Hospital spot sought for mentally ill Kentucky woman in prison isolation
A Kentucky woman with severe mental illness and intellectual disabilities may soon be released from a prison cell where she has been held in isolation for the past year....
Addiction Recovery Care joins national addiction treatment research initiative
Republished from WEKU. Treatment provider Addiction Recovery Care is joining a national initiative it says will help improve treatment and recovery. They’ll be joining the Foundation for Recovery Science...
University of Kentucky graduate students ask administration for higher stipend pay
Originally published by WEKU. Dozens of graduate students at the University of Kentucky organized Monday to advocate for higher stipend pay from school administration. UK offers graduate workers, like...
Chick-fil-A to build distribution facility in Kenton County
Republished from WEKU. Chick-fil-A has announced plans for a $100 million distribution facility in Kenton County that Governor Beshear says will provide 178 fulltime jobs by 2029. The plant...
McConnell sustains minor injuries from fall
Republished from WEKU. Kentucky’s senior senator sustained apparently minor injuries from a fall Tuesday afternoon including a “minor cut on his face” and a sprained wrist, according to a...
McConnell falls while at U.S. Capitol but is reported to be ‘fine’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday tripped and fell after a GOP lunch, sprained his wrist and sustained a small cut on his face, his...
Kentucky lawmakers get recommendations to improve community college system
FRANKFORT — Lawmakers received a report with nearly a dozen recommendations from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System with steps aimed at improving the two-year college system. The...
New short-term rental regulations passed by Council
Last Thursday, Council voted to approve a package of new regulations of unhosted short-term rentals (STRs) like Airbnbs and Vrbos. Unhosted STRs are units where the operator does not...
Attorney for woman suing for sexual abuse in Letcher County home detention program says system leaves women vulnerable
Republished from WEKU. The attorney for a woman whose testimony led to a prison sentence for a Letcher County deputy who ran the county’s home detention program said the...
Shelby County Man Sentenced for Theft of Government Benefits
For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Shelbyville man, Jeremy Wayne Harrell, 43, was sentenced on Monday to 6 months in prison, by...
