FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A House panel has approved a bill to make early voting at polling places a fixture in Kentucky’s elections. The measure would allow three days of no-excuse, early in-person voting — including a Saturday — ahead of Election Day. But it wouldn’t continue a pandemic-related accommodation that allowed widespread mail-in absentee balloting in 2020. The bill…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a federal judge has sentenced a Kentucky man to 36 years in prison on charges that included the sex trafficking of three victims. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement on Wednesday that 41-year-old Prince Bixler of Lexington also was ordered to have 10 years of supervised release and to pay $333,100 in…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man charged with illegally dumping low-level nuclear waste at an Estill County landfill has pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges of shipping the waste without the proper labeling. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Cory David Hoskins faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 after entering the…
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…
