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Felony Lane Gang member gets prison for crime spree ending in NKY
COVINGTON, Ky. (Enquirer) - A member of the Felony Lane Gang will spend more than three years in prison for serving as the face of a multistate crime spree that ended at a bank in Northern Kentucky. John Sapienza, 60, was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court in Covington to...
City of Brandenburg to honor dozens of lives lost on 50th anniversary of deadly tornadoes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Next week marks 50 years since the stretch of deadly tornadoes that killed hundreds of people across the United States. 31 people were killed in Meade County alone. David Pace was in High School at the time in 1974 when a tornado devastated his hometown of...
KY General Assembly continues to chip away at public’s right to know. What are they hiding? | Opinion
Editorial: A last minute move that would have excluded every public official in Kentucky from the Open Records Act was pulled at the last minute, but House Bill 509 still opens a giant transparency loophole.
High-dollar lobbyists for billionaires want to funnel KY tax dollars to private schools | Opinion
OpEd: Lobbyists recently shoved their private school voucher amendment across the finish line to set up a massive fight this fall between Kentucky taxpayers and a handful of multi-billionaires who probably couldn’t find this state on a map.
GOP-backed bill proposing harsher sentences to combat crime sent to Kentucky’s governor
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents making a last stand before final passage warned the measure would carry a hefty price tag with no assurances that a tougher approach will lower crime.
Kentucky legislature sends state budget bills to governor, including billions in one-time spending
FRANKFORT — Bills funding the state executive branch to the tune of more than $128 billion and allocating billions of dollars in one-time investments received final passage through the legislature Thursday in one of the final days of this year’s legislative session. Republicans in the GOP-dominated legislature hailed the spending plan as making strong, necessary […] The post Kentucky legislature sends state budget bills to governor, including billions in one-time spending appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
Politics swirl around who will oversee Kentucky Fish and Wildlife
FRANKFORT — Thomas Ballinger, an Army veteran and Butler County beekeeper, wanted to make sure veterans have a voice on the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission, so he threw his hat in the ring for one of the nine seats. Anyone who holds a hunting or fishing license is...
Kentucky priest offers to fund Riley Strain's funeral
Kentucky priest offers to fund Riley Strain's funeral.
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