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As northeastern Kentucky has entered its second ice age, it appears jails aren’t a place a lot of folks are seeking warmth.

Subsidy changes I READ with interest your very informative article about a survey of the concerns of farmers and landowners regarding the shift from the EU’s Basic Payment subsidy to our government’s proposal to replace it with the ELM Scheme (D&S Times, Dec 11). Although I sympathise with their anxiety about losing the EU subsidy, there must surely be a realisation that in our market economy they must become more efficient to survive. To rely on aid for their agricultural industry may now be looked on by other industries to be a bit unfair and almost immature. It could be that th...

Inmate families protest as COVID-19 spreads in state prisons By: Keaton Ross Oklahoma Watch December 15, 2020 Diedre Adams holds a sign for her son during a protest outside the Department of Corrections’ Oklahoma City headquarters on Dec. 11. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch) An upset prison guard walked into Stephanie Avery’s housing unit. Avery, a former Mabel Bassett Correctional Center inmate, says the officer pulled her mask below the chin, approached a group of women and shouted “I don’t care if you get sick.” Weeks later, Avery and 112 other women housed at t...

By Keaton Ross | Oklahoma Watch Dec 15, 2020 Dec 15, 2020 Diedre Adams holds a sign for her son during a protest outside the Department of Corrections Oklahoma City headquarters on Dec. 11, 2020. Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch An upset prison guard walked into Stephanie Avery’s housing unit. Avery, a former Mabel Bassett Correctional Center inmate, says the officer pulled her mask below the chin, approached a group of women and shouted “I don’t care if you get sick.” Weeks later, Avery and 112 other women housed at the prison teste...

>> thank you, sandhya. we are in the home stretch of the holiday shopping season. if you still have things to buy on your gift list, you are not alone. a staggering 24 million americans will not finish their christmas shopping until tomorrow. it is all great for business, but the stores are also dealing with a huge problem this time of year. that's the five finger discount. john is live at union square. john, shoplifting is really an epidemic. >> it is the high cost of doing business. the crowds have thined out. macy's will be open until 11:30. other stores will be open until midni...