FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Dozens of projects across Kentucky are in line to receive more than $4.7 million in grants to expand recycling, reduce the amount of solid waste taken to landfills and improve household hazardous waste management. Gov. Andy Beshear and Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman said in a news release the grants are for Kentucky municipalities,…
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state police say a coroner has identified the body of a Texas woman whose body was found floating in a container in Kentucky Lake. The body of 41-year-old Traci L. Jones, of Granbury, Texas, was found Saturday near Colson Hollow in western Kentucky. State Trooper Adam Jones says a medical examiner identified her following an…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé did not let Juneteenth pass without dropping one of her signature surprises in the form a new single called “Black Parade.” The singer’s website says the song released late Friday will benefit Black-owned small businesses. It arrived on Juneteenth, an annual celebration of African Americans’ liberation from slavery. This year’s celebration has taken on a…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For months, Charles Booker languished in the shadows talking about racial and economic justice in a long-shot bid for the chance to take on Republican powerhouse Mitch McConnell in the fall. Now, Booker’s campaign for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination from the left wing of Kentucky politics has won mainstream support in what’s become a serious…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s mayor says one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor will be fired. Mayor Greg Fisher said Friday that interim Louisville police Chief Robert Schroeder has started termination proceedings for Officer Brett Hankison. Two other officers remain on administrative reassignment while the shooting is investigated. Fischer said officials could not…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The plight of Kentuckians left in limbo in seeking unemployment benefits has become a major political headache for the state’s Democratic governor. And it’s opened him up to criticism from Republican leaders who’ve given him considerable latitude in handling the coronavirus crisis. This week, hundreds of people frustrated with long delays in getting their jobless claims…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A funeral service for the wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr will be held on Monday in Kentucky. Eleanor Carol Barr died unexpectedly this week at the age of 39. An announcement for the service says she will be laid to rest at Southland Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky. There will also be a visitation service…
MIDWAY, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a proclamation recognizing Juneteenth and says he will encourage lawmakers to pass a bill next year to recognize it as a state holiday. Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free 155 years ago. Beshear says it’s important to remind people that the impacts of slavery…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general has asked for patience as his office investigates the shooting death of a black woman by Louisville police. Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Thursday he recognizes the urgency to “find the truth.” Cameron declined to publicly set a timetable for the completion of the investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor. Protesters…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A new sentencing date was set for a Kentucky man who tackled U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, breaking several of the lawmakers ribs. Rene Boucher was scheduled to be re-sentenced on July 27. Boucher served a 30-day sentence, and paid a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to attacking his then-neighbor Paul. Federal prosecutors appealed the sentence,…
