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…
(Photo Credit: Pixabay)LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Three Kentucky horse farms are challenging a rule aimed at limiting the number of mares a thoroughbred stallion breeds each year. The farms call it an anti-competitive restriction threatening to disrupt the breeding industry. The farms filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday. The suit takes aim at the “stallion cap” adopted by The Jockey Club…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor and first lady are asking the state’s artists to submit work to be exhibited at the Capitol in Frankfort. Selected pieces will be displayed for a six-month rotation in the Capitol and on a digital art gallery. Gov. Andy Beshear says the exhibit will be “by Kentuckians and for Kentuckians.” After the work is…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor has signed legislation aimed at securing the legality of betting on historical racing machines. Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday that the measure protects the state’s thoroughbred industry. But he says more work remains to enact “a more fair and equitable tax structure.” His comments reflect calls by some lawmakers for a higher tax rate…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A legislative panel took no action Monday on impeachment petitions pending against Kentucky’s governor and attorney general. The committee chairman, Rep. Jason Nemes, says the petitions were discussed during an executive session but the panel reached “no final resolution.” Nemes didn’t immediately schedule another meeting. Two citizen’s petitions against Gov. Andy Beshear have been dismissed but…
MOUNT STERLING, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky parent has filed a lawsuit against the Kentucky High School Athletic Association over a policy on when student athletes can return to competition after testing positive for COVID-19. News outlets report that Mount Sterling Dentist Jon Kelly Johnson filed the lawsuit Friday in Montgomery Circuit Court saying the policy has the potential to…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some residents in Kentucky and West Virginia could be spending several more days without power as crews work to fix broken utility poles and downed lines from an ice storm. Appalachian Power says about 39,000 customers in southern West Virginia were without electricity Sunday. Some homes have been without power since back-to-back ice storms Feb. 11…
ERLANGER, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say an armed man shot by Kentucky police officers during a traffic stop has died. Kentucky State Police say the man was pronounced dead Sunday at a hospital in Florence, where he was taken after being shot. Trooper Corey Elliott told news outlets that two Villa Hills officers stopped a truck late Saturday night for…
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says a monthslong project to clean and paint the Brent Spence Bridge is set to begin in March. Officials say the span connecting northern Kentucky and southern Ohio will remain open, but the project will require some lane and ramp closures. It is slated to begin on March 1 and be completed…
