Breaking down the changes the Safer Kentucky Act will make - WKYT
Jul 9, 2024 · By Samantha Valentino. Published: Jul. 9, 2024 at 3:32 PM PDT. KENTUCKY (WKYT)—The Safer Kentucky Act will change the state’s criminal landscape. Critics of the law are concerned that it...
Fact Check | The Kentucky Debate: Pandemic-era policies - WKYT
Oct 27, 2023 · By May, Education Week reported that 48 states had ordered or recommended schools stay closed through the end of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Animal rights group speaks out against Ky. bill criminalizing ... - WKYT
Apr 2, 2024 · Senate Bill 16 aims to ban photos or videos from being taken without consent in commercial in food facilities, undermining the work of those groups like Mercy for Animals.
The Faces of Death Controversy Explained - /Film
The cult film “Faces of Death,” advertised as “banned in over 46 countries,” created controversy upon release, thanks to its use of graphic images.
Former staff sue Lexington KY station over vaccine mandate
Nov 7, 2022 · Two former employees of Lexington-based news station WKYT and parent company Gray Media are suing both the station and the company after they were allegedly fired for not getting vaccinated...
Which states have the death penalty? Does Kentucky? What we …
Sep 20, 2024 · Yes, Kentucky has had the death penalty since it was reinstated nationally in 1976, according to deathpenaltyinfo.org. The state became the second in the U.S. to bar imposing the death penalty on...
Kentucky House Passes Crime Bill With Tougher Sentences, …
Jan 25, 2024 · FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House passed sweeping criminal justice legislation on Thursday that would impose tougher sentences, including a “three-strikes” penalty to lock up felons for...
Future of death penalty in Kentucky remains uncertain - MSN
Kentucky is one of 27 states where the death penalty is still legal. House Bill 38, remains in committee. Kentucky’s constitution gives only the Governor, the authority to commute death...
Bill filed that would abolish death penalty in Kentucky - MSN
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lawmakers in Frankfort are considering a bill that would mark the end of the death penalty in Kentucky. Last legislative session, a similar bill failed to make it out of...
Crime - WKYT
3 days ago · A Kentucky mother faces child endangerment charges after state troopers say they saw her stumbling in traffic before pole dancing on a stop sign.