LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The mother of a police shooting victim in Kentucky is calling on protesters to keep the peace while demanding justice. Gov. Andy Beshear read the statement from Breonna Taylor’s mother hours after gunshots erupted during the protest in Louisville Thursday night. At least seven people were wounded. In her statement, Tamika Palmer said her daughter devoted…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At least seven people were shot in Louisville overnight during protests of the killing of Breonna Taylor, a black woman fatally shot by police in her home in March. A Louisville police statement confirms at least seven shooting victims, with at least one person in critical condition. A spokesman says no officers fired their service weapons…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The boyfriend of a Kentucky woman shot by police in her home told a 911 operator “somebody shot my girlfriend” after police burst into the apartment. Kenneth Walker made the call after his girlfriend, Breonna Taylor, was shot by Louisville police. The audio was released to media outlets Thursday. The 26-year-old black emergency medical tech was…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky plans to reopen and operate a privately owned prison to shift inmates from overcrowded county jails. The facility is in Floyd County in eastern Kentucky. Beshear said Thursday that the state will lease the facility from Tennessee-based CoreCivic but will operate it as a state prison housing male inmates. The 656-bed…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has forcefully defended his coronavirus-related restrictions. He said Thursday they spared Kentucky from a more devastating outbreak. Those restrictions are now easing as the state moves ahead with business reopenings. The Democratic governor said his “drastic and significant” actions the past few months to contain the virus worked, putting Kentucky in a strong…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky school finance director accused of stealing more than $1.6 million from a district over nearly a decade has pleaded guilty to federal charges. The U.S. Justice Department announced in a statement Tuesday that Lesley Wade pleaded guilty to concealing money laundering and filing a fraudulent tax return. Prosecutors say she diverted funds from…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Labor Department says more than 50,000 Kentucky residents applied for unemployment benefits last week. That’s a slight increase from the prior week. It reflects ongoing struggles in the labor market even as the economy reopens in trying to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The latest report Thursday said 53,738 Kentuckians submitted new jobless claims….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An on-duty Louisville police officer has been accused of sexually abusing a woman working at a gas station. News outlets report 25-year-old Robert Neff was served with a summons Wednesday following an investigation by the Louisville Metro Police Department’s Public Integrity Unit into the allegations made against him by the victim. The complaint says he gave…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear is reorganizing a state commission that promotes ethical conduct by elected officials in the executive branch. Beshear says he wants to “restore the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to what it should be.” Beshear, a Democrat, made three appointments to the five-member board and said he would take recommendations from the state attorney…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has reached another grim milestone in the fight against the coronavirus. Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that the state has reached 400 virus-related deaths since the pandemic began. He says the state also surpassed 9,000 coronavirus cases. The governor announced six more virus-related deaths, bringing the death toll to 400. Beshear says more than 3,120…
