Author: Associated Press

Report: Former aluminum mill CEO misled investors, board

ASHLAND, Ky. (The Independent) — A new report says the former CEO of a Kentucky aluminum company planning to build a plant in Appalachia misled potential investors and the company’s board about the company’s progress. It alleges that Braidy Industries only had $11 million cash on hand in January and would have run out of money by midyear. The report…

Police: Man killed after breaking into woman’s home he dated

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police say a Kentucky man has been fatally shot after he broke into the house of a woman he was dating. The woman told Lexington police 24-year-old Jaymes Miller entered her Lexington home and began shooting inside the house Friday night. Police say another person inside the home fatally shot Miller before police were called. Authorities…

Fort Campbell sends soldiers to help with pandemic relief

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell has deployed about 10 soldiers from the Kentucky post to New Jersey to help with coronavirus pandemic relief there. The post, located on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line, said the soldiers are logistics experts assigned to the 101st Division Sustainment Brigade. They deployed to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey,…

Bluegrass museum offers new virtual tour for fans

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in western Kentucky is encouraging fans to visit by taking a new virtual tour of its exhibits. The museum in Owensboro has been closed to the public for more than a month due to the coronavirus pandemic. Officials said in a statement last week that the online tour…

Judge orders W.Va. gov’s coal companies to pay fines, fees

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky has ordered companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay more than $1 million in fees and expenses in a lawsuit that accused them of defaulting on a mining contract. The judge on Friday denied a motion by the James C. Justice Companies and subsidiary Kentucky Fuel to reconsider…

2-year-old colt dies after accident at Santa Anita

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A 2-year-old colt has died after what’s being called an accident at Santa Anita, making it the 12th fatality at the Southern California track since late December. Last Renegade had yet to make his racing debut for trainer Peter Eurton. According to the California Horse Racing Board website, the colt died Friday. No further details were…

Kentucky set to reopen health-care businesses Monday

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is partially lifting restrictions in its fight against the coronavirus with the reopening of health-care businesses Monday. Included are health-care clinics, medical and dental offices, optometrists, and physical therapy and chiropractic offices. Also covered are diagnostic, radiology and lab services. The resumption of such services in nursing homes and prisons are not included. Neither are…

Richmond man charged with murder after wife’s disappearance

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Police have charged a Kentucky man in the killing of his wife, who has been missing since October. Thirty-nine-year-old Glenn Jackson was arrested Friday and charged with murder-domestic violence and evidence tampering. The body of his wife, 48-year-old Ella Diebolt Jackson, 48, is still missing. Richmond Police say they found her blood in the trunk of…