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Thirteen days in a Legislature – the working days left in this one – can seem short but be a lifetime. Especially...
Before I launch into an explanation of the broader work completed during this past week, I would like to run through a few of...
Early last month, just a few days into the 2013 Regular Session, Governor Beshear and numerous state legislators from both pa...
This week was significant as the first piece of legislation for the 2013 General Assembly was signed into law.House Bill 7, t...
We are a half-way through the 30-day session and while many of our priority bills have meandered their way to the House to aw...
The Senate continued working hard this week passing bills addressing healthcare, the state’s debt, school safety, econo...
Week of February 17, 2013I am sure many of you are wondering what is happening with pension reform in Frankfort. So let me st...
Officials at Murray State University say enrollment has risen by two percent to an estimated 10,832 students on the campus. E...
The League of Women Voters Thursday, October 11, hosted a debate between 15th District State Representative Brent Yonts and h...
League of Women Voters Forum: 3rd District State SenateJoey Pendleton - Whitney WesterfieldLeague of Women Voters Forum: 8th ...
Hopkinsville City Council Ward 6 Representative Ann Cherry was unable to make it Tueday night to the League of Women Voters f...
The Christian County League of Women Voters hosted 8th District State Representative John Tilley and his challenger Max Sturd...
The Christian County School District will be expanding its math, science, engineering and technology efforts after the school...
FT. CAMPBELL, Ky. - The Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health is facilitating its third annual Traumatic Brain Injury and ...
A state health departmentofficial says Kentucky's second confirmed case this year of West Nile virus comes from Jefferson...
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is changing how it reviews the deaths of children from abuse or neglect. According...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 16, 2012) – In order to ensure that state agencies meet the policies and standards expected in cas...
Jennie Stuart Medical Center CEO Eric Lee and James Goss, Director, Marketing & Community Relations, were guests in the studi...
A federal appeals court has affirmed a South Carolina death row inmate's murder conviction and sentence. A three-judge pa...
Officials at Jennie Stuart Medical Center have announced that Donna Milauskas, RN, has been selected to be the new director o...
As a part of preventive health measures, military officials have announced that Fort Campbell will embed a staff of mental he...
Hopkinsville Mayor Dan Kemp is proposing a 29.1 million dollar budget for the next fiscal year which includes a 1.5 percent c...
In a surprising move Thursday, which was the fourth day of a special legislative session, the Senate budget committee added t...
A Trigg County man faces drug trafficking charges following his arrest by the Trigg County Sheriff's Department. Accordin...
Two people were arrested and a third was cited to court after State Police were called out to a residence in Lyon Countyby So...
The Kentucky General AssemblyFriday passeda two-year budget thatcuts funding by 8.4-percent for many state agencies and 6.4-p...
It appears the Prescription Drug Drop Box Program for the Hopkinsville Police Department is a big success. According to infor...
SenatorJerryRhoads, of Madisonville,was appointed Fridayto serve on thestate budget conference committee. The committee will ...
Law enforcement officers, elected officials, and community members gathered in the rotunda of the Christian County Justice Ce...
Local legislators says they expect few changes to Governor Steve Beshear's state budget that will likely be voted on Wedn...
A controversial bill that would restrict the sale of over the counter cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine, which is the...
8th District State Representative John Tilley says legislation to combat synthetic drugs is in the House and he is confident ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 1, 2012) – The prevention and advocacy efforts of several groups and individuals were highlighted...
FRANKFORT– After a pause for President’s Day, the Legislature moved into the second half of the 2012 General Asse...
Local advocates will travel to Washington DC this week to talk to legislators about projects in Christian County and Fort Cam...
FRANKFORT -- After a pause in legislative work on Monday in observance of President’s Day, the General Assembly reconve...
A Trigg County High School Student is charged with harassing communications and menacing due to an alleged bullying incident....
Board member Betsy glover says bullying will not be tolerated in the Christian County School system. Glover was joined by Res...
A investigation into the online sharing of child pornography has resulted in the arrest of a Hopkins County man. State police...
It has been said that a legislative session is a marathon, not a sprint. That is an important adage to keep in mind as we pas...
Hundreds of veterans with no place to go end up homeless and on the streets, but Hopkinsville, the Pennyroyal Clinic, VA and ...
FRANKFORT -- It has been said that a legislative session is a marathon, not a sprint. That is an important adage to keep in m...
Under a bill passed Wednesday by a state house committee, intentionally viewing child pornography would be a Class D felony, ...
Christian County Schools Superintendent Dr. Brady Link was a recent guest on the "Country Club." During his appeara...
