Up to 300 Pizza Hut restaurants will be closed, most of them dine-in locations not well suited for carryout and delivery at a time when millions of people are sheltering and eating at home. Pizza sales have exploded during the pandemic. Domino’s last month reported a 30% spike in quarterly profits. On Monday it said that it was hiring more…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor has raised concerns about tightening supplies of testing materials and personal protective equipment in the fight against COVID-19. Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday that the Bluegrass State has built reserve supplies of some PPE. And he says Kentucky is in better shape than most states to deal with shortages of testing materials. His concerns…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Kentucky should accept a supplemental $300 in federal weekly assistance for its unemployed workers. The Republican senator urged Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, to apply for the aid. McConnell says the offer from the White House won’t require any extra spending by the state. The option provided by the White…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rapper and businessman Master P will pay for the funeral of a 3-year-old Kentucky girl who was fatally shot along with her father. The Jefferson County coroner’s office says Trinity Randolph and her 21-year-old father, Brandon Waddles, died of multiple gunshot wounds Friday in Louisville. A coroner’s statement lists the deaths as homicides. Police have released…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky voters concerned about being at risk of contracting the coronavirus will be able to cast mail-in ballots under a bipartisan agreement reached by the state’s governor and secretary of state. The rules for the November general election also include three weeks of early voting, including Saturdays, to prevent overcrowding for Election Day voting. The plan…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a spike in carjackings in Kentucky’s largest city has led to the formation of a task force to prosecute the crime in federal court. News outlets report U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman announced the formation of the task force on Thursday during a press conference in Louisville and said it would combine local, state and…
BEATTYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lee County, deep in the Appalachian Mountains, is one of many rural school districts around the country where the decision over whether to bring students back into classrooms is particularly fraught. As in other places, parents and officials are concerned about the virus. But dramatically limited internet access here also means kids could fall seriously behind…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Supreme Court has delved into a high-stakes case over the legality of “historical racing” machines that are big money makers for racetracks and the state’s thoroughbred industry. Attorneys for racing interests and The Family Foundation argued Friday over the intricacies of what constitutes pari-mutuel wagering. The conservative Family Foundation contends that slot-like historical racing machines…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say an officer was fired after accidentally discharging his personal handgun while off duty and striking another person. Lexington police said Officer Nickolas Edge reported the incident Sunday when he accidentally discharged his gun. The person hit suffered a finger injury. The department said in a news release that Edge returned to work…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Serena Williams came back and won the last four games to beat older sister Venus 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a hard-hitting, back-and-forth, second-round matchup at the Top Seed Open. It was the 31st meeting of their careers — 22½ years after the first. This is the first official tennis tournament in the United States since the…
