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Swedish Match to Add 450 Jobs, Invest $232M in Kentucky
Project is the 5th largest investment on record this year; $277 million annual regional economic impact anticipated. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the largest new jobs project of 2024, as Philip Morris International Inc. announced its Swedish Match affiliate will expand its presence in Daviess County creating 450 direct jobs with a $232 million investment.
Lawmakers get update from Human Trafficking Task Force
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Members of Kentucky’s Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force went before lawmakers in Frankfort on Wednesday. They are providing an update on their ongoing efforts to combat exploitation and a look at some data released earlier this year. “Housing is a huge issue. That is something...
Northern Kentucky organization helps struggling families in crisis
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - If you are struggling financially or are in need of childcare assistance, a local organization is here to help. The Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission helps families achieve self-reliance in a number of ways. "What we do, in a nutshell, is we connect Northern Kentucky, urban to...
Louisville mother arrested for neglect after children found starving and sleeping outside
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville judge has set a $50,000 cash bond for the woman arrested Thursday, after police said they found out her children were starving and sleeping outside. Louisville Metro Police got involved after JCPS officials found Betty Sue Snider's 16-year-old daughter sleeping on the floor of...
Shelby Co KY Black Trailblazers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Shelby County Tourism’s President & CEO Janette Marson joins Dawne Gee to highlight the Kentucky Black Trailblazers Exhibition. 19 locations across Louisville and Shelby, Oldham, Nelson, Bullitt, and Hardin Counties. For More Information Visit: www.kentuckyblacktrailblazers.com.
Delay in reopening of the Purple People Bridge
NEWPORT, Ky. — After months of closures on the Purple People Bridge, there are updates on when it will fully reopen from Kentucky to Ohio. Access all the way across into Cincinnati is supposed to happen in time for Riverfest this weekend. The bridge was supposed to open up...
Mayfield VA Clinic to host veteran resource fair
MAYFIELD, Ky. — From 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on August 29, the Mayfield Community Based Outpatient Clinic will be hosting a Veteran Resource Fair. According to the Marion VA Health Care System, "veterans will have access to VA resources, food and refreshments, and Community Support Services." The event...
U of L’s Pat Kelsey likes the team that Mark Pope put together. ‘He’s like Noah’s Ark.’
Kentucky’s Mark Pope and Louisville’s Pat Kelsey shared a stage Wednesday, and they talked about taking over two historic college basketball programs and what’s next for the rivalry.
Kentucky high school football picks for Week 2 games with Louisville-area teams
Here are the Week 2 high school football picks from The Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes, Brooks Holton and Prince James Story and WHAS-11’s Kent Spencer. Kickoff times are up to date but subject to change because of the forecast for excessive heat. ...
Woman arrested in connection with Lexington shooting
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Police have made an arrest in connection with a Lexington shooting. According to police, officers responded Wednesday morning to a shooting in the area of Seventh St. and Florida St. They found a woman at the scene who had been shot. She was taken to an area hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Kentucky high schools dealing with the extreme heat
PARIS, Ky. (FOX 56) — The heat this week is no joke, and it’s affecting almost every aspect of our lives, even forcing many local schools to cancel practices and games and alter how teams practice outside in the elements. “At the end of the day, it’s about...
Group: Kentucky officials, schools used public resources to oppose school choice amendment
(The Center Square) – A nonprofit public-interest law firm is asking Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman to launch investigations into the lieutenant governor and two school districts, which the firm claims have misused taxpayer resources to speak out against a proposed constitutional amendment on school choice. Liberty Justice Center sent a letter to Coleman citing social media posts by Pulaski County Schools Superintendent Patrick Richardson and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman against Amendment 2, which will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot. ...
Militia group member sentenced to 5 years in prison for Capitol riot plot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A militia group member who communicated with other far-right extremists while they stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison. For weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, Kentucky electrician Dan Edwin Wilson planned with others to attack the Capitol and...
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