Florida surgeon hired to restart UK pediatric heart surgery program

BY LINDA BLACKFORD The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and UK HealthCare have named a surgeon to lead a new partnership providing pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at both sites. Dr. James Quintessenza will start Dec. 1. His primary appointment will be at Cincinnati Children’s, but he will be based in Lexington. “Dr. Quintessenza is an exceptional talent and leader with…

Top Louisville GOP Official Defends Trump’s ‘Rigged’ Claims

By Jacob Ryan The head of the Jefferson County Republican Party is defending Donald Trump’s claim that the media is “rigging” the election against the GOP nominee. Trump maintains the media is in cahoots with Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign, suggesting a conspiracy that could distort the outcome of November’s presidential election. “The election is absolutely being…

MyOldMeds Kentucky to promote safe medicine disposal

From the Associated Press FRANKFORT, KY. – Several state agencies are working together on an initiative to highlight the importance of properly disposing of old medications. A statement from Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America says the organization is partnering with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Cabinet for Justice and Public Safety…

Kentucky Homeland Security, law enforcement hold exercise simulating attacks

By Nick Storm of CN/2 Kentucky government officials, law enforcement and private-sector representatives ran through a worst-case scenario test on Wednesday, preparing for how the state would react if hackers took down the power grid to a quarter of the state while simultaneously attempting to steal data from government computer networks. The exercise comes amid the growing…

Deadline Passes With No REAL ID Extension

by Ryland Barton – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security still hasn’t granted an extension for Kentucky to comply with stricter driver’s license and ID standards. The previous extension expired Monday. Transportation cabinet officials had requested the extension last month but still haven’t heard back from DHS. “It’s kind of hard to assume what the federal government’s going to do,” Transportation Cabinet…