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…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas is recovering after recently testing positive for COVID-19. That’s according to a tweet posted by grandson Brady Wayne Lukas. The trainer is a four-time Kentucky Derby winner who turns 84 next month. His grandson says Lukas has been isolating at home and had not been at work for several…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The board that oversees the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has voted to sue Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration in an effort to keep the agency’s current commissioner. News outlets reported the vote Wednesday by the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission comes amid a dispute between the panel and the administration on the contract extension…
