Sep 24 Local News WEG Arrival In Kentucky Years In The Making The Aachen, Germany, games featured 750 athletes and 850 horses from 61 countries and drew more than 500,000 spectators. Kentucky began planning for an even bigger event. By tcveigh Sep 24 Local News WEG Arrival In Kentucky Years In The Making tcveigh
Sep 24 Local News Analysis: Schools' Progress Too Slow An analysis of the last four years of state test scores indicates elementary schools are on track to reach proficiency by 2014, but that’s not the case for middle and high schools. By tcveigh Sep 24 Local News Analysis: Schools' Progress Too Slow tcveigh
Sep 23 Local News State Says Few Problems Reported On First Furlough Day Kentucky Personnel Secretary Nikki Jackson says the furlough was equitable and transparent and all effort was made to minimize the impact to the public. Jackson told the House and Senate budget committees she’s heard no grumbling. By tcveigh Sep 23 Local News State Says Few Problems Reported On First Furlough Day tcveigh
Sep 23 Local News Instant Racing Hearings Underway In Frankfort In July, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved Instant Racing regulations, which would allow electronic wagering on previously run horses races. The Family Foundation says Instant Racing is nothing more than an illegal expansion of gambling. By tcveigh Sep 23 Local News Instant Racing Hearings Underway In Frankfort tcveigh
Sep 23 Local News Fewer Ky., Jefferson Co. Schools Meeting NCLB Goals Only about 56 percent of Kentucky schools met their goals under the federal No Child Left Behind Act last school year. The Education Department’s Lisa Gross says the findings are not surprising. By tcveigh Sep 23 Local News Fewer Ky., Jefferson Co. Schools Meeting NCLB Goals tcveigh
Sep 21 Local News GOP Eyeing Kentucky House Takeover Democrats currently outnumber Republicans 65-35 in the Kentucky House, but Republicans are hoping that will change November 2nd and voters will give them control. By tcveigh Sep 21 Local News GOP Eyeing Kentucky House Takeover tcveigh
Sep 20 Local News Wilson's Attorneys File New Motions A response has now been filed by public defender Dan Goyette of Louisville. Goyette says the Attorney General's motion is moot, and should be dismissed, because the death warrant for Wilson expired with the arrival of September 17th. By tcveigh Sep 20 Local News Wilson's Attorneys File New Motions tcveigh
Sep 20 Local News AG: Private Lawyer Not Bound By Open Records Act The opinion comes in an appeal filed by Henry Crawford of Louisville, who was seeking all records of his case from his former attorney, Mathew Farra. By tcveigh Sep 20 Local News AG: Private Lawyer Not Bound By Open Records Act tcveigh
Sep 17 Local News KFTC Creates Political Action Committee Chairman K.A. Owens says in coming weeks, the New Power PAC will take its message to Kentuckians through radio, print and television ads, but won’t be directly endorsing candidates. To kick-start fundraising efforts, KFTC has given the PAC $100,000. By tcveigh Sep 17 Local News KFTC Creates Political Action Committee tcveigh
Sep 16 Local News Williams-Farmer Ticket Accused Of Violating Election Finance Law The David Williams-Richie Farmer gubernatorial slate, announced two weeks ago, is already being accused of violating Kentucky campaign finance laws. Former Jefferson County Teacher’s Association Director Steve Neal believes the Williams-Farmer slate spent money on their campaign before filing a letter of intent with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. By tcveigh Sep 16 Local News Williams-Farmer Ticket Accused Of Violating Election Finance Law tcveigh
Sep 16 Local News Wilson Execution On Hold Attorney General Jack Conway immediately appealed Wilson's stay of execution to the Kentucky Supreme Court, but the court can’t rule until all parties have responded. Wilson’s lawyers have until September 20th to respond and so far, there has been no response. By tcveigh Sep 16 Local News Wilson Execution On Hold tcveigh
Sep 15 Local News No Action Yet On AG Execution Stay Appeal Attorney General Jack Conway is appealing the stay, issued by Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd. Gov. Steve Beshear says the state is just waiting to see what happens in the courts. By tcveigh Sep 15 Local News No Action Yet On AG Execution Stay Appeal tcveigh
Sep 15 Local News KSP Still Understaffed, Officials Say Right now, there are 858 Kentucky State Police troopers. The cadet class graduating Friday will raise that to 921. But that’s still below preferred strength, says KSP Commissioner Rodney Brewer. By tcveigh Sep 15 Local News KSP Still Understaffed, Officials Say tcveigh
Sep 15 Community Franklin Co. Moving Forward With Courthouse Construction An annex was added in 1970, but Franklin County has outgrown (its old) complex and construction on a 101,000 square foot replacement is underway. By tcveigh Sep 15 Community Franklin Co. Moving Forward With Courthouse Construction tcveigh
Sep 13 Local News Mine Safety Campaign Unveiled Since 1890, more than seven thousand miners have lost their lives in Kentucky coal mines. But in recent decades, because of mine safety improvements, mining deaths have been on the decline. So far this year, five Kentucky miners have been killed. Energy and Environment Secretary Len Peters wants to see that number drop to zero. By tcveigh Sep 13 Local News Mine Safety Campaign Unveiled tcveigh