FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s whiskey industry is always looking for the newest twist to its spirits products, but its inventiveness took a gooey turn when the coronavirus hit. Distillers have scrambled to help meet the demand for hand sanitizer. They pivoted nimbly to supply the disinfectant to front-line workers in the fight against the virus. The Kentucky Distillers’ Association…
(Credit: Pixabay)LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky lawmaker was arrested and accused of driving while intoxicated just hours after the state House adjourned. State Rep. Derek J. Lewis of London was arrested early Thursday and charged with drunken driving. Officer Gary Mehler of the Laurel County sheriff’s department said he responded to a call and found a pickup…
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Seven Midwestern governors announced Thursday that they will coordinate on reopening their state economies, after similar pacts were made earlier this week in the Northeast and on the West Coast. Thursday’s announcement covers Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. The governors say they will work with experts and take a “fact-based, data-driven approach to…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s anti-abortion attorney general is embracing the opportunity to regulate abortion clinics. State lawmakers gave him that new power before they ended this year’s legislative session. But Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron might not get to wield that new authority. The bill goes to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. If he vetoes it, lawmakers won’t have a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Nearly 400,000 Kentucky residents have filed for unemployment benefits in the past four weeks. The U.S. Labor Department on Thursday reported another round of massive layoffs in the Bluegrass State. It says 115,763 Kentuckians filed unemployment claims last week. That was down slightly from the prior week. Kentucky has dramatically increased the number of employees handling…
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a Kentucky teen has been charged with fatally shooting his father. Kentucky State Police said in a statement that 18-year-old David Augustine of Shelbyville was charged Wednesday with murder and other offenses hours after 48-year-old Bret Augustine was found fatally shot at a Shelby County residence. The statement says David Augustine led officers on…
VINE GROVE, Ky. (Lexington Herald-Leader) — Deputies in Kentucky say a 14-year-old teenage girl escaped after she was kidnapped by a woman who wasn’t wearing any pants. News outlets reported Tuesday that the girl told deputies she was on her way to visit her friend’s house last week when a woman jumped out of the woods and grabbed her. Fifty-year-old…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — More soldiers from Fort Campbell have deployed to help with coronavirus relief efforts. A statement from the Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line says about 10 soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division’s sustainment brigade deployed this week to New Jersey to help with coordinating and supporting Army logistical efforts. Maj. Gen. Brian Winski says the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A donation fund run by the state that offers help during the coronavirus outbreak has raised nearly $2 million. More than half has come from a contribution by the Kentucky Colonels. The Team Kentucky Fund has received funding from about 7,000 donors. It offers financial aid for people adversely affected by the pandemic. The Colonels board…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has confirmed all but one of Gov. Andy Beshear’s appointments to the state school board. The GOP-led Senate rejected the Democratic governor’s appointment of former longtime legislator David Karem Wednesday night. Karem has served as the school board’s chairman. Karem’s confirmation was defeated on a tie vote. He was a key architect of…
