State/National

ASHLAND, Ky. — An Ohio doctor has been convicted by a federal jury of traveling to Morehead, Ky., to engage in sex with a minor.

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Two people have been arrested after authorities say two young children were found wandering nearly a mile from their Laurel County home.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The White House Press Office says Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Lisabeth Tabor Hughes has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

FRANKFORT—Recent Kentucky high school graduates would receive two years of free tuition at a state community college under a bill that passed the state House by an 86-11 vote on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01) on Thursday voted in favor of H. Res. 639, which authorizes the Speaker to file an amicus brief on behalf of the House of Representatives in the matter of United States vs. Texas.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 17, 2016) — Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for February 2016 stayed at 5.8 percent from a revised 5.8 percent in January 2016, according to the Office of Employment and Training.

FRANKFORT—A nearly $21 billion state budget bill that supporters say would restore some funding cuts proposed by the Governor to many areas of state government and authorize less debt than proposed in the Governor’s budget narrowly passed the House tonight by a vote of 53-0.

FRANKFORT – The state Senate passed a measure on Wednesday designed to give added protection to children with life-threating allergies and babies of struggling new parents by a 37-0 vote.

Workshops set for March 31 and 6

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, on Wednesday presided over a mark-up in which the subcommittee unanimously approved a discussion draft of the Pipeline Safety Act of 2016 to the full committee for consideration.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky State Parks have three special wild game meals scheduled in April that will whet your appetite!

RUSSELL, Ky. (AP) — Officials say 101 positions at a CSX Corp. facility in eastern Kentucky are being eliminated amid a slump in the coal industry.

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — The Paducah City Commission held a workshop to discuss plans for rehabilitating Paducah’s floodwall.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) applauded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for his relentless and unwavering support of the fiscal interests of American taxpayers while serving in Congress. Sen. McConnell was one of the 17 lawmakers to earn a perfect score of 100 percent in CCAGW’s 2015

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville Zoo announced that 27-year-old gorilla Mia Moja died from complications from an emergency cesarean section to deliver a female baby three weeks premature.