LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The final deadline to nominate horses to the rescheduled Triple Crown series is June 3. Owners and trainers can make 3-year-old thoroughbreds eligible for the three-race series at a cost of $3,000. That’s half the original cost as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which is forcing the series to be run out of order for…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A protester who participated in hanging an effigy of Kentucky’s governor at an armed rally on the State Capitol grounds has been fired from his job. Neil Huffman Auto Group says it terminated the unidentified employee after an internal review. The Louisville auto dealer says it “does not condone threats of violence in any form.” The…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says armed protesters who hung an effigy of him were trying to use “fear and terror” to force their will on others. The Democratic governor on Tuesday referred to the protesters as a mob. He said he won’t back down as he condemned the rally that spread to where his children play…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say a coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home has forced the evacuation of dozens of residents to hospitals. Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander says 39 residents and 20 staff at Nazareth Clifton in Louisville tested positive for the virus. He said Tuesday that those residents were transferred to local hospitals. As a…
(Photo credit: BobBaffert.com/Barbara Livingston)LOS ANGELES (AP) — According to published reports, two horses from the barn of two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert have tested positive for a banned substance. The New York Times and Louisville Courier-Journal cited unidentified sources in reporting the positive tests occurred during the recent meet at Oaklawn in Arkansas. The Times says one of the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — One child was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and another for injuries from a broken glass after they were both found inside a car that had struck a telephone pole on Tuesday afternoon in Louisville, police said. Officers located the children after getting reports about a shooting in the city, the Louisville Metro Police Department said…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Dozens of soldiers based at Fort Campbell have returned after being deployed in the Northeast to support coronavirus relief efforts. Fort Campbell said in a statement that about 40 soldiers assigned to the 501st Medical Company returned Saturday to the Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line. They deployed on April 18 to provide medical treatment,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some residents in a Kentucky nursing home have been evacuated to area hospitals after nearly 60 residents and employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus. News outlets report the plan to evacuate residents who tested positive for the virus was told to families over the weekend after Nazareth Home’s Clifton Campus in Louisville discovered on Friday…
MULDRAUGH, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say four people died when two vehicles crashed on a Kentucky highway. A statement from police says the collision occurred Tuesday evening in Meade County as the vehicles traveled in opposite directions on U.S. Highway 31W. Police say a preliminary investigation found that a 2016 Chevrolet Equinox was traveling south when it crossed…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky’s president says the school will use portions of its contingency fund to save nearly 100 school jobs during the next fiscal year amid continuing furloughs. The announcement comes as 100 additional academic employees were furloughed Friday. The school furloughed about 1,700 academic and UK HealthCare employees last month due to revenue shortfalls…
