Category Archives: Kentucky News
Beyoncé wants officers charged in black woman's death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Beyonc has joined the call for charges against officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor, a black woman gunned down by officers who burst into her home in Kentucky. Be...
Mark Buckles Jun 15, 2020

1 dead, 4 wounded in shooting near Kentucky skate park
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police in Louisville, Kentucky say a shooting near a skate park has left one person dead and four others wounded. Louisville police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley says officers respo...
Mark Buckles Jun 15, 2020
Kentucky Derby Festival cancels parade, Thunder fireworks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Derby Festival has canceled this year's Pegasus Parade and fireworks display known as Thunder Over Louisville, saying it would not be responsible to let the events ...
Mark Buckles Jun 12, 2020
Developed campgrounds reopen in Daniel Boone National Forest
WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) - Developed campgrounds within the Daniel Boone National Forest are reopening to visitors after being temporarily shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Forest Service sai...
Mark Buckles Jun 12, 2020
Kentucky governor seeks vote to oust Davis bust from Capitol
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's governor has asked a state commission to vote to remove a statue of Jefferson Davis from the Capitol's Rotunda, a day after another statue of the Confederate president...
Mark Buckles Jun 12, 2020
Louisville bans 'no-knocks' after Breonna Taylor's death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville, Kentucky, has banned the use of controversial "no-knock" warrants and named the new ordinance for Breonna Taylor. She was fatally shot by Louisville officers who bur...
Mark Buckles Jun 12, 2020

Crews remove Confederate statue in Kentucky's largest city
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A city work crew has removed a Confederate statue from a prominent location in Louisville, Kentucky. Mayor Greg Fischer said the work began about 6 a.m. Monday to remove the Joh...
Mark Buckles Jun 08, 2020

Search continues for 2 missing swimmers on Kentucky lake
JAMESTOWN, Ky. (AP) - A search continues for two men who went missing on a Kentucky Lake. WKYT-TV reports crews looked for the swimmers on Lake Cumberland on Sunday, two days after they went missing. ...
Mark Buckles Jun 08, 2020