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Human remains found in northern Bullitt County, police investigating
BULLITT COUNTY, Ky. — Police are investigating after finding human remains in northern Bullitt County Monday night. The Bullitt County Sheriff's Office said officers responded to a call about potential human remains found at a property on Old Preston Highway, north of Little Flock Baptist Church. Authorities said a...
A year out from legal medical marijuana, legislature makes final updates
By Sarah Michels Bluegrass Live Kentucky is a year closer to legalized medical marijuana, and the state legislature is making its final preparations. In 2023, the General Assembly voted to legalize medical cannabis. However, the legislature pushed the start date to Jan. 1, 2025, to give the Cabinet for Health and Family Services time to […] The post A year out from legal medical marijuana, legislature makes final updates appeared first on The Advocate-Messenger.
Fentanyl plaguing south central Kentucky
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - An 18-year-old dies, and a juvenile is hospitalized after what is presumed by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office to be a fentanyl overdose in Bowling Green. WCSO and local drug task forces have raised concerns over fentanyl-related overdoses, incidents and deaths in the area,...
Kentucky man sentenced to eight years after child’s death on Norris Lake
KNOXVILLE – Norman Sturgill, a 62-year-old resident of Grayson, Ky., received an eight-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a boating collision on Norris Lake that resulted in the death of a child. Sturgill entered his guilty plea on April 30, 2024, at the Claiborne County Courthouse, where Criminal Court Judge Zack […] The post Kentucky man sentenced to eight years after child’s death on Norris Lake appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
Will the DEA reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug? What change means for Kentucky.
As Kentucky heads toward the legalization of medicinal marijuana at the beginning of 2025 and the possible legalization of recreational marijuana at a later date, the U.S. Drug and Enforcement Administration is debating reclassifying weed as a less dangerous substance. USA Today reported that marijuana could be reclassified under the...
Wednesday’s Child: Teen gives raw look at growing up in foster care
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dom, 16, has been in Kentucky’s foster care system since he was a toddler. After years of moving in and out of homes, he isn’t sugarcoating his experience. “It’s been awful,” said Dom. “They don’t help us, they throw us in random places, and...
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