Author name: Bill Stephens

PADUCAH, Ky. – Kevin Alan Lewis, a civilian formerly residing on Ft. Campbell, Kentucky military base, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, followed by a life sentence of supervised release by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell, in U.S. District Court on November 19, 2015, for the offense of production of the sexually-explicit image of a minor, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Lexington has become the second city in Kentucky to raise its minimum wage above the state and federal level.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2015) – Governor Steve Beshear today announced that he has signed an emergency regulation requiring certain health care providers to obtain national criminal background checks on new employees and other individuals who provide direct one-on-one care to elderly residents or patients in order to obtain or renew the facility’s license to operate in the Commonwealth.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Police say an early morning fire at an apartment building has left one person dead and injured two others.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is promoting her plan to protect health and pension benefits for retired coal miners during a visit to Kentucky on Friday.

Troopers located 36 pounds of marijuana that was packaged placed inside of three suitcases. The street value of the marijuana is approximately $80,000.

Units were called to a vehicle fire in a field around the 3000 block of Rosetown Rd, just outside of Pembroke, Ky. Pembroke volunteer fire department was the first agency on the scene and advised there may possible human remains in the vehicle.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) voted yesterday in support of H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A young bobcat at Salato Wildlife Education Center in Frankfort is growing, and officials say there are only a few days left to see her as a kitten before the season ends.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal agency is reporting a sharp drop in Kentucky’s homeless rate since 2010.

HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — A mining company says it has cut about 200 jobs from sites in eastern Kentucky.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky state House representative says he has switched parties and will run for re-election as a Republican.