Photo: Kentucky Department of Juvenile JusticeFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A newspaper report says LaShana M. Harris remains employed more than six weeks after the Beshear administration acknowledged she was fired as Kentucky’s juvenile justice commissioner. The dismissal following an investigation of alleged harassment and bullying. In an email this week, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet spokeswoman Morgan Hall says Harris…
CORBIN, Ky. (AP) — A southeast Kentucky city has unveiled a statue honoring one of its most famous figures — Colonel Sanders. The city of Corbin showed off the statue of Sanders, the founder and symbol of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, on Wednesday. The executive director of the city’s tourism commission says the iconic image will stand…
NANCY, Ky. (AP) — A permanent superintendent has been named to Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in Kentucky following its addition to the National Park System. The National Park Service said Wednesday in a statement that Dawn Davis was selected for the role and will begin in the position on June 20. Mill Springs in Nancy was added to the…
STANTON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a 24-year-old University of Kentucky student who went hiking at Red River Gorge has been found dead at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff. Powell County Search and Rescue said in a statement that the organization was notified Tuesday that the woman had gone hiking Monday and did not return. The statement said crews…
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky daycare worker allegedly captured on video yelling and spraying a liquid at a child being watched at the center has been charged with abuse. News outlets report that Heather Jent was arrested Tuesday in connection with the April 26 encounter at Little Angel’s Primary House in Bardstown. A police warrant obtained by WAVE-TV also…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two House Republicans are asking the White House to explain why a scientist appointed by the Trump administration was removed from her post overseeing a government-wide report on climate change. Betsy Weatherhead, a career scientist named in November to lead the sweeping National Climate Assessment, was reassigned last month to the U.S. Geological Survey. The White House…
SMITHLAND, Ky. (AP) — A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and state regulators said it’s likely to fail. Smithland Mayor Bill Hesser has warned residents living downhill from the Smithland Wastewater Treatment Lagoon to prepare to evacuate if more rains increase the danger. A statement from the mayor says the Kentucky Energy…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking opinions from various people and groups as it drafts a plan for how to spend federal aid. A statement from the agency says officials are gathering input from stakeholders as it develops plans to use about $2 billion of American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has spoken at a rally with a former Kentucky state lawmaker who is considering another run for the U.S. Senate. The “Rally for Kentucky’s Working Class” was held Sunday outside the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville. Charles Booker is a Democrat whose unabashedly progressive campaign in Kentucky came up just short in…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a food producer is expanding to Kentucky with a location in Louisville that will create 109 jobs. Gov. Andy Beshear said in a statement that House Foods America Corp. plans to construct a 350,000-square-foot facility on 30 acres where the company will produce tofu. The company will offer jobs that include machine operators, engineers…
