Ohio eyes blood-alcohol devices made by Ky. firm (Lexington Herald-Leader) Ohio plans to spend $6.4 million to give authorities new blood-alcohol devices that are the subject of legal challenges in other states questioning whether the machines are reliably accurate. The State Controlling Board has approved a request made by the Department of Health and the Department of Public Safety to waive competitive bidding and buy 700 of the devices from Owensboro, Ky.-based ...

Project Brings High-Speed Internet To Rural W. Ky. (The Kentucky Post) OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - Internet users in some rural western Kentucky counties will be able to get a high-speed connection to the Web thanks to a project funded by state and coal severance funds.