Category Archives: Kentucky News
Virus concerns nudge some teachers toward classroom exits
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - As pressure mounts for teachers to return to their classrooms this fall, concerns about the pandemic are pushing many toward alternatives, including career changes, as some mobil...
Jul 22, 2020
Kentucky plans virtual town hall on reopening schools
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky education officials plan to hold a virtual town hall on reopening schools. A statement from the Department of Education says the event on Thursday will focus on reviewin...
Jul 22, 2020
Federal coronavirus response dominates Kentucky Senate race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's prominent role in the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic has become Topic A in his bitter campaign against Democratic challeng...
Jul 22, 2020
Former teacher sentenced to 10 years in bathroom recordings
MURRAY, Ky. (AP) - A former Kentucky teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for placing a video recorder in a bathroom at a high school. News outlets report the sentencing Friday for Mark Bo...
Jul 20, 2020
Kentucky secretary of state wants volunteers for polls
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says there is a shortage of poll workers, and he wants to change that before the November election. Adams' office said in a news release...
Jul 20, 2020
Friday virus update ; 531 new cases, 8 deaths
As of 4 p.m. July 17, Gov. Beshear said there were at least 21,605 coronavirus cases in Kentucky, 531 of which were newly reported Friday. "So the world that we have these 531 cases from is a world th...
Jul 17, 2020
Kentucky Supreme Court rules Beshear's orders can't be blocked
Kentucky's highest court on Friday blocked lower courts from suspending the governor's emergency orders related to the coronavirus pandemic pending its own review. The state Supreme Court stepped into...
Jul 17, 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)
Former Miss Kentucky sentenced for exchanging explicit photos with student
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former Miss Kentucky who admitted to exchanging sexual photos with a teenage student when she was working as a West Virginia school teacher has been sentenced to prison. New...
Jul 17, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2014 file photo, Miss Kentucky Ramsey Carpenter participates in the Miss America Shoe Parade at the Atlantic City boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. Bearse, crowned Miss Kentucky in 2014 under her maiden name of Carpenter, who admitted to exchanging sexual photos with a teenage student when she was working as a West Virginia school teacher, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. She was also sentenced to an additional 10 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender for life, according to Kanawha Assistant Prosecutor Meshell Jarrett. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Jerry Lundergan sentenced to 21 months in prison
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -A federal judge has sentenced Kentucky businessman and Democrat Party stalwart Jerry Lundergan to 21 months in prison. Lundergan is the father of former Kentucky Secretary of Stat...
Jul 17, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2018, file photo, Jerry Lundergan, father of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, leaves the federal courthouse with his attorney Whitney True Lawson, in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky businessman and Democrat Party stalwart Jerry Lundergan, 73, was sentenced on Thursday, July 16, 2020, to 21 months in prison for making illegal contributions to the failed U.S. Senate campaign of his daughter. (AP Photo/Adam Beam, File)
KSP troopers fatally shoot Shepherdsville man after long standoff
Kentucky State Police say troopers fatally shot a man who ended an hourslong standoff with officers by coming out of a residence and refusing orders to drop a gun. A state police statement says Shephe...
Jul 16, 2020