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Warren Beeler will serve as Jonathan Shell’s deputy agriculture commissioner
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner-elect Jonathan Shell has named Warren Beeler, a veteran of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and a former University of Kentucky Extension specialist, as his deputy commissioner. Beeler, who served as Republican Shell’s campaign chairman, held positions in the state agriculture department for 17 years. Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in 2016 appointed him […]
Lt. Gov. Coleman says her post-mastectomy reports ‘came back clean,’ stresses importance of early detection, prevention
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, who underwent a double mastectomy Dec. 18, says her “post-surgery reports came back clean.” In a release Tuesday, Coleman said: “While I am grateful for my amazing health-care heroes, and the relief I feel for having answers, please hear me when I say, if I had put this off, skipped appointments, […]
Recycle Christmas trees to make fish habitat Dec. 26-Jan. 15
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife will be collecting evergreen trees at 29 drop-off locations across the state from Dec. 26 through Jan. 15 as part of its annual effort known as? “Christmas for the Fishes” to recycle Christmas trees into fish habitat. “The spirit of giving doesn’t have to end after the holidays,” said Spencer Phillips, […]
DEA vet will lead Kentucky’s opioid settlement distribution. AG-elect Coleman announces his team.
A veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will lead the Kentucky commission that is overseeing distribution of millions of dollars from opioid settlements, Attorney General-elect Russell Coleman announced Tuesday. Christopher Evans, who started as a street agent and served as the DEA’s acting administrator in 2021, will become the new executive director of the […]
State Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe undergoes emergency surgery after injury by horse.
Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe, R-Lexington, issued a statement Monday saying that she is recovering from emergency surgery after being kicked in the face by her family’s horse. She said she is hopeful of making a full recovery and “returning to. Frankfort and getting back to work as soon as possible.” “On the afternoon of Dec. […]
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman undergoes double mastectomy, urges Kentuckians to schedule preventative exams
Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced Monday that she had undergone a double mastectomy. “Concerns were raised to me during a recent routine physical exam. With a significant family history of cancer, I made the decision to have a double mastectomy. I am happy to report that a successful surgery was performed today, and I […]
Beshear to deliver ‘budget address’ tonight on KET
In 2022, Kentucky House Republicans took Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear by surprise by filing a two-year state budget bill before the governor had delivered a budget proposal or the traditional budget address to the legislature. Beshear is turning the tables on Republicans Monday night by delivering what’s being described as a budget address on KET. […]
Defense bill paves way for ‘new missions’ at Blue Grass Army Depot, says McConnell
The newly passed national defense act “lays the groundwork for Blue Grass Army Depot to take on new missions,” said U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who called for “ramping up production of defense materials at installations” like the 14,600-acre site in Madison County. The depot housed the United States’ last stockpile of chemical weapons, the last […]
Sen. Damon Thayer, Republican floor leader, will not run for reelection
Sen. Damon Thayer, a Georgetown Republican and the Kentucky Senate’s majority floor leader for a decade, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection. “I have decided not to seek reelection to the state Senate in 2024,” Thayer said. “The end of my current term next year will mark 22 years in the Senate and 12 […]
Lexington leaders appeal for peace in Mideast, mutual respect at home
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton on Tuesday released a joint statement with religious, civic and business leaders in Kentucky’s second-largest city appealing for peace in Gaza and Israel and respect for a diversity of views at home. Gorton, Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers and a group of Jewish, Muslim and Palestinian leaders in Lexington have been […]
John Rosenberg, civil and human rights activist, to receive honorary degree from University of Kentucky
John Rosenberg, a Holocaust survivor who worked as a civil rights attorney in the U.S. Justice Department and built a nonprofit legal aid organization in Eastern Kentucky, will receive an honorary degree from the University of Kentucky at the December commencement. Rosenberg will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters at the ceremony which begins […]
Former Gov. Julian Carroll will lie in state at Kentucky Capitol Friday
Former Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll, who died Sunday at 92, will lie in state at the state Capitol on Friday, Dec. 15. Carroll, who also served as speaker of the Kentucky House and as a state senator, will lie in state in the Rotunda from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. until […]