94.3 The Wolf

Several area municipalities are among the recipients for grants aimed at increasing recycling capacity and reducing waste across Kentucky. Governor Andy Beshear has announced $6.2 million in funding for 70 projects that will limit contributions to landfills and encourage recycling and reuse. The grant funding comes from the Kentucky Pride Fund, which is generated from the $1.75 fee for each ton of municipal solid waste disposed of in Kentucky landfills. […]

Kentucky Chief Medical Officer and Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health Dr. Steven Stack says measles used to kill hundreds of children a year in the United States, but with the advent of vaccination the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. Stack says the disease has made a resurgence, however, “because there are some communities who have chosen not to get vaccinated and because of misinformation.” “It’s unfortunate because the […]

Kentucky residents who live or work in one of the 13 counties approved for Individual Assistance following April flooding and storms may now apply for disaster benefits. Residents in the counties are eligible for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits, with D-SNAP applications being accepted through May 14. According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, “The D-SNAP program offers short-term food help to individuals and families in counties that […]

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife has completed its chronic wasting disease surveillance and testing for the commonwealth’s 2024-2025 deer season. KFW says after 9,204 samples from across the state were tested, no new cases of chronic wasting disease were found in wild deer. KFW says about 4,500 of the collected samples came from the the two multi-county CWD detection zones that were established around Ballard County after a wild deer there tested […]

A Hardin County man convicted in the shooting death of his wife received his sentence Tuesday. Jordan Henning of Rineyville will serve 20 years in prison on the charge of First Degree Manslaughter. The jury that convicted Henning in March recommended that sentence, which was confirmed at the May 6 sentencing hearing. Hardin Circuit Judge Larry Ashlock said he was adopting the jury’s recommendation of the maximum sentence based on the “violent […]

UPDATE: After further investigation, the KSP on Wednesday charged Robinson with the following additional charges: Promoting a Minor (Under 16) in a Sex Performance Distribution of Matter Portraying Sex Performance by a Minor Under 12 Possession of Matter Portraying Sexual Performance by a Minor Under 12 Tampering with Physical Evidence Robinson remains incarcerated in the Grayson County Detention Center, where he is being held on a $500,000 cash bond. ___ […]