FRANKFORT — In 2025, the state’s Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel reviewed 72 child fatality cases in the commonwealth and 176 near fatal cases. On Monday, the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children heard a presentation on the panel’s findings and policy recommendations. Panel member and physician Dr. Melissa Currie said the report for 2025 includes 21 recommendations to address some troubling findings, including an 104% increase of overdose ingestion cases over the last five years. “We reported the highest number of ingestion cases since the panel’s inception this past year, and of course, children under 4 […]

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SOUTH WILLIAMSON, Ky. — A Pike County man is facing animal torture charges after Kentucky State Police say they found multiple dead cats and several malnourished dogs at his property near South Williamson. According to a citation filed by Kentucky State Police Post 9, troopers responded Sunday to an animal welfare complaint at a home on New Camp Road. The caller reported seeing several deceased cats in the yard and said the animals appeared to have starved. When a trooper arrived, three dogs were reportedly roaming the neighborhood. A neighbor then showed the trooper two dead cats in the backyard, […]

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NEW YORK — Addiction Recovery Care and its former CEO, Tim Robinson, have agreed to a nearly $4 million judgment in a New York federal lawsuit brought by lender Clear Cove Opportunities Fund I. Under a proposed stipulated judgment filed with the court, ARC and Robinson consent to a judgment for breach of contract totaling $3.94 million. The amount includes more than $3.3 million tied to an Employee Retention Credit refund, interest on those funds and additional default interest. The agreement also provides for 15 percent post-judgment interest and allows Clear Cove to immediately begin collection efforts. The filing dismisses […]

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