LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say the Kentucky State Fair will be open to the public this year. A statement from Kentucky Venues said the Kentucky State Fair Board voted Thursday to hold the event Aug. 19-29. Tickets will go on sale in July. Last year, the event was closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic. Some events…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates fell in 81 of the state’s 120 counties between March 2020 and March 2021. The center says jobless rates rose in 31 counties and stayed the same in eight counties. The state’s lowest jobless rates were in Oldham, Todd and Woodford counties at 3.8% each. The center says…
FileFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The governor’s office says Kentucky will spend $23 million to improve highway safety near public schools. The dollars will fund nearly 70 projects in 44 counties. Some of the projects include sidewalks and new turning lanes near schools. One is at a tight railroad underpass near the University of Louisville’s campus. Many large trucks over the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Kentucky’s Division of Abandoned Mine Lands is seeking proposals that will attract new industry and jobs for the 2021 Abandoned Mine Land Pilot Program. A total of $10 million is available to fund economic and community development projects in the state’s Appalachian counties. The program has supported 54 projects in Kentucky since 2016. Successful proposals have…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Nine Kentucky counties are changing over this month to driver licensing regional offices operated by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The cabinet says the counties are Adair, Breathitt, Floyd, Hopkins, Madison, McCracken, Pulaski, Rowan and Russell. The offices will provide the licensing services that have been handled by the local circuit court clerk offices in those counties….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky mother has been charged with murder after police found the body of her 10-year-old son in the trunk of her vehicle. According to news outlets citing an arrest report, 28-year-old Kaitlyn R. Higgins told Louisville police that she shot her son. The arrest citation says officers responded after a caller reported seeing Higgins with…
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say a male inmate attacked a female guard at the Kentucky State Penitentiary. It happened on Monday evening. Investigators were told 30-year-old Lawaun Colvin threw a guard to the ground “and attempted to remove her clothing in order to sexually assault her.” State police say Colvin was quickly restrained, and the guard suffered…
(Credit: Pixabay)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A published report says Kentucky’s former juvenile justice commissioner has appealed her termination for alleged harassment, bullying and creating a “toxic environment” in the workplace. The Courier Journal reports LaShana Harris disputed findings from an investigation into the allegations in a letter dated April 5 and said she was subjected to “misogynoir,” a term used…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, the explosive case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. The jury deliberated about 10 hours over two days in a city on edge against another outbreak of unrest….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky has surpassed another COVID-19 vaccination milestone. But he said Monday the pace needs to pick up among younger adults to defeat the coronavirus. Beshear says more than half of Kentuckians who are 18 and older have received at least a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-fourths of Kentuckians 70 and…
