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Mar. 28, 2024 07:11 AM EDT
Eds: The Kentucky editorial roundup will not move this week due to a lack of editorials of state-wide interest. We will resume the roundup at its normal time on Thursday, April 4, 2024. The AP

A mom called 911 to get her son mental health help. He died after police responded with force

Mar. 28, 2024 06:56 AM EDT

Taylor Ware’s mom just wanted to get her son the help he needed. But her home was 400 miles away and Ware was deep into a manic episode at an interstate rest stop in rural southern Indiana. “I need someone to come, OK, so that he can get help at a mental hospital....

State budget bill passed by Kentucky Senate would increase support for schools

Mar. 27, 2024 22:45 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate delivered bipartisan support Wednesday night for a new two-year state budget that would increase funding for K-12 schools as lawmakers moved closer to accomplishing their biggest responsibility of this year's legislative session. The budget...

More teens would be tried in adult courts for gun offenses under Kentucky bill winning final passage

Mar. 27, 2024 21:32 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill intended to combat teen crime by transferring more youths for trial in adult courts when charged with gun-related gun offenses won final passage in the Kentucky legislature on Wednesday. The Senate voted 24-10 to sent the bill to Democratic Gov. Andy...

Media attorney warns advancing bill would create 'giant loophole' in Kentucky's open records law

Mar. 27, 2024 16:37 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation advanced by Kentucky lawmakers on Wednesday would carve out a “giant loophole” in the state's open records law that would enable public officials to evade scrutiny, a media attorney says. The measure was approved by the Senate State and Local...

School board postpones vote on new busing plan after audit on route change disaster

Mar. 27, 2024 14:31 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Education officials in Kentucky's largest city delayed voting on a new busing plan after parental opposition and a recommendation to wait from a company that audited the district's disastrous transportation changes to routes this year. The plan recommended by...

Kentucky House passes bill to have more teens tried in adult courts for gun offenses

Mar. 26, 2024 19:11 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill intended to prosecute more Kentucky teenagers on gun-related felony charges in adult courts where they could face harsher penalties moved closer Tuesday to clearing the legislature. The bill passed the House on a 68-19 vote and now returns to the...

Kentucky hires Kenny Brooks as women's basketball coach after successful tenure at Virginia Tech

Mar. 26, 2024 14:49 PM EDT

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky hired Kenny Brooks as women's basketball coach after a successful tenure with Virginia Tech highlighted by the ACC regular season championship a year after winning the tournament title and reaching its first Final Four. The school announced Brooks'...

Pickup truck driver charged for role in crash that left tractor-trailer dangling from bridge

Mar. 26, 2024 13:31 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The driver of a pickup truck has been charged for his role in a four-vehicle crash that sent a tractor-trailer through a guard rail where it was left dangling over the Ohio River, according to court records. Court records show the pickup driver was charged...

Aluminum company says preferred site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses

Mar. 25, 2024 13:19 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region hard hit by the loss of coal and steel production, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. ...