April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month By: Winn Stephens, Executive Director, Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass As we reach the end of Child Abuse Prevention Month, I have been reflecting on Kentucky’s ranking near the bottom of child abuse cases nationwide. In 2020, Kentucky ranked 5th in total reported cases of child abuse.…

  Business Insider map provided by Beshear’s office, adapted by Ky. Health News By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky failed again in the legislature, Gov. Andy Beshear announced a plan to ask Kentuckians how he might address the issue through executive action. “This session, like the…

Big changes are coming to Kentuckians who qualified for uninterrupted health coverage during the pandemic. Here’s what thousands of us, and members of our communities, need to know.   Provided by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Tens of thousands of Kentuckians who have benefitted from continuous health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic…

    By Elizabeth Chapin LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2022) — More than two years into the University of Kentucky’s $87 million HEALing Communities Study (HCS) to address the opioid epidemic in Kentucky, it is possible to see the life-changing impacts it has already made in the eight counties of the study’s first wave. Launched in 2019, the ambitious…

The annual Paris Storytelling Festival is held in the beautiful and architecturally significant towns of Paris and Carlisle, Kentucky, surrounded by charming Bluegrass horse farms and historical culture. The festival is geared to the old and the new, bringing together counties steeped in tradition yet open to the youth of tomorrow. Stories, music, history and…

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News   Kentucky’s Republican-majority legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of legislation with strict requirements that advocates say have forced the state’s only two abortion clinics to stop providing abortions — and lawsuits by the clinics to nullify the new law. The law, passed as House Bill 3, bans mailing…

Water main flushing and temporary water treatment change to begin later this month LEXINGTON, Ky., (April 11, 2022) – Kentucky American Water will soon perform the annual flushing of its water distribution system to support the continued provision of high-quality, reliable water service to customers. “Flushing the water lines in our system assists in helping…

With the conclusion of week 13 of the 2022 Kentucky General Assembly, the session has now entered the veto recess period. Lawmakers worked late into the night to ensure critical legislation was sent to the governor ahead of the veto period. The House and Senate passed more than 100 bills this week. The veto recess…

TOM LATEK | Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky lawmakers began their 10-day  veto recess on Thursday, and will return to Frankfort on April 13 and 14 to consider overriding any vetoes by Gov. Andy Beshear, and can pass additional legislation. Some of the high-profile bills still awaiting final action include two dealing with…

Community bank branches in Louisville, Shelby Co. and northern Kentucky transition LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 28, 2022) – Starting today, Commonwealth Bank & Trust branch locations show the Stock Yards Bank & Trust name. Former Commonwealth Bank branches in Louisville, Shelby Co. and northern Kentucky transitioned over the weekend into the new parent company. The change…