Category Archives: Kentucky News

Kentucky county and city look to waive restaurant, bar fees
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's Daviess County Fiscal Court and Owensboro City Commission are preparing to waive license fees for restaurants and bars to help ease the burden of the coronavirus pande...
Mark Buckles Dec 06, 2020

New format planned for next year's Kentucky Bourbon Festival
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Officials say next year's Kentucky Bourbon Festival will offer a new format that includes expanded tastings and educational experiences. Officials announced Thursday in a stateme...
Mark Buckles Dec 05, 2020

Council won't appoint new prosecutor in Breonna Taylor case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A council of Kentucky prosecutors says it does not have the legal authority to appoint another special prosecutor in the police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Taylor's mother asked...
Mark Buckles Dec 05, 2020

Hardships mount in Kentucky as COVID-19 relief talks drag on
Kentucky. (AP) - While Senate leader Mitch McConnell is at the center of talks on another coronavirus relief bill, hardships are mounting in his home state of Kentucky. In Louisville, Paula and Anthon...
Mark Buckles Dec 05, 2020

School superintendents told to plan for vaccine distribution
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's governor has called on school superintendents to begin planning for the eventual distribution of coronavirus vaccines to their employees. The development came Friday a...
Mark Buckles Dec 05, 2020

Kentucky State Police investigates fatal collision in Franklin County
Frankfort, KY. (December 4, 2020) - Kentucky State Police Post 12 Frankfort was contacted just before 9:00 am this morning in reference to a fatal collision that occurred on Glenns Creek Road in Frank...
Mark Buckles Dec 05, 2020

Kentucky State Police investigates deadly Pike county fire
Shelbiana, KY. (December 04, 2020) -The Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post received a 911 call at approximately 7:53 A.M. this morning of a residential fire in the Shelbiana community. Detectives we...
Mark Buckles Dec 05, 2020

Kentucky State Police Arrest Paducah Male on Sexual Abuse Charges
Paducah, KY. (November 24, 2020) - Saturday, November 21, 2020, Troopers with Kentucky State Police, Post 1 arrested a male on multiple charges related to an investigation into sexual abuse allegation...
Mark Buckles Nov 27, 2020

Kentucky State Police Conducts Death Investigation in Jackson County
McKee, KY. (November 26, 2020) - The Kentucky State Police, Richmond Post was contacted by Jackson County 911 just after 2:00 pm this afternoon, regarding a shooting at a residence on US Hwy 421, in J...
Mark Buckles Nov 27, 2020

EXTENDED BENEFITS END
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Labor Cabinet says payments that are part of a federal program to aid those unemployed because of the ongoing pandemic will end this weekend under federal rules, af...
Mark Buckles Nov 26, 2020