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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.
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 State Police troopers conducting traffic safety checkpoints ahead of Oaks, Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kentucky State Police troopers are starting the month of May with conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints. This is according to a release from KSP Post 4, which includes Jefferson, Bullitt, Nelson, Meade, Breckinridge, LaRue and Grayson counties. Troopers are making sure drivers are sober and have...
Kentucky transportation officials seek public input to improve 7-mile stretch of Preston Highway
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Major changes could be coming to a busy section of Preston Highway as state leaders conduct a study to evaluate potential improvements. Dubbed the Preston Transportation Plan, the study by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will identify short- and long-term highway safety and mobility enhancements for the heavily traveled thoroughfare, according to a news release Wednesday. But state leaders want your feedback before the project gets started.
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...
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