FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Democratic governor’s challenge of Republican-backed laws aimed at limiting his authority to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The GOP-led legislature passed the measures over Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes. The governor immediately filed a lawsuit. The new laws curbing his executive powers were temporarily blocked by Franklin County…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky distillery startup is planning to build a 300-acre campus that will employ about 126 people. The governor’s office says Log Still Distillery is investing $24 million in a second phase of its project to revive a historic site in Nelson County. The company says it is building a family-friendly tourism destination in the heart…
CORBIN, Ky. (AP) — The southern Kentucky town of Corbin is planning a festival that will celebrate a famous face and former resident: Colonel Harland Sanders, who developed the secret recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken. The Times-Tribune reports that the city’s first Colonel Fest is scheduled on April 24 and will feature dozens of vendors set up along Main Street,…
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…
