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…
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,…
