Local/Regional News

By Kentucky Public Radio

By Kentucky Public Radio

By Kentucky Public Radio

By Kentucky Public Radio

By Kentucky Public Radio

Frankfort, KY – After conducting a national search, the Council on Postsecondary Education announced in December it was hiring Robert King as its new president. Sixty-one year old King is the former chancellor of the State University of New York, or SUNY.

He replaces Thomas Layzell, who retired in September 2007. Last spring, interim CPE President Brad Cowgill resigned under pressure after Governor Steve Beshear complained he was hired without the legally required national search.

By Kentucky Public Radio

Lexington, KY – A group charged with discerning and defining Lexington's long-term vision has released its final report.

Lexington, KY – Last July, KU asked the state Public Service Commission to approve an increase that would have pushed residential customers' electric bills up 7 point 3 percent or about four and a half dollars a month. But LG & E spokesperson Chris Whelan (Way-luhn) says the settlement announced today means the average KU customer will pay about 60 cents less per month.

Lexington, KY – WUKY News has learned that Director of operations John Coon, finance and administration director John Rhodes, and development and planning director John Slone, stepped down from their posts during the airport board's meeting this morning. Their departures follow the resignation of airport board executive director Michael Gobb earlier this month. Gobb's, and his staff's questionable spending practices, have been scrutinized by local media, as well as the state auditor's office.

By Kentucky Public Radio