FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A $573,000 grant for an eastern Kentucky technical college will be used to train truck drivers in the region. The grant is going to Hazard Community and Technical College from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The governor’s office says the program will annually train a total of 150 students for their commercial driver’s license. The grant will…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer facing criminal charges in the Breonna Taylor raid wants his trial moved out of Louisville. Brett Hankison says there’s been too much publicity about the case. The former detective was charged with wanton endangerment for firing his weapon into Taylor’s apartment the night she died. None of his shots struck Taylor,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason E. Glass is planning a virtual listening tour across the state this spring. A statement from the Department of Education says the tour is scheduled to kick off on April 6 in Louisville and wind down on May 6 in Ashland. The statement says Glass will be gathering input from the public…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A group of Kentucky parents have sued several public school districts, seeking to put an end to online learning and return students to classrooms in-person, nearly one year after the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to pivot to virtual or hybrid models. Lawyer Chris Wiest told The Courier-Journal on Tuesday that he filed the statewide class-action lawsuit…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a triple shooting in Louisville left a man and a child dead and another child wounded. Louisville Metro Police spokeswoman Beth Ruoff told news outlets that shots were reported Tuesday evening and responding officers found the man and girl dead at the scene. She says an 8-year-old girl was taken to the hospital. Police…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky grants totaling about $587,000 have been awarded to clean up 72 illegal dumps in 18 counties. Officials say the counties have to agree to provide a 25% match, which may be waived for any illegal open dump where cleanup would cost more than $50,000. Gov. Andy Beshear and Kentucky Energy and Environment Secretary Rebecca Goodman…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Council on Postsecondary Education says graduation and retention rates continued to increase at Kentucky’s public universities last year despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The council said in a statement Tuesday that the six-year graduation rate at four-year universities was 56.4% in the 2019-20 school year. That’s up 1.4% from the previous year and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have delivered final votes to limit the Democratic governor’s authority to order restrictions to combat COVID-19. The votes Tuesday set up a legal showdown over the extent of executive powers in the state. GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate voted to override vetoes issued by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. The votes…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has opened a regional COVID-19 vaccination site at the Kentucky Horse Park. Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday it will mark a “turning point” in the fight against the coronavirus. Paul French is a 74-year-old veteran from Lincoln County and he received the first vaccination at the regional center. The state says about 600 Kentuckians are…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky middle school teacher convicted of child pornography charges has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Robert Alan Thompson, of Hodgenville, Kentucky, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Louisville. Thompson was fired from his job at a Hardin County middle school in April. He had also taught eighth grade in Franklin County….
