RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Eastern Kentucky University has announced an initiative that will allow undergraduate students to receive free text books during the next school year. The school says the EKU BookSmart program was developed by the university and is possible due to its partnership with Barnes & Noble College Booksellers. Officials say the program will provide required textbooks and…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky school board has suspended a superintendent after a photo of him in blackface surfaced on social media. News outlets report that Paducah Public Schools Superintendent Donald Shively must take 40 unpaid leave days for additional training. The school board voted on the suspension last week after the Paducah-McCracken County NAACP called for Shively’s resignation….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — GE Appliances says it is starting a new dishwasher line in Kentucky and increasing production for other products. The company said in a news release Monday it will invest $80 million and add more than 280 jobs. The redesigned extra-large capacity dishwasher will be produced at the company’s Appliance Park in Louisville. The announcement follows plans…
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Kentucky’s eight presidential electors have cast their votes for President Donald Trump Monday, formalizing his overwhelming victory in the Bluegrass state last month. In order to accomodate social distancing guidelines , the hour-long ceremony was held in the Kentucky Capitol’s senate chambers instead of the Kentucky Supreme Court. Following the vote, Secretary of State Michael Adams,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say two inmates who escaped a northwest Tennessee prison have been found in Florida. The Tennessee Department of Correction says law enforcement officers arrested Robert Brown and Christopher Osteen in Pompano Beach, Florida, on Sunday. They escaped Friday from Northwest Correctional Complex in Lake County, Tennessee. Authorities say the escapees kidnapped a Kentucky highway employee…
(Credit: Pixabay)LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky teacher has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his guilty plea to producing child pornography. News outlets report 49-year-old Larry Dale Foley Jr. of Berea was sentenced last week in federal court in Lexington. According to court records, based on a tip to the National Center for Missing and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky doctor has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for illegally distributing pain pills. Dr. Scotty Akers of Pikeville, Kentucky, was sentenced last week in federal court in Lexington. News outlets report his wife, Serissa Akers, who served as his office manager, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison. The…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal officials say a snow leopard at a Kentucky zoo is the first in the U.S. to test positive for the coronavirus. The Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories said in a statement Friday that two other snow leopards at the Louisville Zoo are undergoing testing to confirm the virus. The statement says officials took…
CORRECTION: An image attached to an earlier version of this story was not the Thomas Hinkebein identified in this story. LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky bank president has been sentenced to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to embezzlement in federal court. News outlets cite a statement from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of…
MAYSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a Kentucky manufacturing plant is adding 40 jobs with a nearly $20 million expansion. Gov. Andy Beshear’s office says EnviroFlight LLC opened its facility two years ago in Maysville, where it plans to expand the current 112,500-square-foot plant by more than 173,000 square feet. The company expects the project to begin in January and…
