LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The WTA Tour returned to action in the U.S. at the inaugural Top Seed Open for the first time since the coronavirus shutdown. The event featured a significantly subdued competitive atmosphere without spectators, and there were just a sprinkling of officials around center court. A smattering of claps replaced the usual loud applause on points, though…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education says 22 students have been named to a new advisory group that will offer diverse insights on pressing issues. A statement from the council says the Student Advisory Group will hold its first meeting Thursday to discuss goals for the next year. Council leaders say they hope to gain viewpoints…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s revenue collections in July showed resilience amid the coronavirus. The state said Monday that General Fund receipts surpassed the amount collected in the same month last year. State budget Director John Hicks says General Fund receipts last month totaled $905.1 million. That’s up 7% over collections in July 2019. State officials say last month’s collections…
NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) — A middle school teacher in Kentucky has been accused of sexually abusing a child over a period of nearly seven years. The Campbell County Police Department said in a news release Monday that Jason Schwartz, of Dayton, was arrested Sunday. Police say his arrest came a day after officers got a tip from the Boone County…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Democratic governor has called President Donald Trump’s action extending an expired unemployment benefit “not workable” in its current form. Gov. Andy Beshear warned Monday it would push some costs onto states left strapped for cash by the coronavirus outbreak. The president wants to continue paying a supplemental federal unemployment benefit for people put out…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has recommended that Kentucky schools delay the resumption of in-person classes until late September to provide more time to get the coronvirus under control. The Democratic governor recommended Monday that schools wait until Sept. 28 to reopen schools. He says it’s a tough but necessary step. It comes as the state comes off…
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A prosecutor says an eastern Kentucky doctor and his assistant wife have pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawfully distributing opioids. U.S. Attorney Robert M. Duncan Jr. said in a statement on Monday that 48-year-old Scotty Akers and 33-year-old Serissa Akers admitted to using Facebook messenger to sell unnecessary prescriptions. The statement said Serissa Akers exchanged…
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Bourbon fans will be doing virtual toasts at this year’s Kentucky Bourbon Festival. The festival’s board has shifted the event to a virtual experience because of the coronavirus. Festival organizers say the virtual option was decided on to help protect the safety of distilleries and the health of bourbon fans and the Bardstown community, where the…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s highest court will hear oral arguments next month in the legal showdown over Gov. Andy Beshear’s COVID-19 emergency orders. The state Supreme Court on Friday scheduled arguments for Sept. 17. The case pits the Democratic governor against the Republican attorney general, Daniel Cameron. Cameron contends the governor overstepped his constitutional authority with the orders….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — First, Oprah Winfrey put Breonna Taylor on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine. Now the media mogul is spreading her message with billboards demanding justice for the Kentucky woman shot to death during a police raid. Twenty-six billboards are going up across Louisville, Kentucky, demanding that the police officers involved in Taylor’s death be arrested…
