LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky whiskey producer has opened a new storage warehouse that can hold about 24,000 bourbon barrels. Four Roses says the warehouse is in Cox’s Creek. It’s the second of several warehouses to be built as part of a $21 million expansion project that began in 2015 at its Cox’s Creek operation. The updates include a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says his office has announced more than 270 economic development projects during his first year in office. That’s despite the turmoil caused by the coronavirus. Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday those projects totaled more than $2.5 billion in investments by private-sector companies and will create more than 8,700 full-time jobs. In 2020, the average…
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky chiropractor has been arrested on sex charges involving juvenile patients. News outlets cited police and court records in reporting that 32-year-old Matthew J. Colasanti was charged Monday with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse. He operates Colasanti Chiropractic in Elizabethtown. An arrest citation says one juvenile told police Colasanti offered to give…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Andy Beshear’s first year as Kentucky’s governor has been consumed by the COVID-19 crisis. He made decisions to restrict public life that once seemed unimaginable as infections and deaths mounted. Amid waves of spiking coronavirus cases, the governor temporarily closed or scaled back businesses and halted in-person classes. He preached the virtues of wearing masks in…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A mentoring organization in Lexington is launching a new virtual program for teens. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass President Andrea Ooten told WKYT-TV the organization aims to use a virtual format to match volunteers with up to 50 youths in central Kentucky. Ooten says the online format may help with any time constraints because…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — While Senate leader Mitch McConnell is at the center of talks on another coronavirus relief bill, hardships are mounting in his home state of Kentucky. In Louisville, Paula and Anthony Hunter saw their catering and restaurant businesses slam to a halt because of the pandemic. They relied on federal assistance to help stay afloat. Now, months…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A scholarship for Kentucky high school students will honor a 27-year-old man fatally shot at a protest over the police killing of Breonna Taylor. Tyler Gerth was killed in late June near a demonstration at Louisville’s Jefferson Square Park. The Tyler Gerth Memorial Foundation announced Tuesday that a scholarship in his honor would be established to…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s mayor has outlined a series of steps to improve racial disparities in Kentucky’s largest city. Mayor Greg Fischer has come under heavy criticism since the police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Fischer signed an executive order Tuesday declaring racism a public health crisis. He says officials “need to do everything we can to repair distrust through…
CINCINNATI (AP) — Zach Freemantle had a career-high 24 points and 12 rebounds, and Nate Johnson hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:48 left in overtime to help Xavier beat Eastern Kentucky 99-96. The Colonels’ Tre King hit a 3-pointer to even the contest at 83 with a second remaining in regulation. Jason Carter added a career-high 20 points with 11…
SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — The Lake Cumberland visitors’ center is accepting visitors by appointment only through the end of 2020 as a precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the public is asked to call the visitors’ center to make an appointment before traveling to its location in Somerset. The number is 606-679-6337….
