Author: Associated Press

Adult altercation brings little league game to abrupt end

STANTON, Ky. (AP) — A little league baseball championship game in eastern Kentucky came to an abrupt end when a group of adults got into an altercation on the field. Officials say the Stanton Police Department and the city’s Parks and Recreation Department are investigating Monday’s incident. News outlets report video of the incident shared to Facebook shows more than…

Echoes of Breonna Taylor in shooting of Black man in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a Black man fatally shot by police in Georgia wants answers in a case that resembles the highly publicized death of Breonna Taylor. Johnny Lorenzo Bolton was on a couch in his apartment near Atlanta in December when police serving a narcotics search warrant burst through the front door with no warning. A lawyer…

Kentucky launches online driver’s license renewal

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky residents now have the option of getting their driver’s license renewed online. The service launched Monday with Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray saying it would lead to “greater efficiency, greater security and more choices” for drivers. Officials say online renewal is available for those with standard-issue or Real ID licenses that will expire within six…

Southern Baptist Convention faces push from the right

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention is electing a new president Tuesday amid a push by ultraconservatives to wrest control of the denomination. They claim some current leaders are too liberal on issues that include race and the role of women in ministry. The annual meeting of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination is shaping up to be the…

1 dead, 3 wounded in Kentucky shooting

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say one person was killed and three were wounded in an early Sunday shooting outside a home in Kentucky’s largest city. News outlets cited a statement from Louisville Metro Police that says officers were called to the residence around midnight and found four people outside with gunshot wounds. Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley says one person…

Kentucky community and technical colleges freeze tuition

VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s Board of Regents has voted to keep tuition flat for the coming year. Board Chair Gail Henson says in a news release that they made the decision, in part, to help families affected by the pandemic. According to the release, the schools of the community and technical college system…

Heavy rains soak parts of Appalachia, northern Mississippi

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Flooding caused by heavy rainfall in a swath of the South this week led to drenched farmland, warnings of dam and levee collapses, fires, water rescues and damaged homes. Storms carrying soaking rain have passed through Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia this week. During the past two days, parts of northwest Mississippi received rainfall amounts…

Gov says Kentucky succeeded by putting science over politics

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is declaring his state’s deadly fight against COVID-19 a “success story” as he prepares to end most pandemic restrictions. The Democratic governor said Friday the credit goes to decisions that put science ahead of politics. Beshear expressed frustration that mask mandates meant to slow the virus’s spread became a “question of liberty.”…