One Marshall County building will be getting a facelift and new tenants as part of a one-million dollar project. The state re...
Several area housing authorities are among those in Kentucky to share in nearly 32-million dollars to be used to make signifi...
Last year, students, teachers and parents in Trigg County took the nationally recognized Rachel's Challenge to help comba...
Hopkinsville police say that a second suspect wanted in connection with the armed robbery of A.C. Automotive, in Hopkinsville...
Kentucky State Police have arrested a 47 year old Mannington Man on 1 count of 1st degree rape and 2 counts of 1st degree sex...
State Representative John Tilley says he would like to establish a task force to study Kentucky's juvenile code. Tilley h...
FRANKFORT -- The Kentucky Legislature convened its 2012 Regular Session a month ago with several topics of statewide importan...
A light at the end of the tunnel that's not an oncoming train? Speaker Greg Stumbo says there may soon be agreement on a ...
State corrections officials say 75 prison inmates granted early release from prison in January have been found in violation, ...
FRANKFORT – If the poet was right when he said, ‘In my beginning is my end,’ the 2012 legislative session b...
Governor Steve Beshear Friday signed into law the redistricting plans for the state house and the state senate, which had pre...
The Christian County Health Department is accepting applications for a full time Public Health Services Coordinator. This pos...
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is threating to filibuster two online piracy bills. The proposed legislation wouldn't allow people...
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is threating to filibuster two online piracy bills. The proposed legislation wouldn't allow people...
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is threating to filibuster two online piracy bills. The proposed legislation wouldn't allow people...
Governor Steve Beshear presented his state budget plans to a joint session of the Kentucky General Assembly Tuesday night. Yo...
The U.S. Supreme Court has opted not to hear an appeal from a former 101st Airborne soldier serving five life sentences in fe...
FRANKFORT -- The second week of the 2012 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly saw proposed legislation taken up i...
The Trigg County Health Department is looking into the health of all Trigg countians with a survey for the public. Allison Be...
Allison Beshear,Pennyrile District Health Department Health Educator, spoke with the News Edge about the Trigg CountyHealth S...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (January 10, 2012) - We gathered in Frankfort this past week for the beginning of the 60-day session of the Ge...
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has issued his annual reminder about the earned income tax credit that's available to low- an...
A Connecticut-based hedge fund that included 100-million dollars in investments by the Kentucky Retirement Systems has failed...
Kentucky is known as the world's horse capital, and a survey is about to get underway to figure out the numbers that prove it...
Would you ride a public bus in Hopkinsville if it took you to work every day but added time to your commute? The City of Hop...
Hopkinsville Police say the majority of drivers in town abide by a law, which many credit with saving lives. Officials say th...
Abuse of prescription drugs in Kentucky is among the worst in the nation, that according to a new survey conducted by the Fou...
Students across the area were among those to benefit fromapproximately 187-million dollars in Kentucky Lottery funds that wer...
The State Supreme Court has overturned the convictions and sentence in the 2010 case of a Hopkinsville man convicted of rape ...
The Hopkinsville Police Department recently asked citizens, who have had an experience with the department, to complete a sur...
Hopkinsville Police are continuing their investigation in the wake of raids conducted by the department’s Electronic Cr...
A Christian County woman is facing federal charges that she committed fraud to receive more than $15,000 from Social Secu...
The Kentucky Veterans Program Trust Fund Board of Directors has approved a $78,000 grant to the Pennyroyal Regional Veter...
A Christian County man faces drug trafficking charges following his arrest late Wednesday night. Hopkinsville police say they...
One state legislator has pre-filed a resolution for the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly that would require legis...
A survey to gain input on the future health needs in Trigg County is now ready forpublicparticipation. Pennyrile District Hea...
Lawmakers are hoping to get answers about why all child death cases were not included in the Health and Family Services Cabin...
The state of Kentucky is preparing to grant early release to nearly 1,000 inmates as part an overhaul of the corrections depa...
Taxpayers United of America is calling on Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear to end the secrecy surrounding pension payments to ...
Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo has set two days of meeting for lawmakers ahead of the 2012 session of the Kentucky Genera...
State Representative Brad Montell,of Shelbyville has announced that he is pre-filing legislation that would establish a state...
After being ordered to do so by Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd, the state began releasing documents Monday about doz...
State Representative John Tilley is among two Kentucky lawmakers seeking to make changes to the state's human trafficking law...
First District Congressman Ed Whitfield Thursday voted to support the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which passed the House with...
The American Bar Association is calling on the state of Kentucky to suspend executions, claiming there are too many errors in...
The second reading of an ordinance that would ban the use, distribution, or possession of synthetic drugs was approved during...
