SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs. The quake sent panicked residents running to the streets, knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and closed the city’s airport and its light rail system. The U.S. Geological Survey says the epicenter was just southwest of the city and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police say a 3-year-old boy has been seriously wounded by gunfire at a Kentucky residence. News outlets report the shooting happened Tuesday afternoon in Lexington. Emergency crews took the wounded child to a hospital. Police spokeswoman Brenna Angel told the Lexington Herald-Leader that the boy suffered life-threatening wounds. No further information was immediately released.
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says state lawmakers have two options in deciding how to proceed amid the new coronavirus outbreak. He says they can pass a budget quickly and go home, or leave and wait for him to convene a special session. The Democratic governor weighed in on the legislative timetable as lawmakers resumed their…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is ordering the closure of theaters, gyms, hair salons and other businesses where people gather. It’s Kentucky’s latest step in the effort to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Beshear’s order takes effect by 5 p.m. Wednesday. It also exempts a cross-section of businesses such as grocery stores, banks, pharmacies, health…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A top Kentucky lawmaker has set out a potential legislative timetable amid the coronavirus outbreak. Senate President Robert Stivers laid out a plan to pass priority bills as quickly as possible with a goal of ending this year’s session next week. Stivers made the comments Tuesday in a Senate floor speech. Lawmakers reconvened Tuesday for the…
Churchill Downs is postponing the Kentucky Derby from May to September because of the coronavirus pandemic. Track officials say the race will move from May 2 to Sept. 5. That would mark the first time in 75 years that the race won’t be run on the first Saturday in May. The last time the Derby wasn’t held on the first…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state Senate panel has expanded a bill aimed at making insulin more affordable for Kentuckians relying on lifesaving insulin supplies. The bill cleared the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday. It would limit out-of-pocket costs paid by many Kentuckians for insulin. The committee added language to create an insulin assistance fund to help people…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky has canceled in-person classes for the remainder of the spring semester in response to the new coronavirus. The state’s flagship university says it will shift to online or alternative formats for classroom instruction for the rest of the semester. UK had already switched to online instruction for the two weeks following this…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An annual Kentucky food drive is being expanded and extended to support food banks seeing an increased need due to the coronavirus. The Kentucky Legal Food Frenzy initiative traditionally runs through March 14 and seeks food and monetary donations from the legal community for Feeding Kentucky, the statewide network of food banks. Attorney General Daniel Cameron…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Top Republican lawmakers say Kentucky’s legislative session will continue as scheduled. But they say several new safeguards will be in place to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Lawmakers didn’t meet last Friday or Monday to allow officials to evaluate safety procedures. But they are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday. House Speaker David Osborne…
