Kentucky is now suing Kroger for its alleged role in the deadly opioid drug pandemic.

Attorney General Russell Coleman says Kroger and its more than 100 pharmacies in the state were responsible for more than 11% of all opioid pills distributed in Kentucky during a 15 year period.

A lawsuit claims Kroger failed to stop suspicious opioid orders in 22 or 2022.

More than 2100 Kentuckians died from drug overdoses.

To date, Kentucky has received about $900 million from settlements with opioid distributors.

New numbers show the impact of the Kentucky community and technical college System, and pharmacists want a change in the policy affecting vaccines for kids.

Our Toby Gibbs has details.

And this look at headlines around Kentucky.

Kentucky pharmacists are pushing for lawmakers to adopt a measure that would lower the age for children to receive drugstore vaccines.

WVXU reports the policy would allow pharmacists to administer vaccines to children age five and older.

The current starting age is nine.

FEMA's making major changes to its aid programs, which officials say is partially due to barriers families faced after the floods in eastern Kentucky.

Louisville Public Media reports the changes include more cash assistance, expanding the type of repairs allowed to homes, and more flexibility on how survivors can use aid when finding a place to live.

LPM analyzed FEMA data and found around 45% of the applications for aid related to the 2022 floods were denied, according to the federal registry entry.

Those improvements will take effect for new presidentially declared disasters starting March 22nd.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System contributed $3.9 billion to the state economy last year, according to the CMS.

Murray State University's public Media station CMS cites a report from analytics company Light Cast saying the amount is equal to 1.6% of the state's gross state product.

A total of 3.6 billion comes from alumni earnings.

WKMG reports that spending from construction, school operations and students was also considered with headlines around Kentucky.

I'm told Gibbs.