Longtime Kentucky reporter Ronnie Ellis dies

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Ronnie Ellis, a Hall of Fame reporter who was a fixture in Kentucky’s statehouse press corps until his retirement, died Monday in his hometown of Glasgow. He was 68. Ellis died at T.J. Samson Community Hospital, according to Hatcher and Saddler Funeral Home in Glasgow, which is handling arrangements. Ellis had a long career as a newspaper reporter in Kentucky and was best known as state government and political correspondent in Frankfort for Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. His byline was a mainstay in CNHI newspapers for years. Last month, Ellis was among 10 journalists selected for this year’s class of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.