A date has been set for an alcohol election in London.
A vote has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 6 to determine if alcoholic beverages will be sold in package stores in the town.
The vote comes after a petition containing 650 signatures was verified by the County Clerk; over a hundred more than the amount needed to get the issue on the ballot.
Similar elections are also scheduled for Barbourville onFeb. 7, and for Corbin on Feb. 14.
Kentucky has jumped from No. 34 to No. 14 in an annual education survey.
The report from Education Week grades states on policy efforts and outcomes and tracks key indicators such as school accountability, teacher training and college/career readiness.
The report assigns overall letter grades based on average scores in six categories. Kentucky’s overall grade this year was a C+, which was the national average.
No state received an A. The highest ranking state was Maryland with a B+. South Dakota had the lowest score with a D+.
The 1994 homicide of a University of Kentucky football player will be profiled tonight in an episode of “Sins & Secrets” on Investigation Discovery.
The show looks into “notorious crimes” that have deeply affected a particular community. Tonight’s episode will profile the murder of Trent DiGiuro, who was gunned down by in 1994 by Shane Ragland.
For years the case went unsolved, until a former student came forward to help identify the killer.
The episode airs tonight at 9 p.m. on Investigation Discovery.
The House and Senate judiciary committees will hold a joint meeting Thursday morning to hear expert testimony on whether the state should require that pseudoephedrine be made available only by prescription.
The bill would make it harder to purchase large quantities of cold and allergy medications such as Sudafed, because they are used in production of methamphetamine.
Lawmakers have been debating over the past year whether to restrict sales of the medications. The proposal didn’t garner enough support to pass in last year’s legislative session.
Police believe a man could be responsible for four separate crashes in less than 24 hours in Somerset, and police say he didn’t appear to be under the influence.
The first accident happened Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Bourbon Road and South U.S. 27.
Just a short distance away, the same driver caused another crash and fled the scene.
Wednesday morning, the same driver is said to have sideswiped a car at U.S. 27 and Kit Cowan Road, and finally got stuck in a ditch after hitting some roadway signs near the Parkers Mill Intersection.
Police think 53-year-old Dennis Shumaker is responsible for all of the crashes.
Shumaker was given a field sobriety test and gave no indication if being under the influence.
The case will be taken to the county attorney to decide if any charges are necessary.
A second child has died as the result of a crash in Rockcastle County.
5-year-old Malachi Hayes of Mount Vernon died Wednesday at UK Children’s Hospital of injuries he suffered in Saturday’s wreck.
Malachi’s sister, 7-year-old Jada Hayes, died at the hospital on Sunday from injuries in the same crash.
The crash happened Saturday at the intersection of U.S. 150 and Maretburg Road in Rockcastle County.
Troopers said neither Jada nor Malachi were wearing a seatbelt. A third child in the car, who was in a child safety seat, was treated at a local hospital and released along with an adult passenger in the car. The driver was not injured.