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A 49 year old Eddyville man was killed when police say his vehicle crashed into a tractor-trailer in Lyon County.

NEWS RELEASE NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In Nashville this week, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main highlighted the measurable improvements that have taken place in mine safety and health in the past five years. His remarks came at the 2016 National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s annual convention. Main outlined actions undertaken by the Mine Safety and Health

Falsified taxpayer education expenses resulting in education credits on prepared tax returns

DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Boyle County grand jury has indicted a former Danville police officer who was in a wreck while off-duty.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Western Kentucky University and Jefferson Community and Technical College have signed a joint admissions agreement.

FRANKFORT—The Senate passed a state budget proposal on Wednesday that restores many of the governor’s priorities for the next two years, including a “permanent fund” for future pension spending, cuts to secondary education funding and performance-based appropriations for college and universities.

FRANKFORT— A bill that could increase felony convictions for DUI in Kentucky by allowing the courts to “look back” at 10 years of prior convictions instead of five years has cleared the House.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01) today voted in support of H.R. 2745, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act of 2015.

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say they have charged a man with murder after human remains were found in a wooded area near an eastern Kentucky subdivision.

Lottie Carisa Burgos, former owner of ABC Village Daycare, falsified daycare attendance figures and qualifications of daycare workers; Agreed to pay over $1.4 million in restitution

FRANKFORT— State road and bridge projects totaling $4.58 billion is proposed in the 2016-2018 state Road Plan approved on Tuesday by the Kentucky House.

FRANKFORT—Legislation that would require the state to fund the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System on an actuarially sound basis starting in fiscal year 2017 is on its way to the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, on Tuesday held a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Environment and Economy with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy on the administration’s fiscal year 2017 budget.

FRANKFORT—The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would bring Kentucky’s state ID program into compliance with a federal standard that has a fast-approaching deadline. Senate Bill 245, passed by a 26-12 vote, would make REAL ID-compliant state-issued identification available to Kentuckians.

COLD SPRING, Ky. (AP) — A Cold Spring councilwoman has been arrested on assault and drug charges.