Category Archives: Kentucky News
Legal aid programs announce COVID-19 civil legal hotline
Kentucky's Access to Justice Commission and the four Kentucky civil legal aid programs, AppalRed Legal Aid, Kentucky Legal Aid, Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, and Legal Aid Society, introduce the COVID-1...
Aug 25, 2020
Trigg County sheriff charged with giving underage person alcohol
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's attorney general says a sheriff has been indicted on charges that he provided alcohol to someone underage and tampered with the testimony of a potential witness. On Fr...
Aug 23, 2020
KSP Charges Laurel County Man With Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses
London, Ky. (August 20, 2020) - On August 20, 2020, the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch arrested Andrew Evans, 32, on charges related to child sexual abuse material. Evans was arrested a...
Aug 22, 2020
Kentucky AG: Gov can't close religious schools amid pandemic
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's attorney general has ruled that the state cannot force religious schools to close as long as they are following health recommendations put in place to protect against ...
Aug 21, 2020 FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, left, talks about the role of attorney general in Frankfort, Ky., shortly before Daniel Cameron, right, is sworn in as Kentucky's attorney general. Partisan bickering is nothing new in Kentucky, but tensions are ratcheting up as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Beshear, a Democrat, is fending off legal challenges from Cameron, a Republican, over his executive actions during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File)
300 Pizza Huts, mostly dine-in locations, to close
Up to 300 Pizza Hut restaurants will be closed, most of them dine-in locations not well suited for carryout and delivery at a time when millions of people are sheltering and eating at home. Pizza sale...
Aug 17, 2020
Kentucky sets rules for general election amid pandemic
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky voters concerned about being at risk of contracting the coronavirus will be able to cast mail-in ballots under a bipartisan agreement reached by the state's governor and...
Aug 17, 2020
Construction begins on eastern Kentucky children's hospital
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Officials say crews have broken ground on a new children's hospital in eastern Kentucky. A statement from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said that when construction is completed in a...
Aug 17, 2020
A Preventive Maintenance Project Starting Soon on U.S. 31-W in Warren County
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2020) - A preventive maintenance project is expected to begin on a section of U.S. 31-W Louisville Road in Bowling Green in Warren County with preparation work possibly be...
Aug 16, 2020
Kentucky offers portal to apply as election poll worker
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has unveiled a process for voters to apply to serve as poll workers for the November election. Adams said Tuesday that the Poll Worker V...
Aug 13, 2020
City repeats meeting after complaints over tech issues
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - A western Kentucky city has repeated a virtual meeting after complaints were filed about technical problems when officials met last month. News outlets report the Paducah City Comm...
Aug 13, 2020