By the end of 2020, Kentucky’s newly elected Gov. Andy Beshear had one goal above all others: Keep people alive. The state was battling two merciless threats. COVID-19 was killing hundreds of people each month, and deadly drug overdoses were among the highest in the nation. Calling addiction a disease that breeds in isolation, Beshear…
A Texas businessman, a Kentucky doctor, and a Kentucky woman were sentenced to prison for their roles in fraudulently billing Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid over $4.8 million through a series of addiction treatment facilities. Today, Michael Bregenzer, 53, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release….
Timmy G. Robinson Jr., founder and owner of what was once Kentucky’s largest drug addiction treatment company, was criminally indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud and money laundering. The indictment, filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky, charges Robinson with fraudulently selling millions of dollars of the same IRS…
A week or so ago, Britainy Beshear, first lady of Kentucky and the wife of Gov. Andy Beshear, a potential contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, was standing in the pastel sunroom off her historic, chintz-bedecked parlor in the governor’s mansion, trying on a hat. Not any hat, of course. It was her Kentucky…
Cherie DeVaux became the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby as Golden Tempo surged from last place to triumph by a neck at Churchill Downs. Jockey Joe Ortiz urged the 23-1 shot past 4-1 favourite Renegade – ridden by his brother Irad Ortiz Jr – on the line in a breathtaking finish, while…
The first Saturday in May means it’s time for the Kentucky Derby, one of horse racing’s grandest events of all time. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Accordingly, there are no shortage of luminaries that have attended the race at Churchill Downs through the years. Oftentimes, it’s a group of teammates that go together, similar to Tom…
Race Day for the 152nd Kentucky Derby is finally here. The horses deservedly take center stage on Saturday, but the hats run a close second. Derby fashion has become as much an annual tradition at Churchill Downs as mint juleps and the race itself. Take a look at who’s wearing what atop their head this…
Hats? The Kentucky Derby has a few. Hours before America’s most famous horse race had begun in Louisville, spectators engaged in the event’s other time-honored tradition (apart from day drinking): parading around Churchill Downs in outrageous outfits. But it wasn’t just hats — fascinators, fedoras, bowlers, boaters and feathers (so many feathers) — that caught…
President Trump endorsed Representative Andy Barr in the Republican Senate primary race in Kentucky on Friday, moving to clear the field by inviting an Elon Musk-backed contender to join his administration. Nate Morris, the candidate supported by Mr. Musk, said he would leave the campaign, which until Friday had been a hotly contested three-way primary…
The biggest horse race in the country, the Kentucky Derby, takes place Saturday in Louisville. If you’re looking to make a wager on Kalshi, Polymarket or another prediction platform around the event — you’re out of luck. There are no Kentucky Derby event contracts offered on the major prediction platforms, which host contracts on everything…
