By AP/ Dan Modlin

Versailles, KY – Former Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn died
last night at his Versailles residence. Woodford
County Coroner Steve Ward says the 79 year old
Nunn collapsed after suffering an apparent
heart attack.

By Dan Modlin

Bowling Green, KY – A Pike County coal company has been cited
for alledgedly causing a black water spill that
fouled more than eight miles of an eastern
Kentucky creek. The Environmental and Public
Protection Cabinet has issued a Notice of
Non-compliance and an Imminent Danger
Cessation Order to the Johns Creek Processing
Company.

The company was cited for allowing black water
to leave a permitted area and for failing to report
the spill in a timely manner.

By AP

Frankfort,KY – The Kentucky House has approved legislation
which would make it a felony to tip off a nursing
home about a pending state inspection.
Representative Kathy Stein of Lexington is the
sponsor of the bill, which passed the House
by a 94 to 0 margin.

By AP

Frankfort, KY – A bill to create a lottery scratch-off game to
raise money for veterans' programs has
stalled in a House Committee. The proposal
was backed by General Les Beavers, the
Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of
Veteran's Affairs.

By AP

Frankfort, KY – The Kentucky House has passed a bill to
spell out how crimes against the elderly and
other "vulnerable adults" are to be handled.

The bill outlines the steps to be taken from the
time a complaint is filed with the Cabinet for
Families and Children until it is resolved.
Proponents say that would impose accountability
on everyone involved in investigating cases
of elder abuse, neglect defrauding, and other
crimes.

By AP

Frankfort, KY – The Kentucky Senate has approved legislation
that would create a crime of "fetal homicide."
The bill would legally recognize the unborn from
the time of conception.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a
fetus is not a person under current Kentucky law.
As a result, the high court said no one who causes the
death of a fetus can be charged with homicide.

By Dan Modlin

Bowling Green, KY – The Executive Director of the Kentucky Council
on Problem Gambling says too many people
underestimate the cost of compulsive gambling.
Mike Stone cites a University of Illinois study
which estimates a cost of thirteen thousand
dollars per year, per compulsive gambler.

By AP

Frankfort, KY – Governor Fletcher's Administration wants better
drug treatment---- instead of prison sentences---
for offenders. Lieutenant Governor Steve Pence
says the state plans to cut the number of non-violent
offenders in prison, and could delay the opening of
a one thousand bed prison which is under
construction in Elliot County.

By AP/Dan Modlin

Williamsburg, KY –
Kentucky Lottery Officials are concerned about the
impact the new Tennessee Lottery will have on
ticket sales in the Commonwealth. Kentucky Lottery
President and Chief Executive Arch Gleason estimates
Kentucky will lose more than 48 million dollars in
sales in the 2004-2005 fiscal year. Gleason also
warns that the loss could reach more than 71 million
dollars in the following fiscal year.

By AP

Frankfort, KY – A bill passed today by the Kentucky House would
create a felony offense for a form of credit-card
theft. The bill would punish people who "skim"
credit cards. The practice consists of installing
an electronic device between a credit card reader
and a telephone wall jack to obtain credit card
information.