Sen. Mitch McConnell visited the Maysville Rotary Club Tuesday where he was asked about gun reform amid last week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, but didn’t give any details on actions he would take. McConnell told LEX 18 political reporter Karolina Buczek that he was discussing how Democrats and Republicans might come together to “target […]
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How Kentucky legislators are responding to the Uvalde school shooting
On Tuesday, an 18-year-old gunman, who had bought an AR-15 and hundreds of rounds of ammo days earlier, entered Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers. Like previous deadly mass shootings in America, debate over gun legislation and how to protect schools and other public spaces is happening across […]
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Advice from psychologist who lived through 1997 school shooting: Make your kids feel safe
Alan Mullins was in his office when he got the call that someone had fired shots at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky in December 1997. It was 7:42 a.m. The school psychologist’s office wasn’t at the high school, but he made it there before 8 a.m. Three students were killed and five others were […]