FRANKFORT, Ky. - Richard Simpson, 33, of Danville, Kentucky, pled guilty in federal court on Wednesday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, and admitted that he distributed heroin and was illegally in possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. 

FRANKFORT, KY—The Kentucky House voted 85-4 on Tuesday February 4, 2020 to give final passage to a bill that would create new paths for Kentucky hemp while keeping the state’s hemp program in line with federal law.

'Yesterday, the United States Army and the Commonwealth of Kentucky both received some great news. Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff General James McConville announced that Fort Knox will be the headquarters for the new Army corps.' Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the Army selecting Fort Knox for the new corps headquarters:

FRANKFORT, KY (February 12, 2020) —A Kentucky House committee voted today to add Kentucky to the list of at least 33 other states with a government-regulated medicinal marijuana program.

Fairdale, Ky. (February 12, 2020) — The Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch arrested John Thomas Coffey Jr., 19, on charges related to child sexual exploitation.