File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor has shifted the roles for some of the top officials in his administration. Gov. Andy Beshear says Kerry Harvey is now the head of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. Harvey had served as Public Protection Cabinet secretary. Beshear says Ray Perry has been appointed as the new secretary of the Public Protection…
ONEIDA, Tenn. (AP) — Visitors to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area can enjoy some free camping this week to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act. The park will offer free backcountry camping permits as well as free camping at Alum Ford Campground on Wednesday. Alum Ford Campground is in the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville officials are requiring masks in government buildings, prompted by a rise in COVID-19 cases. The new Metro Government policy takes effect Monday. It also extends to city-owned vehicles when another person is present. The city says the policy applies to everyone, regardless of their vaccinated status. Kentucky’s largest city has seen a tripling of cases…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — More counties are being changed over this week to regional driver’s licensing offices operated by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The cabinet says Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Garrard, Hickman, Livingston, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan and Muhlenberg counties are making the transition. Circuit court clerk offices in those counties ended in-person driver licensing services Monday. The cabinet has also begun…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A newspaper is reporting that U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential campaign committee has been fined $21,000 by the Federal Election Commission for improperly handling contributions. The Courier Journal obtained an FEC letter and revealed details of the fine on Thursday. The penalty follows a complaint made by J. Russell Lloyd, the former chairman of the…
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Kentucky state Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr has announced that she will not run for reelection in 2022. The Lexington Republican has represented the 12th Senate District in Fayette County since 1999. Kerr did not elaborate on the reasons behind her decision in a statement Wednesday on social media. She said she made the decision “knowing that…
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department says Kentucky State University has been awarded $249,583 in federal funding through a program that supports research projects at historically Black land-grant universities. The funds will help train small-scale, minority and socially disadvantaged farmers and producers to develop strategies for handling produce and developing products that comply with federal regulations. Other projects…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a ferry that carries vehicles across the Mississippi River between Kentucky and Missouri is reopening after a one-day closure for engine maintenance. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the work was completed earlier than expected, allowing the Dorena-Hickman Ferry to reopen Thursday morning. Capt. Jeremy Newsom had anticipated the closure to last for a few…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A $42 million project to build a passenger terminal at a western Kentucky airport will replace a structure that has been in use since the 1950s. Officials with Barkley Regional Airport received an update on the project. The new terminal will replace a structure that has been in use for 67 years. The airport is near…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An Indiana man has received a life prison sentence for stalking his estranged wife to Florida, shooting her and burying her body in Tennessee. Court records show 62-year-old Jarvis Wayne Madison, of New Albany, Indiana, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Orlando, Florida. He pleaded guilty in March to one count of interstate stalking resulting…
