NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least four Tennessee men are among the 73 people pardoned by President Donald Trump during the final hours of his term. Nashville resident Robert Sherrill founded a mentoring program for at-risk youth and a group that works to ease prisoner reentry. Knoxville’s Josh Smith founded a business then used the money from the sale of…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Democratic governor has vetoed bills that would limit executive powers he has been using to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Republican-led legislature completed fast-track work on the measures earlier this month. GOP lawmakers have the numbers to override any vetoes when they resume their 30-day session next month. In defending his…
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Officials say five Kentucky men accused of being part of a drug trafficking organization were charged in federal court after authorities seized 151 pounds of methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman says a traffic stop on Jan. 11 resulted in the seizure 151 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, about three pounds of counterfeit pharmaceutical pills suspected of containing…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Officials say two classified school employees will receive the first Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional Award this week. The governor, lieutenant governor and education commissioner will present the award virtually on Tuesday to Robert Walker, a school safety and wellness coordinator in Harrison County, and Shelly Thomas, a family resource center coordinator in Barren County. A…
Georgia-Pacific logo. (PRNewsFoto/Georgia-Pacific Corp.)LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Georgia-Pacific says it plans to expand its Dixie cup manufacturing operation in Kentucky while closing a facility in Pennsylvania by the end of the year. Georgia-Pacific says about 190 jobs at the Lehigh Valley plant in Easton, Pennsylvania, will be lost. The Lexington expansion will create about 50 jobs. Lehigh Valley will continue…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman has been named in a criminal complaint charging her with participating in the riots at the U.S. Capitol. The FBI filed an affidavit Saturday in federal court against 23-year-old Gracyn Dawn Courtright of Hurricane, West Virginia. According to the affidavit, a witness saw a video of Courtright in the halls of the…
File PhotoVADO HONDO, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan police and soldiers have used tear gas and wielded batons and shields against a group of Honduran migrants that tried to push through their roadblock. A group of about 2,000 migrants had stopped short of the roadblock Saturday night. The roadblock was strategically placed at a chokepoint on the two-lane highway to Chiquimula…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky man has been arrested on multiple charges related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol, including at a door where a woman was fatally shot. The U.S. Justice Department says 42-year-old Chad Barrett Jones of Coxs Creek, Kentucky, was arrested Saturday in Louisville. According to an affidavit, the FBI received a public…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man told a TV news station that he regrets entering the U.S. Capitol last week with an angry mob but says he didn’t hurt anyone or damage any property. Damon Beckley told WDRB-TV in Louisville that he has deleted Facebook and removed the SIM card from his phone out of fear he could be…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Hitachi is renovating an automotive facility in Kentucky to build electric motors. A release from Gov. Andy Beshear’s office says electric motor production at the Berea plant could begin next year depending on the impact of the pandemic. The motors are being built for Honda. The current facility employs about 20 people and is expected to…
