LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say they found two people dead and two others injured in a house fire in Kentucky. A statement from the Louisville Fire Department says firefighters were dispatched around 3 a.m. Thursday and arrived to find a heavy blaze at the one-story home. The statement said two people were found dead inside the home. Officials say…
PARIS, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a central Kentucky high school marching band has been selected to play in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade next year. A statement from Macy’s said the Bourbon County High School Marching Colonels will be one of nine high school bands selected to play in the 96th edition of the annual holiday parade in New…
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance has resigned from the board of a company that uses green technology to mass-produce food in Appalachia. The move comes days after Vance sent some controversial tweets. The Herald-Leader reports that Vance was an early investor in AppHarvest. The mega-greenhouse company employs 300 people in Morehead, Kentucky, at a facility that…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville guard David Johnson will enter the NBA draft and forego his final two seasons of eligibility after being one of the Cardinals’ most productive players the past two years. The 6-foot-5 Louisville native averaged 12.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 19 games and was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference honorable mention. Johnson was the…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington says it is reviving its Run/Walk Club after canceling it last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Park officials said in a statement that the club is set to begin meeting again on May 3. Community members are invited to run or walk the park’s 1.5- or 3-mile marked route…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Buffalo Trace Distillery and the University of Kentucky are working on a tree planting and research project aimed at strengthening the white oak industry’s sustainability. Buffalo Trace says the study kicked off with the planting of 1,066 trees on the distillery’s farm. University and Buffalo Trace officials joined volunteers to plant seedlings from 40 different parent…
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Centre College is planning a $50 million campus project that will add a new athletics building with an Olympic-length pool and indoor track. The small Kentucky college says the project is its “largest, most comprehensive construction project to date.” The project is already partially funded with early gifts funding most of the projected cost. The pool…
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — Appalachian Regional Healthcare has named Hollie Harris Phillips as its new president and chief executive officer. The not-for-profit health system said in a statement that Phillips has become the first woman to lead Appalachian Regional Healthcare. The organization operates 13 hospitals in eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. Phillips has worked at Appalachian Regional Healthcare for…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has offered an incentive for accelerating the pace for COVID-19 vaccinations in Kentucky. He says he’ll lift capacity restrictions at most venues and businesses once 2.5 million Kentuckians have received at least their first shot. The Democratic governor’s announcement came Monday on the opening day of a massive vaccination site at Cardinal Stadium…
(Credit: Pixabay)JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana school district wants to bar the public from the civil trial of a man sentenced to 120 years in prison for molesting 20 children while working at a YMCA and an elementary school. Attorneys for the Greater Clark County School Corporation have filed a motion seeking to exclude the public from the…