The commissioner of the Kentucky department that oversees child abuse cases has resigned amid growing criticism of the depart...
A Franklin Circuit judge ruled Wednesday that state officials now have 10 days to produce 90 internal reviews of social worke...
State Supreme Court justices have agreed on a proposedplanto redraw the boundaries of the districts they represent, anmove ne...
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has ordered most state agencies to cut their spending by 2 percent to help balance the state ...
Officials with Baptist Healthcare System say that if they reach a deal for the Madisonville-based Trover Health System, it wo...
Health officials from across the state will be gathering in Hopkinsville Thursday to spotlight efforts that the area has made...
Officials in Hopkins County say a vegetable garden tended by inmates at the Hopkins County Jail helped trim the food budget a...
Meth cooks will find it harder to keep making their products if a new bill introduced by Representative Brent Yonts passes du...
The local communities will donate thousands of dollars to the Salvation Army this year and that money will go to a great caus...
State lawmakers and others are now urging Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear to investigate and overhaul Kentucky’s child ...
State Representative Brent Yonts will formally introduce the “Cheyenne Albro Memorial Bill” during a news confere...
One local State lawmaker is trying to curb the manufacturing of meth with a new bill named in honor of the late Cheyenne Albr...
The day after the Todd County Standard asked for records pertaining to a murdered child under the care of the Cabinet for Hea...
The Kentucky Horse Council will conduct an economic impact survey of all horse breeds in the state, with officials hoping to ...
Kentucky Senator Julie Denton and Representative Tom Burch, who co-chair the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, s...
While the democratic leader in the state house says we would be for a special session to consider redistricting in the state,...
A Christian County Jail Escapee that allegedly walked away from a work detail Friday at the Salvation Army in Hopkinsville is...
Hundreds of seniors rallied in the Capitol on Thursday in hopes of convincing lawmakers to appropriate more money for program...
A bit of positive job news as Kentucky looks ahead to 2012. According to information from the recently conducted 2011 Annual ...
The Pennyroyal Mental Health Center and the Christian County Board of Education were among the agencies approved for funding ...
Christian County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a Cave Street man after children living with him pointed out drugs to offi...
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear continues to maintain a strong lead in the Gubernatorial Race that will end next Tuesday with...
Some lawmakers want to further regulate pain clinics in the state. Governor Steve Beshear is supporting legislation that woul...
Pennyroyal Center Executive Director David Ptaszek says later this month the center will be opening of a clinic in Oak Grove....
An Eddyville man is facing assault first degree charges after he was arrested late Sunday night for allegedly shooting anothe...
Christian County Family Court Judge Jason Shea Fleming will now serve on a national committee and a state committee on famili...
The Christian County Sheriff’s Office is looking into a reported sexual assault of a three year old girl over the weeke...
The Fort Campbell soldier accused in an attempted attack on Fort Hood Texas will stand trial in October. Reports out of Kille...
Students in the Trigg County School system are now a part of Rachel’s Challenge, a program designed to create a culture...
Hundreds gathered at the James Bruce Convention Center last night for the 23rd Annual Minority Economic Development Initiativ...
With the November election just four months away, Governor Steve Beshear holds a commanding 24-point lead over challenger, Se...
A local non-profit is reaching out to community churches for help in keeping the local shelter open. Johnny Davis Chairman of...
US District Judge Thomas Russell has denied Michael Carneal’s appeal for a new mental competency hearing.According to t...
Hopkinsville Police say 4 local men are considered suspects in the sexual assault of an 11 year old girl. According to the re...
Hopkinsville will celebrate Minority Enterprise Development Week August 1st through 5th at the James E. Bruce Convention Cent...
For more than 20 years HIV tests have been available and Monday is National HIV Testing Day. Several agencies around the stat...
The search for a man who reportedly walked away from Christian County Manor and Nursing Home in Hopkinsville was called off 1...
In an effort to provide the public with more information about his 2011-2012 budget Mayor Dan Kemp has made his presentation ...
In an effort to provide the public with more information about his 2011-2012 budget Mayor Dan Kemp has made his presentation ...
An anonymous donor has given 500-hundred thousand dollars to a military charity to provide college scholarships for families ...
Kentucky Workforce and Education Cabinet Director of Research and Statistics Ron Crouch says the 2010 census numbers show som...
A local shelter for abused women will be receiving additional funding from the state after Governor Steve Beshear announced t...
Obesity is taking its toll on all Kentuckians—no matter their sex, race or age—but legislators are hoping to find...
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Cindy talks with officials from Trigg County Public Schools.
