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22-year-old maintenance worker killed in Hodgenville during construction project
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 22-year-old maintenance worker was killed in Hodgenville on Tuesday morning, according to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Kentucky State Police said Blake Barnes, a contract worker, was killed in an accident on KY 210, known as Old Elizabethtown Road, near Tonieville Road. Barnes, from Elizabethtown, was hit by a vehicle driven by Henry T. James, 74, while working on a maintenance operation.
What is the future of the death penalty in Kentucky?
There are topics which generate much debate and sometimes emotional commentary. One is abortion, which has been that kind of topic in Frankfort in recent years. There’s another which has not been formally debated but often carries a strong reaction as well.The death penalty is legal in Kentucky and has been since it was reinstated nationally in 1976. A court ruling in 2010 put an indefinite pause in capital punishment in Kentucky.
Kentucky becomes first state to decriminalize medical errors
Kentucky has become the first state to enact a law preventing healthcare workers from being criminally charged for medical errors. During the legislative session that ended last week, Gov. Andy Beshear signed HB 159, which prohibits healthcare providers from being criminally charged when honest mistakes are made on the job.
'My Old Kentucky Home' evokes a racist, bygone era. It's time to bid it farewell.
How does a song recognized by millions of people at the first chord enjoy such prominence? The lyrics of this song evoke great sentimentality and pride for some white people, and humiliation and dehumanization of a sorrowful past for Black people. Such a song is My Old Kentucky Home, written by Stephen Foster who was purported to have hung around Bardstown for a while before returning to his Pittsburg home. This song evokes feelings and memories of...
Longtime Southern Ky. lawmaker dies
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - A longtime Kentucky lawmaker from Williamsburg died Tuesday. Charles Siler, 94, represented the 84th District of Whitley and Laurel counties in the Kentucky House for around 20 years. The Republican served in the House from 1985 to 1990 and from 1995 to 2011. Siler was also...
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