LGBT activists rage over proposed Kentucky bill that would improve protections for religious liberty
Kentucky Republicans are poised to pass legislation to better protect religious freedom from the kinds of attacks predicted in 2015 and highlighted this week by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. The prospect that Republican supermajorities in the state House and Senate will successfully pass House Bill 47 has outraged LGBT activist groups and other extremist […]
Three Kentucky Fried Chickens Flee Democrat-Run Chicago
This week, three Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurants “suddenly turned off the lights” and fled Chicago’s South Side. report Fox 32. The totally useless alderman is all kinds of villains. “Business closures are not only painful for the eyes, but also a gateway to violence, because when you see abandoned businesses, it seems like there […]
Kentucky Police Seize Enough Fentanyl to Kill Two Million Americans
A small Kentucky sheriff’s department has seized enough fentanyl to kill 2 million Americans within five years, officials announced Tuesday. Residents of Madison County — home of central Kentucky Fewer 100,000 people, The deadly drug is “easily accessible,” said Sheriff’s Deputy Tony Terry, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. local CBS News Bureau. County deputies […]
Ford, UAW reach deal to avert strike at Kentucky truck plant
The United Auto Workers (UAW) local union, UAW Local 62, and Ford have reached an agreement to avert a strike at the truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The agreement came after the UAW union announced that about 9,000 auto workers threatened to go on strike Friday at Ford’s most profitable plant, which makes SUVs and […]
UAW threatens to strike at Ford truck plant in Kentucky
The United Auto Workers (UAW) is threatening a strike at the Ford truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky. union Said About 9,000 UAW automakers at the plant plan to go on strike next Friday “if local contract issues are not resolved,” a Friday press release said. After Ford failed to reach an agreement with the plant’s […]
Murray State and Eastern Kentucky get KY House approval for new veterinary, medical programs
Two universities hoping to develop ambitious new roles to overcome shortages of doctors and veterinarians won overwhelming support from the Kentucky House of Representatives on Thursday. The House passed separate bills authorizing Murray State University to create a school of veterinary medicine and Eastern Kentucky University to award a medical degree in osteopathic medicine. The […]
Nurse backs up story by Kentucky moms of being drugged, raped in Bahamas during Carnival cruise, resort questions claims
Two mothers from Kentucky claim they were drugged and raped by employees at a resort in the Bahamas. The resort said surveillance video contradicts the serious allegations. However, a nurse who treated the two women at the alleged crime scene said: “There is no possibility that anything was made up.” As Blaze News previously reported, […]
Kentucky man gets 30 years for killing photographer at Breonna Taylor protest
A Kentucky man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting a photographer during a protest over the police killing of Breonna Taylor. Stephen Lopez apologized for his actions Tuesday before a judge handed down his sentence in Jefferson Circuit Court, WDRB-TV reported. Lopez pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter in the […]
Kentucky moms drugged and raped in Bahamas treated by nurse Ladonna Batty describes ‘horrible’ scene
A veteran nurse who treated a Kentucky mother who claimed two Bahamian resort staff drugged and raped her while on vacation said it was the “worst workplace” she had ever worked in. LaDonna Batty, a family nurse from Arkansas, was a passenger on the same Carnival cruise that Amber Shearer and Dongueira Dobson were on […]
Kentucky AG sues Kroger for its role in opioid crisis
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit Monday against one of the nation’s largest grocery chains, accusing its pharmacies of helping fuel the state’s deadly opioid addiction crisis. The lawsuit against Kroger claims that the company’s more than 100 pharmacies in Kentucky accounted for more than 11% of all opioid pills dispensed in the […]