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A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to place a lane and load width restrction on a section of KY 1245 in OHIO County starting Friday, November 18, 2016.

A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to place a lane and load width restriction on a section of KY 70 in western MUHLENBERG County starting Friday, November 18, 2016.

FRANKFORT, Ky: (Nov. 17, 2016) –Kentucky Emergency Management (KYEM) and Kentucky Division of Forestry (KDF) officials urge citizens in, or near, the areas impacted by wildfires to be prepared to take immediate action. Being ready for a wildfire could save your property or save your life!

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen announced plans Friday to cut 30,000 jobs in a wide-ranging restructuring of its namesake brand as it tries to recover from a scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests.

PADUCAH, Ky. – United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., joined by Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Amy S. Hess, announced charges Wednesday against the current Ballard County Judge-Executive and former Ballard County Treasurer for executing a scheme that involved obtaining approximately $450,000 in bank loans using a $500,000 Ballard County Certificate of Deposit as collateral for the loans, all without authorization from the Ballard County Fiscal Court.

Jailer allegedly received kickbacks totaling $175,000 from contractors

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a construction worker has died after he fell while working on a new building at Western Kentucky University last week.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Incoming House Speaker Jeff Hoover has tapped a former Democrat speaker and the state’s longest serving GOP legislator to lead the transition to Republican rule for the first time in nearly a century.

Division of Forestry Recommends No Burning

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 17, 2016) – Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for October 2016 was 5.1 percent from a revised 5 percent in September 2016, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A current and a former state social worker pleaded with lawmakers to help alleviate staff shortages and rising caseloads.

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A 19-year-old Paducah man accused of injuring an infant has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree assault.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov 16, 2016) – As the Kentucky Division of Forestry (KDF) continues to battle the wildfires, mostly in the southeast portion of Kentucky, the Kentucky Division for Air Quality and the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH), within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, have issued information on how smoke from the fires may affect your health.

FRANKFORT, Ky: (Nov. 16, 2016) – As wildfires continue to burn, the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) remains activated, supporting wildfire fighting efforts across the Commonwealth.

COVINGTON, Ky. — A Florence, Ky., man, who previously admitted to conspiring to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm to further his drug trafficking, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison.