Category Archives: Kentucky News
Demonstrators arrested after gathering outside attorney general's home
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police say 87 demonstrators who gathered at the home of Kentucky's attorney general to demand justice for Breonna Taylor have been arrested. News outlets report protesters with ...
Jul 16, 2020 In this image from video, a Louisville Metro Police Department office stands guard outside the home of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron as protestors sit in his front yard in Louisville, Kentucky Tuesday, July 14, 2020. About two dozen protestors were arrested. Protesters were chanting Breonna Taylor's name as well as calling for justice after the 26-year-old emergency room technician was fatally shot by LMPD in her South End Apartment while police were serving a search warrant. Cameron said he still has no timeline for when his office will conclude its investigation of the case. (Mary Ann Gerth/Courier Journal via AP)
Beshear: Reviving insurance exchange to reap bigger savings
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's governor says relaunching the state's health insurance exchange will result in bigger savings than originally anticipated. Kentuckians now using the federal site to ob...
Jul 14, 2020
Judge: Women can get abortion pill without doctor visits
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to suspend a rule that requires women during the COVID-19 pandemic to visit a hospital, clinic or medical office to obtain an abortion pill. U.S. D...
Jul 14, 2020
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows' diets
Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking ...
Jul 14, 2020
Gov. Beshear: mask mandate in effect, despite judge's order
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a new requirement for Kentuckians to wear face masks in public has taken effect. He says that's despite a court's restraining order related to Be...
Jul 13, 2020
Kentucky's former Democratic Party chief to be sentenced
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Federal prosecutors are seeking prison time for Kentucky's former Democratic Party chief when he is sentenced this week, but attorneys for Jerry Lundergan are seeking probation. ...
Jul 13, 2020
University of Kentucky to cap tuition, fees in fall
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The University of Kentucky plans to cap tuition and mandatory fees in the fall for all full-time students. The move was announced last week by UK President Eli Capilouto as a way...
Jul 13, 2020
Day trippers: Familiarity key for drivers at Kentucky oval
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Speedway winners' club has been exclusive - just five drivers have combined to win the first nine NASCAR Cup races. All have championships, with the 400-mile race provi...
Jul 12, 2020 Kevin Harvick, on far side of wall, celebrates with his crew after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, July 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Grit, resolve carry Northern Kentucky's Harris in hard times
(AP) Northern Kentucky basketball player Karl Harris is persevering through difficult times. He grew up with no real memories of his father, lost his brother in a case of mistaken identity and survive...
Jul 12, 2020 FILE- In this March 10, 2020, file photo, Northern Kentucky guard Karl Harris (14) celebrates following an NCAA college basketball game against Illinois Chicago in the Horizon League men's tournament championship in Indianapolis. Another dream, of playing in the NCAA Tournament, became a reality when Northern Kentucky clinched the Horizon League tournament title in March. Mere hours later, it was snatched away by a pandemic spiderwebbing across the globe. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Kentucky man sent to prison for illegal gambling operation
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man has been sentenced to one year and three months in prison for operating an illegal gambling operation on the internet. The Daily News reports Douglas Booth was...
Jul 12, 2020