FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Officials say Kentucky State Police plan to use $1.5 million in federal funding to start a new program dedicated to investigating adult sex crimes. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports officials announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Justice Department funding will pay for the personnel that will make up the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative team. The team will…
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — The founders behind a Kentucky Bible-themed attraction with a 510-foot-long wooden Noah’s ark say they are going to begin fundraising for an expansion. The Ark Encounter said Wednesday that it will take about three years to research, plan and build a “Tower of Babel” attraction. The park is in northern Kentucky. The ministry behind the ark,…
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott has announced she’ll challenge longtime Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth in the state’s only congressional seat controlled by Democrats. Scott is one of two Black women in Kentucky’s legislature. She’s also a community activist and former Louisville city councilwoman. Yarmuth is currently in his eighth term in Congress, and occupies an influential…
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say an officer fatally shot a man who was holding his mother at knifepoint in a motel room in central Kentucky. Authorities say officers were called to a domestic disturbance Tuesday morning at the Super 8 in Danville. Police Chief Anthony Gray Jr. told WLEX-TV that officers tried to resolve the situation peacefully, but were…
TAYLORSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — With the U.S. falling short of President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70% of all American adults at least partially vaccinated by the Fourth of July, public health officials in places like Spencer County, Kentucky, have shifted the emphasis. They are moving away from mass vaccination clinics toward getting more information out about the benefits of…
FRANKFORT, March 5 — Sen. Tom Buford, R-Nicholasville, presents Senate Bill 125, a bill regarding athletic trainers.LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Kentucky state Sen. Tom Buford has died, the Kentucky Senate Majority Office said Tuesday. He was 72 years old. Buford, of Nicholasville, represented the 22nd district for over 30 years. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle mourned Buford’s passing,…
VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) — Officials say Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky is donating vehicles to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System for its automotive technology programs. News outlets cite a joint statement from the company and the school system in reporting that the company is giving 32 cars to 11 schools across the state. The cars are 2018-2021 models…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Humane Society enlisted volunteers in Louisville to comfort dogs and cats that might be startled by holiday fireworks. The volunteers were brought in to the Louisville shelter Sunday night to make sure the cats and dogs “were comfortable and relaxed.” The volunteers read children’s books to the animals and gave them special treats.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is looking at shutting down three of its five remaining coal-fired power plants. The Tennessee Valley Authority is considering replacing the lost megawatts from coal with natural gas, which is also a carbon-producing fuel. That’s despite President Joe Biden’s goal of a carbon-pollution-free energy sector by 2035. TVA officials stress the…
Photo Credit: www.facebook.com/FortKnoxKYFORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) — A brigadier general is the new commander of the Army’s Human Resources Command headquartered at Fort Knox. Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Drew was handed over the command from Maj. Gen. Joseph Calloway on Thursday. Drew called the Fort Knox-based command a “world-class HR organization.” Calloway is retiring.
