Senate approves its version of Amanda's Bill (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:35:43 GMT
FRANKFORT — Under the vigilant eye of a grieving mother, the state Senate approved a bill Wednesday to help protect domestic violence victims.
Panel backs bill to make prison worker-inmate sex a felony (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:27:06 GMT
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill that would make it a felony for jail and prison workers to have sex with inmates passed a House committee Wednesday.
Nighbert advising Senate Republicans again (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:48:56 GMT
Former Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert, who was acquitted on bribery and other federal charges in January, is once again working for the state Senate's Republican majority.
Pardons pushed for Kentuckians who helped slaves escape (The Wenatchee World)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:46:50 GMT
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Rev. Calvin Fairbank spent 17 years in a Kentucky prison — suffering beatings and brutal labor — for committing the felony of helping slaves escape to freedom. Released in 1864, a broken man, he kissed the dirt of Ohio upon reaching that free state. “Out of the jaws of Hell!” Fairbank cried, according to his autobiography.
Bill aims to curb meth production (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:41:12 GMT
A Senate panel has approved a bill in the latest push to combat methamphetamine production in Kentucky—this time by blocking drug offenders from purchasing popular cold medicines with ingredients used to make the illicit drug.
Ky. bill aimed at curbing meth production (Kentucky New Era)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:13:47 GMT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- A Senate panel approved a bill Tuesday in the latest push to combat methamphetamine production in Kentucky - this time by blocking drug offenders from purchasing popular cold medicines with ingredients used to make the illicit drug.
Man taken into custody after nephew's shooting death (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:32:13 GMT
A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning in Hueysville, and his uncle is charged with tampering with e
One Dead in Floyd County Shooting (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:13:06 GMT
Kentucky State Police tell WSAZ.com that the shooting happened at a residence on Coolwater Creek Road in Hueysville around 4 a.m..
Woman dies, man arrested in Lawrence shootings (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:51:08 GMT
FALLSBURG — After a woman and her boyfriend were shot about midnight Sunday in Lawrence Count
9 Die On Ky. Roadways (The Kentucky Post)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:46:59 GMT
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Preliminary stats indicate that nine people died in eight separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Monday, March 8 through Sunday, March 14.
