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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky State Police are now confirming a Bardstown police officer has been shot and killed. It happened just before 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning near exit 34 off Bluegrass Parkway. PoliceMore >>
Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis was shot and killed just before 3 a.m. Saturday on his way home from work.More >>
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An ESPN panel includes Nerlens Noel and Gorgui Dieng among its most overvalued draft prospects, but had good news for Indiana's Cody Zeller, plus Coach K on the ACC and more on Teddy Bridgewater.More >>
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man has been arrested after police say he beat and raped his estranged wife who was on a feeding tube.According to an arrest report, the victim had filed a domesticMore >>
Police say the victim had a terminal illness and the suspect removed her feeding tube.More >>
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A train hits a car in the Shively area, and the driver is lucky to be alive.The accident occurred on Gagel Avenue near Mcdeane Road.A witness, Mark Pecaro, told WDRB that theMore >>
The accident occurred on Gagel Avenue near Mcdeane Road.More >>
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- House Speaker Greg Stumbo has filed legislation intended to further crack down on prescription drug abuse in a state where more people are dying from overdoses than car crashes.
The measure filed Thursday calls for the state's prescription monitoring program, known as KASPER, to be placed under the jurisdiction of the attorney general's office. That program is currently administered by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a social services agency. The change would give law enforcement and prosecutors quick access to key information that could identify unscrupulous physicians.
The bill also would bar doctors charged with overprescribing painkillers from doling out medications. Physicians found guilty would immediately be stripped of their licenses.
The measure also would limit prescriptions for powerful painkillers like Oxycontin to 30-day supplies.
