FRANKFORT, KY (August 21, 2019)—Kentucky’s $130.1 million General Fund surplus from last fiscal year will go toward the state’s ailing public pension systems, state budget officials told lawmakers yesterday.

Pulaski County, Ky. (August 21, 2019) - Sheriff Greg Speck reports that a Matthew Rodney Davis, age 26 of West Highway 70 in Eubank was arrested at 9:33 PM Monday evening after a pursuit by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office and the Eubank Police Department.

LOUISVILLE, KY -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has announced that the Fletcher Group will receive $6.6 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, which supports evidence-based programs for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders in rural communities. The Fletcher Group has partnered with the University of Kentucky to establish an opioid response program and will maintain its headquarters in rural Kentucky. Its work will target 101 rural counties in eight states, including 47 counties in Kentucky.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (August 20, 2019) - Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary David Dickerson announced on Friday August 16, 2019 that the Cabinet's Office of Inspector General has completed the investigation into whether Kentucky teachers engaged in an illegal work stoppage, also known as a "Sick Out," during the 2019 session of the General Assembly.

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MANCHESTER, KY - The Manchester Police Department is reporting that: On Monday August 19, 2019, Officer Jeff Couch responded to a loud noise complaint at the Raintree Apartments complex.