Regional & State

Asset forfeiture is a common practice for police agencies across Kentucky. Under state law, law enforcement agencies keep 85 percent of what they take and the rest is distributed to prosecutors.

More than one in eight Kentucky adults have been diagnosed with diabetes.

Beshear stressed the proposed budget has more debt going off the books over the next two years than what will accumulate.

One advocate for the bill told lawmakers he uses marijuana to ease painful symptoms he suffers as the result of a car accident more than 20 years ago.

The mill is backed with both state and federal funds. Former Gov. Matt Bevin convinced the legislature to invest $15 million in the project in 2017 and the company also received $4 million in Abandoned Mine Lands grant money.

The upgrade would more than double the resolution quality of planetarium shows and be able to present a greater variety of shows.

Health officials recommend that everyone over 6 months old get an annual flu vaccination. It is not too late, since the season usually runs through May.

The legislature has frozen health departments' pension contributions at 49.47% for the past two years, but on July 1 this is set to jump to 93%.

Murray State University President Bob Jackson told a legislative committee the increase would force universities to make tough financial decisions.

Rachel Collins comes to the station from the Marshall County Tribune-Courier, where she reported and edited news for six years.

The expungement process would be automatic.

Senate Bill 1 now heads to the House for consideration.