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A Letcher County personal care home that's had a litany of problems since 2007 was issued the state's most serious citation this week after a resident allegedly was injured during a fight.
The problems at Letcher County Golden Years Rest Home at Jenkins are indicative of those seen at many — though...
Two former employees of a Carter County group home pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that they abused a mentally handicapped man.They were among 11 employees of Community Presence Inc. indicted in 2008 in connection with a pattern of abuse there.Robert Thompson, 55, of Ironton, Ohio, pleaded guilty...
A memorial to the 49 people who died in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington will be dedicated Aug. 27, the fifth anniversary of the disaster, the commission in charge of the memorial announced Thursday.In addition, a fund has been established to cover ongoing expenses and maintenance costs...
County governments don't have the right to ban pain-management clinics, according to a state attorney general's opinion.Because such local ordinances infringe on the state's right to regulate medical practices, counties cannot ban legal medical practices within their lines, Assistant Attorney General...
The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled a plan to fight prescription-drug abuse, warning that accidental overdoses now exceed combined deaths from crack in the 1980s and black-tar heroin in the 1970s.The initiative to fight the nation's fastest-growing drug problem includes boosting awareness...
WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Rick Scott reversed course Thursday and said he will allow a prescription drug monitoring program that Kentucky officials have demanded to help block the flow of illegal prescription drugs coming from the Sunshine State.Scott's opposition to funding the database ...
At the request of Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, the new commissioner of the Lexington Fayette-County Health Department has asked state Auditor Crit Luallen to review his organization's finances.Dr. Rice Leach said he and Gray discussed the need for an outside audit of the department before Leach accepted...
PIKEVILLE — The Mine Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday that for the first time it successfully placed two mines, including one in Leslie County, on a pattern of violations.Bledsoe Coal Corp.'s Abner Branch Rider Mine in Leslie County and The New West Virginia Mining Co.'s...
Prosecutors want murder defendant Steve Nunn's two daughters to testify on behalf of the state at his trial, scheduled to begin in August.Mary Elizabeth Nunn of Bowling Green was served with a subpoena April 6, according to Fayette Circuit Court records. Warren County authorities also tried to serve...
A resident of a Hickman County nursing home contracted a potentially life-threatening gum infection because the staff allegedly never realized the person wore dentures and hadn't removed them for six months.The state cited Arbor Place of Clinton for the incident, in which the resident's dentures...
PIKEVILLE — The mining industry across the nation felt the blast a year ago when the worst coal mine disaster since 1970 rocked Beckley, W.Va., but in some ways, Kentucky mines have felt a higher number of aftershocks.The methane and coal dust explosion April 5, 2010, killed 29 men at the...