Conway Seriously Considering Governor’s Race

{Frankfort, Kentucky}…Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway says he's taking a very, very serious look at running in the 2015 election to replace Governor Steve Beshear. Conway spent about $10 million in three statewide campaigns in the past five years, largely on TV advertising, and Conway had about twice that much spent against him, making him a familiar face to nearly every family in Kentucky.

Man Fatally Struck By Train

{Danville, Kentucky}…Police say 38 year old Kevin Jackson was attempting to walk cross a bridge in Danville Saturday when he was hit by a train, throwing him about 70 yards from the bridge. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

School Boards Insurance Trust To Disband

{Lexington, Kentucky}…Officials announced Monday in Lexington that the financially troubled Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust will disband on June 30th, forcing school districts to search for new providers of workers compensation, property and liability insurance policies. The Kentucky School Boards Association had turned the insurance program over to the Kentucky League of Cities about two years ago. KLC Executive Director Jonathan Steiner says a financial review revealed the insurance program had fiscal woes that were worse than first believed. The closure means financial consequences for all of the state's 174 school districts, which will have to come up with some $60 million to cover the cost of past insurance claims.

McConnell Optimistic About Afghanistan

Senator Mitch McConnell said Monday he's optimistic about Afghanistan and favors a residual U.S. force after combat troops leave in 2014 of about 10,000. McConnell, who traveled with Republican Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming, Jeff Flake of Arizona, Ted Cruz of Texas and Deb Fischer of Nebraska, says, after meetings with military leaders, including General John Allen, he left the country with a genuine sense of optimism.

No Shortages Of Flu Vaccines

{Frankfort, Kentucky}…Gwenda Bond, a spokeswoman for the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services, says the flu outbreak has been widespread in Kentucky for five weeks, which is earlier than usual, but health officials are not aware of any shortages of flu vaccines. A northern Kentucky  man died recently from complications of the flu. The flu is causing sporadic absences among workers at the UPS air hub in Louisville, and the University of Kentucky is planning to announce some temporary restrictions on visiting patients at its hospitals to limit exposure to the flu.

Former Pain Clinic Owner Arrested

Forty-four year old Ernest William Singleton, a former Kentucky pain clinic owner who operated in Georgetown and Dry Ridge, was arrested Monday in central Kentucky and charged with conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone and conspiracy to launder funds from October 2010 until this month. Attorney General Jack Conway's office says no doctors were named in the indictment, but state regulators have taken disciplinary action against five doctors affiliated with the two clinics. Singleton closed his pain management centers in Georgetown and Dry Ridge in Kentucky, and opened a clinic in Jeffersonville, Indiana after Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill last year to try to curtail prescription abuse.

Man Sentenced For First-Degree Robbery

{Catlettsburg, Kentucky}…Friday, 29 year old Roger Kittle, Jr. was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing a woman’s purse while she was loading a wheelchair into her car in the parking lot of the Ashland Children’s Clinic in January. A Boyd County Grand Jury indicted Kittle and 22 year old Heather Griffith, both of Ashland, on first-degree robbery charges. Griffith is expected to plead guilty to the same charge later this month.