LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Next month’s Kentucky Derby will run without fans at Churchill Downs. The historic track cited rises in COVID-19 cases in the Louisville area. It will mark the second Triple Crown race this year without fans, following the Belmont Stakes in June. This year’s Derby and Kentucky Oaks for fillies were postponed from May to September out…
(Credit: Pixabay)LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police have settled a wrongful conviction lawsuit with a woman who contended she couldn’t have killed her boyfriend 22 years ago because she is an amputee who wouldn’t have been able to throw a body into a river. News outlets report Susan Jean King served eight years in prison for the 1998 slaying…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky school district that reopened to in-person classes this week announced Friday that it would switch to virtual learning until at least Sept. 8. News outlets report Green County Superintendent William Hodges said in a social media post that the move was due to increased coronavirus activity in the community. He said officials aren’t aware…
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath has jumped into the turmoil over Breonna Taylor’s death in Kentucky. McGrath on Friday called on Kentucky’s attorney general to either release details from his investigation or turn the case over to someone else. McGrath notes that 100 days have elapsed since Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron took over the investigation….
SMITHLAND, Ky. (AP) — A western Kentucky man has admitted to fatally shooting three people in 2018. News outlets report Jackie Doom pleaded guilty to three counts of murder Wednesday during a virtual appearance in Livingston County Circuit Court. He admitted to killing January Stone, Robert Belt Jr., and Johnny Mallory, who were found dead inside an apartment in Grand…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky has won federal approval to add $400 to weekly unemployment checks. He said Friday the extra payments will go to about 80,000 Kentuckians who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 outbreak. The state applied for the short-term, supplemental aid this week. Beshear says eligible recipients should start receiving the payments…
(Credit: Pixabay)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Officials in Kentucky say that a website and phone number have been established for people seeking civil legal aid amid the coronavirus pandemic. Kentucky residents experiencing a civil legal problem due to the coronavirus or have an issue that’s been made worse by the virus can call 833-540-0342 to be connected to the legal aid…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — They’re not able to march in the streets, so a group of white senior citizens staged a sit-in outside the home of Kentucky’s attorney general to demand justice for Breonna Taylor. Police say one of them ended up getting arrested Thursday and six others were given citations. More than a dozen protesters gathered on the front…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For five months, no rum has flowed for visitors at Jaime Windon’s distillery in Maryland. That’s dried up a crucial part of her revenue stream as her tasting room remains shuttered by the coronavirus. Like other craft distillers, her Windon Distilling business relied heavily on sales from people who ventured in to sample the products and…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — The National Quilt Museum in western Kentucky is planning a special exhibit to commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Paducah Sun reports the exhibit will run from Sept. 1 through Oct. 16. It is called “Women’s Right to Vote — Revolution and Evolution.” Museum CEO Frank Bennett says he is…
