DETROIT (AP) — A widening global shortage of semiconductors for auto parts is forcing major auto companies to halt or slow vehicle production just as they were recovering from pandemic-related factory shutdowns. Officials at Volkswagen, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and Nissan all say they have been hit by the shortage and forced to delay production of some models in order…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville city leaders praise the former Atlanta police chief who has been hired to oversee their struggling department in the wake of Breonna Taylor’s fatal shooting. But some critics question if she is the right choice after a rocky departure from her previous job. Erika Shields was introduced this week. She stepped down from the top…
MANCHESTER, Ohio (AP) — The body of a second worker killed in a power plant collapse in southern Ohio has been located. A spokesperson for Detroit-based demolition contractor Adamo Group said by email Friday that the family of 47-year-old Jamie Fitzgerald have been notified. Patrick Crowley says authorities have also been informed that Adamo Group crews are working to recover…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police have charged three men in the 2019 slaying of a Franklin County man. State police say 37-year-old Samuel Payne, 19-year-old Damaja Hardy, and 19-year-old Kendrick Bixler have each been charged with one count of murder. Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies say they found 73-year-old Ronald Thornton suffering from life-threatening injuries in his home on…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The presses at the Courier Journal building in downtown Louisville, Kentucky are stopping for good. The newspaper reports parent company Gannett said the newspaper’s printing and packaging facility will close permanently in March. The printing of the newspaper and other production operations will be split between Gannett-owned newspapers in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Indianapolis. The move will…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have started asserting their role in setting COVID-19 policies. The Kentucky House voted Thursday to block the governor from temporarily closing schools and businesses that comply with federal guidelines. The vote sends the bill to the Senate. Both chambers are led by Republicans. The measure seeks to guarantee that Kentucky businesses and…
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A top administrator for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System has been named Rhode Island’s new commisioner of postsecondary education. Shannon Gilkey was unanimously approved Wednesday at a joint meeting of the state Council on Postsecondary Education and the state Board of Education. The commissioner’s job is to work with the presidents of the Community…
File PicWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging his fellow Republicans to abandon their effort to overrule President-elect Joe Biden’s election triumph. For the Kentucky Republican it’s a direct rebuke of defeated President Donald Trump. And McConnell is asserting that the GOP drive against Biden threatens the democratic foundations of the country. McConnell spoke as Congress began…
(Credit: Pixabay)LEXINGTON Ky. (AP) — An eastern Kentucky attorney who admitted to defrauding the government of more than $600 million is being sued by a former client. The case that seeks to overturn hundreds of small-claims judgments. James K. Gillman says he didn’t even know until recently that his disgraced former attorney Eric C. Conn had sued him in 2004…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell thinks it’s dangerous for his party to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s election triumph. But when a joint session of Congress meets Wednesday to formally affirm Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump, some Republicans are charging ahead anyway. The effort to overturn Biden’s win will fail. But McConnell is facing dynamics…
