WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 30, 2025 AIR FORCE BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded an increased ceiling modification (P00790) of $1,192,897,112 to a previously awarded contract (FA8214-13-C-0001) for sustaining engineering services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $3,134,640,338 from $1,941,743,226. Work will be performed at   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Rand Paul Releases Statement on Nomination of Representative Elise Stefanik to Serve as U.S. Ambassador to United Nations : January 30, 2025 Contact: Press_Paul@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343 # WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released the following statement in support of the nomination of U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) to serve as the U.S. Ambassador t  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Jan. 31 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted the motion of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Office of Rate Intervention, to intervene fully in the case concerning South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation's (South Kentucky RECC) proposed rate adjustments. The PSC's order, issued January 27, 2025, grants the Attorney General full party status in Case No. 2024-00402. South Kentucky RECC filed an electronic ap  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Jan. 31 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Office of Rate Intervention, full intervenor status in the rate adjustment case involving Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. The PSC's order, dated January 27, 2025, allows the Attorney General to represent consumer interests in Case No. 2024-00388. Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. filed an electronic application with the PSC seeking a rate adj  more

LONDON, Kentucky, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release: An Irvine, Ky., man, Chad Newman, 40, was sentenced to 87 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. According to his plea agreement, from January 1, 2019, until April 11, 2023, Newman conspired with others to distribute oxycodone pills in Madison, Estill, Laurel, Clay, and Knox Counties. During this time fra  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Proud to Confirm Zeldin as EPA Administrator Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the confirmation of Lee Zeldin as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): "Lee Zeldin served our country honorably in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Army, where he remains a Lieute  more

HEBRON, Kentucky, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: * * * Rate of detection in the state remains high despite the decreased total * * * Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Kentucky airports discovered 107 firearms in travelers' carry-on luggage in 2024, a decrease of more than ten percent from the 2023 total. Each of the firearms was discovered by TSA officers dur  more