Bill Sisson, president of Baptist Health Lexington, dies at 70.
Bill Sisson, president of Baptist Health Lexington, died Monday morning after a brief, courageous battle with cancer, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed. He was 70. Sisson served as president of Baptist … Click to Continue »
Lexington men no longer face murder charges in death of former Tates Creek student
Three Lexington men are no longer facing murder charges in the death of a college student after a grand jury declined to indict two of them and prosecutors dropped the … Click to Continue »
‘Life-saving leadership.’ Lexington Health Commissioner retires after leading COVID fight
Over the past several years, Dr. Mark Dougherty, an infectious disease specialist, spoke occasionally with Dr. Kraig Humbaugh, the Lexington-Fayette County Health Commissioner and former state epidemiologist. Sometimes it was … Click to Continue …
Instead of building new futures, poor KY counties using coal money to pay past debts
Coal severance tax funds originally meant to help Kentucky’s poorest counties build a brighter future instead are going to pay past debts, often for expensive projects that flopped, and routine … Click to Continue »
Knott County already struggled to pay huge debt on Sportsplex. Now it’s crumbling.
For years, most of Knott County’s coal severance tax money has been committed to paying down $9 million in bond debt for the Sportsplex, a 66,000-square-foot recreation center that opened … Click to Continue »
KY Lottery
These Kentucky lotteries were drawn Saturday: 5 Card Cash QD-JS-9D-2H-6H (QD, JS, 9D, 2H, 6H) Cash Ball 10-13-19-25, Cash Ball: 4 (ten, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-five; Cash Ball: four) Lucky For … Click to Continue »
Winning numbers drawn in ‘Cash Ball’ game
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the Kentucky Lottery’s “Cash Ball” game were: 10-13-19-25, Cash Ball: 4 (ten, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-five; Cash Ball: four) … Click to Continue »
‘He-Man’ artist and toy designer T. Mark Taylor dies at 80
T. Mark Taylor, artist and toy designer for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, died Thursday at his Southern … Click to Continue »
COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care
From the intensive care ward in France where he is spending the holidays, COVID-19 patient David Daniel Sebbagh said he has one overriding regret: that he didn’t get vaccinated. “The … Click to Continue »
Sudanese rally in new anti-coup protests amid tight security
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Khartoum on Saturday as demonstrators once again took to the streets in the country’s capital and elsewhere to denounce the … Click to Continue »
EXPLAINER: How will Biden’s COVID-19 test giveaway work?
President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free of charge to people to use at home. But despite … Click to Continue »
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