Category Archives: Kentucky News

VIRUS OUTBREAK-HOLIDAY RESTRICTIONS
Thanksgiving could make or break US coronavirus response Governors and mayors are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings that have been blamed for acceleratin...
Mark Buckles Nov 26, 2020

Supreme Court amends court operations statewide to address escalating COVID cases
FRANKFORT, Ky., Nov. 20, 2020 - The Supreme Court has issued new mandates to govern court operations as nearly all 120 Kentucky counties are now in the COVID-19 red zone. Citing the news that 250,000 ...
Mark Buckles Nov 22, 2020

Kentucky woman charged in stabbing death in Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee prosecutor says a Kentucky woman has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a friend during an argument. Shelby County District Attorney Ge...
Mark Buckles Nov 22, 2020

Fundraising campaign seeks to reopen Muhammad Ali museum
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A fundraising campaign has been launched in an effort to raise enough money to renovate and reopen a museum at Muhammad Ali's childhood home. WDRB-TV cited a news release in rep...
Mark Buckles Nov 22, 2020

Louisville officials approve police oversight board
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Officials in Kentucky's largest city have approved the formation of a police oversight board. The Louisville Metro Council voted Thursday on the ordinance. It will create an 11-...
Mark Buckles Nov 22, 2020

AG, private school sue over order closing in-person classes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has joined a private school in a lawsuit against Gov. Andy Beshear, arguing that a school closure order not only violated state law but ...
Mark Buckles Nov 22, 2020

Kentucky sets new daily high: 3,649 new coronavirus cases
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has reported 3,649 new confirmed coronavirus cases, a record daily high. The Bluegrass state's highest daily totals since the start of the pandemi...
Mark Buckles Nov 22, 2020
Pike County Business Owner Federally Indicted for Health Care Fraud
Pike, KY. (November 20, 2020) - An investigation that started in the fall of 2018 has led to the federal indictment of Eugene Sisco III. Sisco is the owner of several rehabilitation facilities in Pike...
Mark Buckles Nov 21, 2020

Kentucky woman charged in stabbing death in Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee prosecutor says a Kentucky woman has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a friend during an argument. Shelby County District Attorney Ge...
Mark Buckles Nov 20, 2020

Beshear announces new restaurant, school mandates
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Andy Beshear announced new measures on Wednesday to combat the third wave of the coronavirus in the commonwealth. Notably, the Governor did not announce new mandates on retail bu...
Mark Buckles Nov 18, 2020