Owensboro Community & Technical College and Brescia University are planning to join forces to offer degrees in bluegrass music. The college is working to create an associate degree program that officials hope to have up and running by spring 2017. … [Read more...]

The Fall Forest Fire Hazard Season is underway from October 1 through December 15 making illegal to burn anything within 150 feet of any woodland or brush land areas between the daylight hours of 6 am and 6 pm. … [Read more...]

In an effort to increase energy awareness and encourage citizens to make a difference by reducing their energy use, Governor Steve Beshear has proclaimed October as Energy Awareness Month in Kentucky. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) implements energy programs across all sectors of the economy to raise awareness, educate and promote energy efficiency and renewable energy resources. … [Read more...]

Two teenagers are accused of attempted murder after trying to rob a family. Police said the teens pretended to sell an iPhone on Instagram with the plan to rob the people who responded. When the family met the teens police said they reached into their car and tried to take their money, then fired five shots into the family’s car using a stolen gun. … [Read more...]

Eleven employees in the Jefferson County public school district have filed a lawsuit saying they shouldn't be forced to pay union fees if they don't want to be part of the union. The suit alleges the requirement that nonmembers pay a "fair share" fee to the union is unconstitutional. A fair share fee is the amount a nonmember of a union must pay to support collective bargaining activities. The fee is lower than the dues paid by union members because it does not include money the union would use for political activities. … [Read more...]

With several thousand IRONMAN triathletes expected in Louisville on Sunday, October 11 for the annual IRONMAN Louisville triathlon, the Kentucky Division of Water, the Kentucky Department of Public Health and representatives from IRONMAN are working together over the next few days to assess the safety conditions of the Ohio River on race day after harmful algal blooms were confirmed in the Louisville area. … [Read more...]

A former Western Kentucky swimmer whose allegations of hazing led to a five-year suspension of the school's program has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he suffered physical, mental and emotional abuse at the school. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, says Collin Craig attended Western in fall 2014 on scholarship, but his dream "turned into a nightmare" when older teammates made threatening comments and forced him to participate in degrading activities including drinking alcohol while being struck in the testicles. … [Read more...]

A prison employee in Lexington is accused of taking more than $22,000 in bribes to smuggle tobacco to inmates. A federal grand jury indicted Michael Hardin on one count of taking bribes and one count of supplying contraband to inmates between July 2014 and August 11, 2015. … [Read more...]