FRANKFORT, Ky. – A federal appeals panel has upheld Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s order to stop in-person classes at religious schools during the coronavirus pandemic. A three-member panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Sunday issued a stay of a federal judge’s order from last week. “Don’t try to find an exception, do your part…
FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say an off-duty officer allegedly fired shots at a sheriff’s deputy and others during a domestic call. Jessie Pollitt of Maysville was charged Sunday with attempted murder of a police officer, making terroristic threats, domestic violence, wanton endangerment and resisting arrest. WKYT-TV reports that according to Maysville Police Chief Jared Muse, Pollitt is…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Mary L. Smith, the first female president of Kentucky State University, has died at the age of 84. The historically Black university in Frankfort says Smith died at her home Saturday. She served as Kentucky State’s president from 1991 to 1998. Before that she was special assistant to the president and an education professor. She also…
Associated Press (AP) — A federal court has halted Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s recent suspension on in-person classes at private religious schools, a victory for state Attorney General Daniel Cameron. The decision is another development in the latest battleground between the attorney general and governor over Beshear’s pandemic restrictions since the state Supreme Court upheld the governor’s authority to issue…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky interim women’s basketball coach Kyra Elzy has suspended All-American guard Rhyne Howard for two games and forward Tatyana Wyatt for three just before the No. 11 Wildcats begin their season against Murray State. Howard was suspended for not upholding program standards while Wyatt was disciplined for a violation of team rules. No specifics were stated…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Labor Cabinet says payments that are part of a federal program to aid those unemployed because of the ongoing pandemic will end this weekend under federal rules, affecting roughly 4,700 Kentuckians. The U.S. Department of Labor notified the state agency Monday that the number of people currently receiving extended benefit unemployment insurance as a…
BEREA, Ky. (AP) — A couple of groups are teaming up to give indoor hydroponic grow kits to more than 1,600 children and their families in Kentucky. Save the Children and agriculture tech leader AppHarvest say they will provide the kits to people in six eastern Kentucky counties. The counties are Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Owsley and Perry. The companies…
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — A prominent Black Kentucky artist who painted her memories of rural life has died. Helen LaFrance was 101 years old. Her paintings are housed in museums in the U.S. and Europe, and in the collections of Oprah Winfrey and Bryant Gumbel. She died in Mayfield on Sunday. LaFrance was self-taught, and her works show people at…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A former deputy jailer in eastern Kentucky has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for violating the civil rights of an inmate. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky said in a Friday news release that Derek Steven Clark “aided and commanded” the assault of an inmate by another…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 21-year-old Louisville man who became a fixture at Breonna Taylor protests has died in a shooting. Hamza “Travis” Nagdy was often seen leading protest marches in Louisville with a megaphone. He was killed in a shooting near the University of Louisville campus early Monday. Police have released few details about the shooting. Nagdy spent time…
