Sentencing was handed down on a Lexington woman in a recent stabbing case that involved a female juvenile who helped break into a Pike County residence. According to Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Melissa Goodman, 45 year old Tonia Caldwell alongside an unnamed female juvenile broke into Tom Varney’s…
Read MoreMagoffin County, KY — After three years of construction, the new four-lane segment of the Mountain Parkway Expansion running through Salyersville’s Restaurant Row is now fully open to traffic. Restaurant Row marks the second section of the Parkway to be completed under the Kentucky Transportation…
Read MoreFrankfort, KY — Kentucky has released county unemployment numbers for October. Unemployment rates fell in 85 counties, rose in 24 and remained the same in 11 counties, that according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, and agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.…
Read MoreSilver Springs, MD — Mondelēz Global LLC announced today a voluntary recall of a limited quantity of Cheese Nips (11 oz. Box) product in the United States due to the potential presence of small food-grade yellow plastic pieces from a dough scraper that was incorporated into the production process…
Read MoreFrankfort, KY — The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to set up 12 regional offices to issue special driver’s licenses that will be needed in less than a year to board domestic airline flights. Transportation Cabinet regulation commissioner Matt Henderson told state lawmakers this week…
Read MoreA recent donation from Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center will provide kids with a public, outdoor amenity to enjoy with their friends. The newly acquired playground equipment will not restrict any child with a handicap or disability. Mayor of Prestonsburg Les Stapleton says that one of his dispatchers…
Read MoreLexington, KY — Cancer patients and survivors will mark the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) 44th annual Great American Smokeout happening tomorrow, November 21, by calling on the General Assembly to protect the health of Kentucky residents by passing strong tobacco control legislation including…
Read MoreLexington, KY — LabTox, LLC, a clinical laboratory in Lexington, has agreed to pay $2,101,335 to resolve civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits submitting false or fraudulent claims to the federal government. The allegations relate to urine drug…
Read MoreCharleston, WV — West Virginia county unemployment numbers have been released and unemployment is on the increase for much of the state. According to statistics released by WorkForce West Virginia, statewide unemployment for October stood at 4.5 percent with 49 counties reporting increases and…
Read MorePikeville, KY — A Kentucky man on death row for murdering a student has worked out a deal to convert his death sentence into a life sentence without parole. Circuit Judge Eddy Coleman approved a motion to set aside 69-year-old Roger Dale Epperson’s death sentence and re-sentence him to life…
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