LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Progressive candidate Charles Booker has pulled ahead of Amy McGrath in his upset bid in Kentucky’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, but most votes have yet to be counted. Booker led by fewer than 3,000 votes as of Thursday afternoon. It’s based in part on a dominating showing so far in his hometown of Louisville. Booker says…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s premiere political event will be silenced this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The political speeches at the Fancy Farm picnic have been canceled. That’s according to organizers of the annual picnic in the Graves County community of Farm Farm. The political speaking beneath the shaded pavilion at St. Jerome’s Parish in western Kentucky has become…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Officials say Kentucky has settled a 13-year-old dispute with 54 rural hospitals over Medicaid reimbursement rates. Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that Kentucky and the federal government would pay $383 million to settle with hospitals that said they were underpaid. The state’s portion will be about $94 million and the federal government will pay about…
WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) — Daniel Boone National Forest says it’s reopening two swimming beaches next week, and group camping areas and picnic shelters will be open to groups of up to 50 people. The Twin Knobs and Zilpo swimming beaches at Cave Run Lake will reopen on Monday. A complete list of sites reopening is available online. The Forest Service…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The outcry has reverberated for weeks online and at demonstrations nationwide: Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor. It’s been three months since her shooting death in Louisville, Kentucky. So far, police have dismissed one of the three detectives who fired into her apartment in March. Protesters, celebrities and others are wondering why the case is…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has announced an international agreement with the Dutch government and other international partners to promote farm technology in Kentucky. The agreement announced Wednesday was initiated by AppHarvest and involves other companies that Beshear said are “reimagining the future of farming.” It follows up on a campaign pledge Beshear made last year to promote…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Islamic leader was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to kidnap a man who owed him money. Former Lexington imam Mahmoud Shaker Shalash will also serve five years of supervised release after his two-year prison sentence. Shalash was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine and forfeit $81,861.99. Shalash pleaded guilty in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company planning to build a $1.7 billion plant in Appalachia has hired a longtime metals industry executive as its CEO. Don Foster will serve as CEO and acting president of Braidy Industries. His new role comes as Braidy tries to complete financing for the massive mill project in northeastern Kentucky. Foster previously served as…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican stalwarts Mitch McConnell, Hal Rogers and Brett Guthrie have breezed to their party’s nominations Tuesday night in Kentucky. But many races were left in suspense and won’t be resolved for days after an unprecedented primary election in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Topping the list of undecided races was the contest for the Democratic nomination…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A judge has allowed a large group of late voters into Louisville’s only polling place after they were held up by traffic. The doors at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center, the city’s only polling location, were locked at 6 p.m. but a group gathered outside. Video from news outlets showed the group banging on doors…
