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Kristen Kennedy

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Kristen Kennedy

    WKYT Investigates: City says revised snow plan on track for October completion (opens the original)

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    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The city’s Acting Commissioner of Environmental Quality and Public Works said a revised snow response plan remains on schedule to be completed in October. Charlie Martin discussed the plan’s latest changes in an interview with WKYT Investigates. “Yes, we are. Yes, we are. We’re working on it daily. But yes, we will be done with it,” Martin said when asked if the plan would be finished by October. Martin has been working on a 27-page plan since the mayor scrapped the previ

  2. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Kristen Kennedy

    Fact✓Check | House Bill 1’s new scholarship program (opens the original)

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    KENTUCKY (WKYT) - Critics of a new scholarship program created under House Bill 1 are warning that donations to a scholarship granting organization, or SGO, will hurt public schools. Supporters of the Kentucky Education Fund say that is not true. Donating to a scholarship granting organization will not immediately pull funds away from public schools. Critics say the effect is more delayed, hurting enrollment and then funding. The Kentucky Education Fund, the state’s first SGO, gives taxpayers a

  3. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Kristen Kennedy

    WKYT Investigates: Bourbon County woman questions law enforcement response before husband’s death (opens the original)

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    Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. PARIS, Ky. (WKYT) - A Bourbon County woman says law enforcement failed to act after she obtained a court order to have her husband involuntarily hospitalized for mental health treatment, and he later died. Samantha Thompson said her husband, Ryan Shrout, who she’d been with for 11 years, had been dealing with mental health struggles. On t

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Kristen Kennedy

    Fact✓Check |New Kentucky law lets districts use cameras to catch school bus stop arm violators (opens the original)

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    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A new law that went into effect last month gives Kentucky school districts permission to use cameras to capture stop arm violators. It also increases the maximum fines for failing to stop. House Bill 7 lets school districts use camera monitoring systems that watch for stop arm violations. State funding for the cameras was not included in the bill. Funding is up to individual districts. Districts with these cameras will likely be getting money under the new law. Failure to

  5. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Kristen Kennedy

    Fact✓Check | Claims FCPS Superintendent Demetrus Liggins is making in his retirement notice (opens the original)

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    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Fayette County Board of Education will discuss Superintendent Dr. Demetrus Liggins’s planned retirement on Monday. Liggins has an active whistleblower complaint in Frankfort with the Office of Educational Accountability. In his attorney’s statement Friday afternoon announcing his retirement, Liggins said the district’s recent downgraded credit rating is another reason why he “will continue to work through the ongoing process at the Kentucky Office of Educational Accou

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