LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Days after a gunman attacked and disappeared on a highway, terrifying a Kentucky community, Fred and Sheila McCoy decided to lace up their boots for the first time in a long time and search for days over rugged terrain until they finally found a body. Kentucky State Police thanked Fred and […]
This story is about suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Governor Andy Beshear called it a “dangerous practice” and signed a Implementing Regulation Wednesday, which bans conversion therapy on minors in Kentucky. In a speech in Frankfort, Beshear said […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday banned the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky, calling his executive order a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. The governor used his executive powers after […]
LONDON, Kentucky (AP) — Several people were shot Saturday along Interstate 75 in a rural area of southeastern Kentucky, authorities said. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that it was an “active firearms situation” and that “numerous people” were shot near the highway. In a video message, London Mayor Randall Weddle […]
The city of Hazard in eastern Kentucky faces another legal obstacle in its attempt to implement a restaurant tax. Russell Coleman Attorney General Russell Coleman has appealed a Franklin County Court ruling that Hazard was entitled to collect the tax, calling it an “unlawful tax” on the city of about 5,200 residents. The restaurant tax, […]
