With the filing deadline for candidates passing Tuesday, the Kentucky General Assembly wrapped up the first month of session with a few bills passing each chamber, but no major action. A list of all candidates who have filed to run for office can be found on theSecretary of State’s website. The pace is expected to pick up in February as the House continues work on the state budget and lawmakers begin work on more difficult issues like the tax overhaul proposal expected from the governor this week.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 29, 2014) – As Super Bowl Sunday approaches and football fans across the country prepare for the game, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), along with the National Football League (NFL) and Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management (TEAM) Coalition, have joined forces with Kentucky’s highway safety and law enforcement officials to spread the message about designating a sober driver on Super Bowl Sunday, because – Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk.

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(Depoy, KY)—On Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 2:01 am (CST) a house fire was reported in rural Muhlenberg County. Responding fire fighters found a home fully engulfed in fire. Fatalities were reported and troopers assigned to the Madisonville Post of the Kentucky State Police responded.

Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has announced that 640 candidates filed with her office to run in the May 20 Primary Election. The deadline to file was January 28, 2014, at 4:00 p.m., local time at the place of filing.