Author name: Bill Stephens

EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky death row inmate has renewed his request for a federal court order requiring the state to arrange hip-replacement surgery for him.

LOCKPORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police are investigating what killed two Lockport brothers and left a third incapacitated and very ill.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The boat ramps at Lake Beshear and at Kentucky Dam Marina on Kentucky Lake will temporarily close to boat launching starting Nov. 30 so both can undergo needed maintenance in the coming weeks.

Attorney General Jack Conway and his Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control Unit today announced that Kentucky has joined with 48 other states, the District of Columbia and the federal government in reaching a $256 million settlement with Millennium Health, formerly Millennium Laboratories.

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Voters in a western Kentucky county will decide early next year whether to allow packaged alcohol sales.

Kentucky State Fire Marshal, NFPA urge cooks to stay in the kitchen

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Pond River Enterprises LLC, a western Kentucky-based company, plans to open a distillery in Muhlenberg County’s historic Graham School, Gov. Steve Beshear announced on Wednesday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Governor Steve Beshear on Tuesday signed an executive order that automatically restores the right to vote and hold public office to certain offenders once all terms of their sentences have been satisfied.

Gov. Beshear credits education, partnerships and enforcement

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A former Paducah middle school teacher accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 14-year-old female student will be spending five years behind bars.