Recovery Care, or ARC, as a single halfway house in 2008 in Eastern…

James Bruggers, a longtime Kentucky environmental and energy journalist whose groundbreaking coverage spanned from the hazards of coal mines to scrutinizing polluters, died Tuesday. He was 68.  Bruggers spent nearly two decades reporting at the Louisville Courier Journal, first arriving in 1999 after reporting stints in Washington and California and after graduating from the…

The Lexington Planning Commission holds a work session June 18 to review the downtown master plan first draft, proposed solar energy regulations, and updates to development codes.

The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce will honor four alumni from its leadership programs during an Aug. 27 awards luncheon in Erlanger, recognizing their contributions to the region.

A University of Kentucky researcher led a study revealing dozens of hidden star clusters buried in cosmic dust within nearby galaxies, advancing understanding of how stars form and galaxies evolve.