FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court is recognizing its newest members and swore in a new chief justice on Monday.
The newly elected Chief Justice Laurance VanMeter is a Lexington native and attended both Vanderbilt and University of Kentucky.
The court will also welcome new associate justices Angela McCormick Bisig and Kelly Thompson, who will be sworn in later next week.
The ceremony started at 2 p.m. at the Supreme Court courtroom in the Capitol.
Vanmeter takes the position previously held by Chief Justice Minton Junior, who retired in December.
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