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Kim Davis accused of hiding inheritance to avoid paying gay couple $565K judgment
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis waves to a crowd of her supporters at a rally in front of the Carter County Detention Center on September 8, 2015, in Grayson, Kentucky. (Ty Wright / Getty Images) Former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is facing a new lawsuit in her home turf accusing her of hiding inherited assets to avoid paying the $565,000 federal civil rights judgment against her for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Attorneys for the two Kentucky men who
Jul 27


Anglers want larger bass in Kentucky waterways. State biologists are fighting it
SB 39 would restrict game wardens from enforcing most fishing regulations on private lakes and ponds. (Austin R. Ramsey / Herald-Leader) JOHNSON COUNTY, Ky. — Legislation awaiting a final vote in the Kentucky Senate would strip state game wardens of their ability to enforce most fishing laws on private land and settle a growing controversy between regulators and angler groups who want to stock non-native, hybrid bass. Momentum for the bill, sponsored by Sen. Gary Boswell, R-O
Feb 6


Ongoing Coverage: Environmental groups attack king coal in GOP-controlled state
Cultivating sources inside some of Kentucky's largest consumer advocacy groups and Republican lawmakers in Frankfort, my colleagues and I led coverage of dueling studies about the future of electricity in the commonwealth. TVA’s Paradise Fossil Plant in Western Kentucky, once a major source of coal-fired power, was shut down in 2020 after decades of operation. The plant’s closure marked another chapter in the region’s long transition away from coal. (Bill Estep / Herald-Leade
Dec 16, 2025


Ongoing Coverage: A rural Kentucky community mourns a man killed in botched raid
About a year before I came on board at the Herald-Leader, police in the sleepy town of London, Kentucky, shot and killed a man they say pointed a gun at him while serving an early morning search warrant. After doggedly pursuing the story, I was able to report that police who showed up that night had the wrong address. Monthly vigils in downtown London, Ky., like the one seen in this Dec. 23, 2025, photo, will continue, organizers say, until the family and friends of Douglas “
Dec 2, 2025
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