FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has passed a bill allowing felony offenders to tap into scholarship money they earned to pursue post-secondary education degrees. The measure would remove barriers preventing felons from receiving scholarship money under the popular Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship program. The state lottery-supported program allows students to earn money, based on academic performance, to help…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The director of the Louisville Zoo will retire later this year. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said in a statement on Wednesday that John Walczak will stay through the summer as the city conducts a national search for a new director. Walczak began working at the zoo in 1985 and became director in 2004. He has overseen…
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Donald C. Wintersheimer, who served on the state’s high court for 24 years, has died. He was 89. Middendorf Funeral Home says Wintersheimer died Feb. 18 at home in Covington. He was elected to the Supreme Court in 1982 and served until his retirement in 2006. He previously served six years…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say a state unemployment claim website was temporarily inaccessible after suffering an attempted cyberattack. The Kentucky Career Center said unidentified suspects attempted to gain entry Wednesday to the site and overwhelmed it with random login usernames. None of the login attempts were successful and no information was compromised. The site is used to file…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky has broken ground on a $15 million facility that will help high-tech startup businesses grow. The university says the new project at its Coldstream Research Campus will offer young companies office and laboratory space to develop. The new 40,000-square foot facility will be named The Core, or Collaboration. Research. Entrepreneurship. It is…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor is urging lawmakers to move past an impeachment effort against him for his actions to combat COVID-19. Gov. Andy Beshear says a legislative panel made the “right choice” when it recommended no action be taken on a petition calling for his impeachment. Beshear on Wednesday said it’s time to renew respect for the role…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky amusement park that once operated as a Six Flags has been sold to a company that operates family-oriented venues around the country including Dollywood in Tennessee and Silver Dollar City in Missouri. Officials said in a news conference on Tuesday that Georgia-based Herschend Enterprises is majority partner and operator of Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say another Kentucky resident has been arrested in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6. The FBI office in Louisville says Clayton Ray Mullins of Benton was charged Tuesday with several counts. The FBI said those charges include assaulting, resisting or impeding officers; obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder; engaging in…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky authorities say two more deaths have been connected to last week’s winter storms. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that a preliminary autopsy report shows that a married couple found dead on Sunday at their home in London died of hypothermia. Deputies responded to the home of James and Dinah Duff after…
File PicMAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Officials say one person has died in a plane crash in western Kentucky. The Graves County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the plane crashed Monday evening in a field near the airport, just north of Interstate 69. Sheriff Jon Hayden told news outlets that the body of the pilot was recovered from the…
