FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general says abortions should cease as part of the governor’s order halting elective medical procedures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron made the request Friday to the state’s acting health and family services secretary. Cameron is asking the official to certify that abortion providers are violating the ban by continuing…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Educational Television is changing its daytime lineup to help students with at-home learning. The channel said in a statement that normal programming on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. will be replaced beginning Monday with a special lineup specific to at-home learning for children from preschool through 12th grade. The change is a response…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Fort Campbell has recorded its first case of the new coronavirus at the Army installation. The Army says the patient is a dependent of a military retiree at the post and tested positive for the virus. The person is isolated at home, off the military post. Meanwhile, 200 medical personnel from Fort Campbell’s 531st Hospital…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of stabbing a pregnant woman in Kentucky was shot and wounded by police. Police say the man and the victim were in a relationship. Officers shot the man Wednesday during an exchange of gunfire that occurred while officers were following a car they believed to be involved in the stabbing. The…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne says economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak will force lawmakers to scale back state spending plans. He is forecasting an austere state budget. He told reporters Thursday that proposed pay raises for teachers and state employees are now unlikely. He said increases in the state’s main funding formula for K-12 schools…
MOREHEAD, Ky. (Lexington Herald-Leader) — One of the largest hospital systems in northern Kentucky has furloughed a quarter of its staff in order to financially sustain clinical operation amid the spread of the new coronavirus. St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead announced Thursday that it was furloughing 300 staff members who aren’t involved in the COVID-19 response. The CEO says temporary…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers are working on a coronavirus-relief bill. The goal is to help cushion workers and employers from economic damage caused by the pandemic. The work comes as lawmakers reconvened Thursday after a weeklong break due to the coronavirus outbreak. Lawmakers also advanced a bill to expand the attorney general’s authority to regulate abortion in Kentucky….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have advanced a bill to expand the attorney general’s authority to regulate abortion in Kentucky. The Senate committee action came as lawmakers reconvened Thursday after a weeklong break due to the coronavirus outbreak. Another Senate panel advanced a bill allowing consumers to have spirits, wine or beer shipped directly to them. Lawmakers were prepared…
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A hearing for a suspended Kentucky judge accused of misconduct has been postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus. Kenton County Family Court Judge Dawn Gentry had been set to appear in a northern Kentucky courtroom on April 20 for her misconduct hearing. The Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission is investigating nine misconduct charges against Gentry, accusing…
MIAMI (AP) — The Florida Derby is set to have a full field and empty stands. A field of 12 has been entered for Saturday’s Florida Derby, typically one of the biggest Kentucky Derby prep races and serves as the crown jewel of Gulfstream’s Championship Meet. Tiz the Law, a winner of three of his four career starts including the…
