LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) — Senate Bill 181, which was passed by the General Assembly in 2025 and signed into law by the governor, is designed to prevent the grooming of students for potential abuse through the public schools.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 13, 2025) – Attorney General Russell Coleman released the following statement today after the shootings at Blue Grass Airport and Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington:
“Today, violence invaded the Lord’s House. The attack on law enforcement and people of faith in Lexington shocked the entire Commonwealth.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 11, 2025) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that a New Kentucky Home is being created with fewer illegal drugs on the streets harming our families. The Kentucky State Police completed a successful Operation Summer Heat 2.0, targeting suspected drug networks operating in the commonwealth and leading to 197 arrests.
The Circuit Clerks of Kentucky are once again making a lifesaving difference across the Commonwealth. Through a longtime partnership with Donate Life Kentucky Trust (Trust), they are helping to raise critical funds for transplant patients and donor families through the 2025 Summer Raffle featuring a brand-new Axis UTV as the grand prize.
FRANKFORT — Safer storage methods for firearms and medication and expanded access to child care were some of the proposals that surfaced among lawmakers Wednesday to help prevent child fatalities in Kentucky.
Bill sponsor pens op-ed outlining purpose of Senate Bill 181 and addressing implementation concerns as the law takes effect FRANKFORT—A new student protection law has officially taken effect across Kentucky, establishing guardrails for how school employees, coaches, and volunteers may communicate with minors. Senate Bill (SB) 181, sponsored by Sen.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 27, 2025) — Kentucky is no stranger to natural disasters. Within in the first six months of 2025, the commonwealth has endured several significant flooding events and deadly tornadoes.
On July 3, officers with the Morgantown City Police responded to a female who would not wake up in the parking lot of McDonald’s in Morgantown. Upon arrival, EMS was on scene and had woken the subject. The subject advised that she had consumed gabapentin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methamphetamine. The subject refused EMS treatment or transport, upon a probable cause search of her vehicle officers located multiple pill bottles, a small bag of suspected meth and meth pipe, a scale and multiple small baggies along with over $1,296.00 in cash.
During the Butler County Fiscal Court meeting on Monday, June 23, magistrates once again tabled the motion to move forward with the removal of the Woodbury Dam.
