FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Comeback initiative is opening doors for second-chance employment in the Commonwealth. Over the past decade, workforce participation rates in Kentucky have ranked among the lowest in the nation. In response, the Kentucky Chamber Foundation launched the Kentucky Comeback initiative in 2020. Ryan Bowman, director of partnerships for the foundation, said businesses have expressed continued frustration with finding employees statewide and he believes giving opportunities to those who have struggled with long-term unemployment can help fill the gap. “Where we want to get more people from the sidelines that are willing and able to work, that are qualified […]

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SCUDDY, Ky. — A Perry County man who served no jail time after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse and possession of child porn in 2020 has been arrested for possession of child porn once again. 32-year-old Brandon Scott Sumner was arrested Thursday after KSP’s Electronic Crime Branch discovered sexually explicit images of juveniles being uploaded online. Investigators executed a search warrant Thursday at a residence in Scuddy and seized electronic equipment believed to have been used in the offenses. The equipment was sent to the KSP Forensic Laboratory for examination. Sumner is charged with 20 counts of possessing matter […]

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RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed a civil lawsuit against a New York-based abortion advocacy organization, accusing it of violating Kentucky’s Consumer Protection Act by advertising access to abortion medications that can be mailed into the state. The lawsuit against Mayday Medicines, doing business as Mayday Health, was filed Thursday in Logan Circuit Court. According to the complaint, Mayday placed advertisements at more than 80 Kentucky gas stations beginning in 2025. The ads read, “Pregnant? Don’t Want to Be? Learn more at Mayday.Health.” The complaint says at least one of the advertisements was displayed at a […]

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