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FRANKFORT – Public school students would get the option to take Bible literacy classes under a measure that passed the state Senate on Monday.

FRANKFORT—A bill that would allow early voting across the Commonwealth has passed the state House.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say two men have been charged with trespassing after going over Cumberland Falls in kayaks last weekend.

Landowners are urged to be Firewise

Use Repellant, Protective Clothing if Traveling in High-Risk Areas

‘We encourage all members of state government to be servant leaders. Andy Persanyi modeled servant leadership for all of us.’ Governor Matt Bevin.

Proper installation, testing saves lives

Fun-Filled Season Planned for Tourists, Equine Competitors

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. on Thursday announced the sentencing of a Taylor County, Kentucky man this week by United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers, to 30 months in prison, the maximum sentence for the offenses charged under the federal sentencing guidelines, for multiple counts of firearm violations.

Comments overwhelmingly support 0.13 percent interim surcharge increase that keeps state Lifeline program solvent as PSC examines long-term options

FRANKLIN, Ky. (AP) — A Simpson County deputy serving a warrant for a domestic violence assault in Franklin has been shot and wounded.

WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) — A fire chief says three people are dead and at least five injured after a blaze at an apartment building in central Kentucky.

NEWS RELEASE FRANKFORT – The Kentucky House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday for state Rep. Gerald Watkins’ legislation that would stop the selling of wireless phone numbers without the individual subscriber’s written consent. “This will potentially benefit every Kentuckian with a cell phone, but we’re especially going after the unscrupulous telemarketers who target the elderly and

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An adventure course built in the treetops of Jefferson Memorial Forest in Louisville is opening for its second season later this month.

FRANKFORT – After a legislative-ordered audit found more than 3,000 untested sexual assault examination kits in Kentucky, a state Senate panel approved a bill on Thursday to get those kits tested.