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…
(Photo credit: BobBaffert.com/Barbara Livingston)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Horse Racing Board says it will honor any action against Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert by other states if his license is suspended or revoked after a hearing and due process. Churchill Downs in Kentucky and the New York Racing Association’s Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga tracks have temporarily banned Baffert…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said on a radio show he won’t be getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but that he might change his mind if people who previously contracted the disease are getting reinfected at a greater rate than those who are vaccinated. The Republican said on a podcast released Sunday that he doesn’t want…
SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to abusing a vulnerable adult at a Kentucky care facility has been sentenced to five years in prison. The Kentucky Attorney General’s office says 39-year-old Daniel L. Wright II was convicted of wanton abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult and sentenced Thursday. He will also be placed on the state’s…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A panel tasked with reviewing the search warrant process in Kentucky is holding its first meeting. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the Search Warrant Task Force meeting in Frankfort on Monday would be open to the public and livestreamed on his YouTube page. Cameron announced the formation of the task force in January, nearly…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The first woman to become command sergeant major of a U.S. Army division will step into that role this week in Kentucky. Command Sgt. Maj. Veronica Knapp will assume responsibility as the senior enlisted adviser of the 101st Airborne Division from Command Sgt. Maj. Bryan Barker. The 101st says the ceremony takes place Thursday at…
CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A fire has destroyed a cabin built 20 years ago as a recreation of the home where Revolutionary War figure George Rogers Clark spent his retirement years in southern Indiana. Clarksville Fire Chief Brandon Skaggs says firefighters found the building fully engulfed in flames Thursday evening at the Falls of the Ohio State Park. He tells…
BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A county constable in northern Kentucky is facing felony charges for pointing a gun at a man during a collections visit. The constable was outside his jurisdiction. 66-year-old Danny Cope was indicted in Boone County Tuesday on charges of endangerment, unlawful imprisonment and official misconduct. The incident happened March 12 at an apartment complex in Florence….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has received $340,000 to help plan for changing over to a crisis phone line that will be known as 988. Gov. Andy Beshear says the funding came from Vibrant Emotional Health, which is the nonprofit administrator of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. He says the three-digit hotline allows access to mental health care similar to…
