Category Archives: Kentucky News
Kentucky reports more than 3,000 new coronavirus cases
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) - Kentucky has reported nearly 3,200 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 28 virus-related deaths. About 1,700 Kentuckians were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Friday and more than...
Dec 20, 2020
Kentucky using $51M for employer COVID-19 unemployment costs
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he is using $51.5 million in federal coronavirus funding to provide relief from unemployment costs for more than 1,500 employers. In a news releas...
Dec 20, 2020
Kentucky State Police investigating single-vehicle collision in Trigg County
Cadiz, KY. (December 19, 2020) - Reconstructionists with Kentucky State Police, Post 1 responded to a single-vehicle injury collision in Cadiz Friday, December 18, 2020. Post 1 was contacted by Trigg ...
Dec 20, 2020
High court denies Kentucky religious school's plea to reopen
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has refused to block an order by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear that bars in-person K-12 education until early January in areas hard hit by COVID-19, rejecting a plea f...
Dec 19, 2020
Pilot project aims to help at home learners without internet
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Educational Television says it has partnered with the Kentucky Department of Education to launch a pilot project that aims to give stronger support to at home learners w...
Dec 19, 2020
Man exonerated in 1980 murder sues Kentucky State Police
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A man exonerated in a 1980 murder has filed a lawsuit against Kentucky State Police investigators and local law enforcement. Norman Graham says he was framed in the killing. ...
Dec 19, 2020
Kentucky State Police Investigating Fatal Collision In Christian County
Hopkinsville, Ky. (Christian County) - On December 12, 2020, around 10:08 PM, Kentucky State Police Post 2, Madisonville, was requested by the Christian County Sheriff's Department to investigate a fa...
Dec 13, 2020
Kentucky State Police Arrest Hardin Couple After Disturbance Call
Hardin, KY. (December 11, 2020) - Thursday afternoon, December 10, 2020, Troopers with Kentucky State Police, Post 1 and Marshall County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a report of a man armed with a ...
Dec 12, 2020
KYTC art contest opens to Kentucky students
Jim Gray, Kentucky's Secretary of Transportation and Glasgow native, announced that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is seeking students' artwork for its annual art contest. (KENTUCKY.GOV) FRANKFOR...
Dec 09, 2020
Kentucky reopens former private prison closed after scandal
WHEELWRIGHT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Department of Corrections has officially reopened a prison in Floyd County that last held inmates in 2012. Gov. Andy Besehar announced the reopening on Friday of t...
Dec 06, 2020