Hazard, Ky – An inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex has died after a work detail accident. Forty‑four‑year‑old Marvin Knuckles was shoveling snow and ice with other inmates Tuesday when he fell, suffered a head injury, and later died. His family is now demanding answers about safety for inmates on work crews. At the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard, Jailer Minor Allen says safety is a priority, noting that inmates on work release are given proper safety gear and that each job is evaluated to avoid unnecessary risk.

Frankfort, Ky – A bill to boost transparency in Kentucky school districts is moving forward in Frankfort. Senate Bill 3, sponsored by Senator Lindsay Tichenor, passed the Senate Education Committee 11–1 and now heads to the full Senate.​ The bill would require districts to post monthly credit card statements, the superintendent’s contract and extra pay, audits, and the final working budget online. Tichenor says the goal is to keep education dollars focused on student learning.

Pikeville, Ky – A Pikeville dental school is getting a major boost to expand kids’ access to care. The University of Pikeville’s Tanner College of Dental Medicine has received a 30‑thousand‑dollar grant to study how teledentistry can improve pediatric dental care in Central Appalachia. The project will look at why children with dental benefits, including Medicaid and KCHIP, still miss routine visits, and will test virtual dental services in rural communities. First‑year dental students will help with community research as the school, which welcomes its first class in June, prepares providers to serve underserved areas.

Louisa, Ky – Addiction Recovery Care is due in federal court in New York City Thursday for a contempt hearing in a loan dispute with Angelica Capital Trust. Angelica says it paid ARC 5.4 million dollars for more than 8 million in expected tax refunds, but ARC kept and spent the refund money instead of turning it over, while trying to raise nearly 28 million dollars to resolve a separate federal fraud probe. Judge George Daniels has frozen most of ARC’s remaining cash and wants the company to explain why it shouldn’t be sanctioned for allegedly moving money to subsidiaries in violation of court orders, even as ARC’s own attorneys ask to withdraw from the case over serious disagreements with their client.