Category Archives: Kentucky News
Gov. Beshear Requests Major Disaster Declaration from Federal Government
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 19, 2021) - Gov. Andy Beshear, on March 19, submitted a request to President Biden asking that a Major Disaster Declaration be issued for the severe winter storm system that impa...
Mar 21, 2021
Kentucky State Police Promotes Thirty Officers into Leadership Roles
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 19, 2021) - On March 18, Gov. Andy Beshear joined Kentucky State Police (KSP) to recognize the promotion of 30 officers at a ceremony held at the KSP Training Academy. Due to the...
Mar 21, 2021
Patton Museum at Fort Knox to reopen in April
FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) - Officials say the General George Patton Museum of Leadership at Fort Knox is set to reopen next month with new features. The museum closed to the public in December due to the co...
Mar 20, 2021
Man who killed 2 at supermarket pleads guilty to hate crimes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man already serving a life prison sentence for fatally shooting two shoppers at a grocery store has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes. Federal prosecutors say the...
Mar 20, 2021
Kentucky coroner, ex-state trooper charged in federal court
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky coroner and a former state trooper have been charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit theft. News outlets cited court records in reporting that a federal gra...
Mar 20, 2021
Kentucky relaxes virus-related curfew for bars, restaurants
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's governor has relaxed the coronavirus-related curfew on bars and restaurants. Gov. Andy Beshear says the curfew was being extended one hour, starting Friday. He says ba...
Mar 20, 2021
Kentucky bill criminalizing taunts against police stalls
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) - A bill that would make it a crime to taunt a police officer in Kentucky has stalled in the state's House of Representatives and appears unlikely to pass. The fate of a proposal to...
Mar 20, 2021 In this image from video, a Louisville Metro Police Department office stands guard outside the home of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron as protestors sit in his front yard in Louisville, Kentucky Tuesday, July 14, 2020. About two dozen protestors were arrested. Protesters were chanting Breonna Taylor's name as well as calling for justice after the 26-year-old emergency room technician was fatally shot by LMPD in her South End Apartment while police were serving a search warrant. Cameron said he still has no timeline for when his office will conclude its investigation of the case. (Mary Ann Gerth/Courier Journal via AP)
Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has sent President Joe Biden the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The House approved the bill Wednesday over solid Republican opposition in a vote that gives the...
Mar 10, 2021
Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) - Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing. That's according to long-awaited guidance from federal health of...
Mar 08, 2021
Kentucky to create memorial for state's COVID-19 victims
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the state is planning a permanent monument for its COVID-19 victims. Beshear made the announcement on Saturday during a memorial service to commem...
Mar 07, 2021