HODGENVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park needs volunteers for activities including greeting visitors, historical research, park maintenance, wearing period clothing in living history and other tasks. The park says in 2019, more than 300,000 volunteers contributed millions of hours at national parks. The park says anyone interested in volunteering can visit www.volunteer.gov and search for…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Kentucky Auditor Mike Harmon says he’s running for governor. Harmon is getting an early jump on what could become a crowded slate of challengers seeking to unseat Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in 2023. Harmon confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday that he’s entering the race. He says he’s filing paperwork to allow him to…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky inmate has been awarded $2.2 million in a lawsuit that accused a deputy jailer of ordering inmates to beat him because he had dated the deputy’s wife. The Courier Journal reports a federal jury returned the verdict in favor of Joshua Reece. He suffered a brain injury and facial fractures in the 2015…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a western Kentucky center that helps men recover from alcohol and drug addition has received a $200,000 grant, A statement from Gov. Andy Beshear’s office said the funding from the Community Development Block Grant CARES Act program will help the CenterPoint Recovery Center continue providing residential treatment in McCracken County. Paducah officials applied for…
CADIZ, Ky. (AP) — Efforts are being made to free a riverboat grounded in western Kentucky. The Coast Guard says dive operations were approved Sunday to assess the lake bottom for salvage operations to safely dislodge the American Jazz riverboat in Lake Barkley near Cadiz. The riverboat became stuck on a sandbar last week. It was not damaged. The boat…
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has announced that roughly 200 Kentucky National Guard members will deploy to the southwestern U.S. border in late 2021 as part of a federal government mission. The soldiers will provide operational and logistics support. The deployment is part of a federal border security mission that includes 23 states. The Kentucky troops will operate…
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — After eight weeks of declining cases in Kentucky, coronavirus cases and the positivity rate have increased around the state. Kentucky’s public health commissioner, Steven Stack, announced that development at a virtual news briefing Thursday. He said a large majority of cases have been in unvaccinated Kentuckians. Kentucky has confirmed 26 cases of the delta variant. The…
CADIZ, Ky. (AP) — A riverboat cruising between Memphis and Nashville has become stuck on a sandbar in Lake Barkley. American Cruise Lines says the modern riverboat American Jazz was being assisted off the sandbar Thursday. The company says the small boat has not been damaged. The U.S. Coast Guard says the boat was carrying 120 passengers and 54 crew…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky wildlife officials are asking residents in three more counties to remove bird feeders as they investigate reports of sick and dying birds. Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources veterinarian Christine Casey told the Lexington Herald-Leader that residents in Bullitt, Campbell and Madison counties were asked to join those in Jefferson, Boone and Kenton counties…
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says anyone who would like to have a flag from the COVID-19 memorial at the state Capitol in Frankfort may collect one from the Capitol grounds for the next week. Since March, thousands of miniature American flags have covered the Capitol lawn in honor of Kentuckians who have died from the virus….
