WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A global auto parts supplier has announced a $51 million project adding 250 jobs at a rural Kentucky plant. The expansion at the Williamsburg plant is tied to auto industry plans to ramp up electric vehicle production. Company officials said Thursday that stepped-up output at the Firestone Industrial Products plant will largely be geared toward producing…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A cultural clash pitting religious beliefs against gay rights has jeopardized Kentucky’s long-running relationship with a foster care and adoption agency affiliated with the Baptist church that serves some of the state’s most vulnerable children. The standoff revolves around a clause banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. It has Sunrise Children’s Services refusing to sign a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A copper recycling company is building a new $100 million facility in Shelby County and plans to hire 75 workers. Wieland North America will begin building the facility in October. The plant will melt copper and copper alloy. A release from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s office says the German company earlier this year announced plans to…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man has been arrested in Tennessee on federal charges of assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots. Nicholas Brockhoff was arrested on Thursday by FBI agents from the Memphis office. Court records say Brockhoff was seen on video spraying police officers with a fire extinguisher, entering the Capitol through a…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say Yum Brands has partnered with the University of Louisville to launch a business program that will focus on franchise opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women. A joint statement from the company and the school on Wednesday says the Yum Center for Global Franchise Excellence will build on the existing franchising education tracks within the…
FileFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky will reopen its prisons to visitors starting next month as the COVID-19 vaccination rate has risen among inmates. Visitations will resume the week of June 20 at Department of Corrections and Juvenile Justice facilities. Beshear said Tuesday that more than 75% of adult inmates in state custody have been vaccinated. The…
MILTON, Ky. (AP) — An Ohio River bridge linking Kentucky and Indiana will be inspected next week, but no lane closures are expected. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the routine inspection of the Milton-Madison Bridge will take place in Trimble County beginning Tuesday. It is scheduled to be finished on June 4. Inspectors from a consultant engineering firm will be…
MARION, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say they are seeking information on a 40-year-old cold case involving a missing man. The agency said in a statement on Wednesday that anyone with new information in the disappearance of Edward Tidwell should contact Kentucky State Police Detective Brian Graves. Tidwell was last seen in Marion in 1981. Police say he was…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say the remains of an eastern Kentucky soldier killed during the Korean War have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a statement last week that the remains of 23-year-old Army Cpl. Burl Mullins of Dorton were identified in April through DNA and anthropological analysis as well as circumstantial evidence. The statement said…
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky whiskey maker has announced a $25,000 annual scholarship for Kentucky State University’s master of agriculture sciences in environmental studies program. Bulleit Frontier Whiskey says it hopes to promote diversity in the industry with the gift to the historically Black university. The scholarship is on top of a $10 million commitment that parent company Diageo…
