FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Department of Education is asking the public for comment on the request and approval to bypass standardized testing this school year. The state applied for a waiver last month after the federal government announced that students affected by schools closures due to the coronavirus pandemic can bypass the testing. The request was tentatively approved,…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky point guard Ashton Hagans will enter the NBA draft and forego his final two seasons of eligibility. He says the “time is now” to pursue his dream of playing professionally. The 6-foot-3 Hagans was named Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman and became one of the country’s best point guards this…
File PhotoLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some Kentucky churches have held Palm Sunday services in defiance of Gov. Andy Beshear’s warning against in-person worship. News outlets report dozens of people were at Maryville Baptist Church in Louisville on Sunday. And Louisville’s Our Savior Lutheran Church streamed its in-person service live on YouTube. The church had required online registration beforehand and restricted…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Courier Journal) — Some Kentucky churches are still planning to hold in-person church services this weekend, despite statewide orders that ban mass gatherings. Louisville preacher Jack Roberts tells The Courier-Journal that he would go to jail and court rather than pay a fine for violating a state health order. He says the prohibition violates First Amendment and state…
Kobe Bryant’s resume has yet another entry to prove his greatness. He’s now officially a Hall of Famer. Bryant and fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. They all got into the Hall in their first year of eligibility,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill pushed by Republican lawmakers to require Kentucky residents to show a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. The Democratic governor said Friday that the bill would create an obstacle to voting. He says it seeks to resolve a problem that doesn’t exist. He says voter impersonation isn’t a…
FRANKFORT, Ky, (AP) — U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie’s Republican primary opponent in Kentucky is running a new TV ad accusing the incumbent of betraying President Donald Trump. Todd McMurtry’s ad stems from Massie’s effort to resist the $2.2 trillion coronarivus-relief package last week. McMurtry is looking to capitalize on Trump’s denunciation of Massie. Trump called the congressman a “third rate…
Photo credit: www.republicanleader.senate.govWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is nominating a 37-year-old judge and former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a seat on the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Justin Walker of Kentucky is one of the youngest federal judges in the country. He has deep ties to Senate Majority Leader…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Amy McGrath is punching back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a TV ad. McGrath accuses the Kentucky Republican of seeking a political windfall from an economic aid package while the coronavirus crisis worsens. McGrath’s ad says McConnell is “taking a victory lap against the coronavirus.” It says that “victory lap” comes at a…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky has announced plans to construct a 400-bed field hospital at its Lexington campus. The Friday announcement comes as officials prepare for a potential surge of coronavirus cases. Dr. Mark F. Newman says the goal is to have the makeshift hospital ready in the next two weeks at Nutter Field House. It’s…
