While one Mega Millions ticket worth $206 million was sold in New York, a ticket worth a quarter of a million dollars was sold right here in Kentucky.
According to the Mega Millions website, a ticket worth $250,000 that matched all five numbers except the mega ball was sold in Kentucky, though where in Kentucky has not yet been released.
The winning numbers were 23, 32, 33, 39, 43 and the Mega Ball was 8.
Two volunteer fire departments in Harlan County have lost recognition from the state, meaning they’re no longer covered by insurance and workers’ compensation.
The Harlan Daily Enterprise reports that the Kentucky Fire Commission revoked its recognition of the Lower and Upper Clover Fork fire departments after an audit found both had inadequate manpower and training hours.
The Fire Chief for Lower Clover Fork says the audit is wrong and plans to meet with state officials to resolve the issue by next month.
Other fire departments have been assigned to cover the area, but county officials say many homes are left in jeopardy.
State Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer and his wife, Rebecca, have reached a settlement in their divorce case, avoiding a trial that was set for Thursday.
Richie Farmer’s attorney said a divorce decree will be presented soon for the judge to sign to finalize the case, though documents do not identify such details as custody and support payments for the couple’s three sons.
His lawyer says the couple would like to keep the terms as private as possible.
Officials with the Bell County Volunteer Fire Department say after the first of the year they will impose a voluntary subscriber fee. Fire crews will still respond to the fires, but they say without a subscription, they’ll bill the homeowner for their service if their insurance won’t pay up.
The cost would range anywhere from $30 for open land without any structures to $150 for a business or multi-family dwelling.
Fire officials say the fee is an effort to make ends meet after not receiving adequate funding from the county.
New poll results released Tuesday show Kentuckians overwhelmingly support putting a casino gambling constitutional amendment to a vote.
According to the numbers, 87 percent of Kentuckians want to vote on the issue, and only 10 percent of those surveyed said they opposed a vote.
64 percent of those polled said they would vote in favor of the amendment, and 32 percent said they would vote against it.
The statewide survey was conducted of 612 Kentucky voters between Dec. 12 and Dec. 14 by Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group in Washington.
The pollsters said they tested four negative messages on “how casinos would increase crime, prey on the poor, not deliver the state revenue and lead to more gambling.” After emphasizing those points, the survey found support for the amendment was at 63 percent.
Gov. Steve Beshear announced Tuesday that a study of the advisability and feasibility of adding the University of Pikeville to the state university system will begin immediately.
The Governor’s Office will issue a request for proposals this week to hire a consultant to conduct the study. The review will address a broad array of issues including educational need and economic impact.
The state conducted similar reviews before expanding the university system to include the University of Louisville in 1970. The study is expected to take six to eight weeks.
Rather than discarding your natural Christmas tree in a landfill this year, state wildlife officials are suggesting you discard them into Kentucky’s lakes to provide more cover for fish.
Natural Christmas trees are needed to build habitat for fish in the state’s major reservoirs, smaller state-owned lakes and other lakes, as over time, the woody habitats rot away.
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is seeking donations of natural, clean trees free of ornaments, lights ad tinsel.
In Laurel County, trees can be dropped off either at the U.S. Forest Service office on Laurel Road in London or at the HWY 312 Parking Lot near the Laurel Bridge Boat Ramp. For more information, contact John Williams at 549-1332.
For a complete list of drop-off locations across the state, visit the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website at fw.ky.gov.
A land company is pitching in with another donation to help support substance abuse treatment in four southeastern Kentucky counties.
Officials with Kentucky River Properties recently provided the third annual $100,000 installment of a five-year pledge to the UNITE foundation.
The funding provides treatment vouchers to low-income residents of Perry, Knott, Leslie and Letcher counties, with some money also going to Drug Court programs in those counties.
For those qualifying, the vouchers will pay up to $3,000 for short-term treatment or up to $5,000 for longer-term treatment.
Thanks to the company’s funding, the program’s director says 45 people have entered treatment programs in the past two years.
Laurel County sheriff’s deputies were looking for a man who was possibly shot while trying to break into a home on Christmas Eve.
It happened on Joe Hooker Lane near London.
Officials say Jeffrey Hooker was watching his brother’s home when he spotted a man trying to break in.
He told deputies that the would-be burglar pointed a gun at him when he tried to confront him, and in turn, Hooker fired one round from his gun toward the suspect’s foot to try and wound him.
The man ran into the woods leaving behind a trail of blood.
Authorities searched the woods, but so far, have not found the suspect.
A man sentenced to 10 years in prison for a hostage situation will now face charges in Madison County for the murder of his wife.
35-year-old Jason Singleton was transferred to the Madison County Detention Center Saturday.
Police say Singleton and his former girlfriend Christina Tompkins Marcum killed Angela Frazier-Singleton and dismembered her body. Her remains were found in a Madison County field last January.
A judge sentenced Singleton to 10 years in prison for charges connected to a hostage situation in Pulaski County that happened shortly before the remains were found.
He will now face charges of murder, abuse of a corpse, arson and tampering with physical evidence in his wife’s murder.