Utilizing his role as Majority Leader, McConnell personally raised the need to address this urgent crisis with President Trump and successfully secured his bipartisan bill to protect coal families' pension benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) welcomed Kentuckians with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) to his office in the U.S. Capitol this week. The Kentucky coal miner retirees presented Senator McConnell with a coal plaque honoring him for his work to protect pension benefits for coal miners and their families.

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Tommy Houston along with Deputy Landry Collett and Sgt. John Inman arrested three individuals early Thursday morning February 27, 2020 at approximately 2:21 AM.

MANCHESTER, KY - On Wednesday, February 26, 2020 the City Of Manchester Fire Department reported that: Today while at the station, 4 of our Firefighters had the privilege of working with and touring Mr. Bill Watkins who has special needs. 

MANCHESTER, KY - The City of Manchester Fire Department is reporting that: At 8:09 AM on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 City of Manchester Fire Department was dispatched by Clay County E-911 to Chop Bottom Road for a motor vehicle accident with confirmed entrapment.

FRANKFORT, KY (February 26, 2020)—A bill that would raise $49.9 million in new revenue over the next two fiscal years through a new wholesale tax on vaping products and increased taxes on some other tobacco products has cleared the Kentucky House.