FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says one newly diagnosed coronavirus patient had resisted a quarantine. Beshear says Kentucky now has 18 cases, and officials are awaiting more than two dozen test results. The newest positives for the novel coronavirus were in Fayette, Montgomery and Nelson counties. The governor says the patient in Nelson refused to self-quarantine. The…
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — Hall of Famer Rick Pitino is the new basketball coach at Iona College. Pitino replaces Tim Cluess, who resigned Friday for health reasons after a decade at the school. Pitino coached at Louisville from 2001-17 before being fired in a pay-for-play scandal and had been coaching in Greece. The 67-year-old has a 770-271 overall record…
SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky constable involved in a shooting with FBI agents has been charged with aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer. Agents were going to arrest Gary Baldock and another Pulaski County constable earlier this month when Baldock opened fire. Federal agents were seeking to arrest the two men March 6 on warrants for conspiracy to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will broaden its European travel ban, adding the United Kingdom and Ireland to its list. And he says he’s considering imposing restrictions on travel within the U.S. to areas hit hard by the coronavirus spread. Under the restrictions on European travel, American citizens, green card holders and others…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After days of resistance, President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was tested for the new coronavirus. This, as the White House steps up precautions after his direct and indirect exposures to COVID-19. Trump also told reporters at a White House briefing that he had his temperature taken before stepping into the room and it was “totally…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it’s now conducting temperature checks on anyone who’s in close contact with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. White House spokesman Judd Deere says the move is being taken out of an abundance of caution in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Trump has had multiple direct and indirect contacts with people…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Views about medical marijuana appear to be changing across the South, where efforts to legalize it have long been stymied by Bible Belt politics. Medical cannibas is legal now in 33 states, but most Southern states remain among the holdouts. Kentucky’s House cleared a historic hurdle by passing a medical marijuana bill, which now goes to…
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon has been postponed until Sept. 14 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh made the nnouncement Friday. The Boston Athletic Association’s decision comes as premier sports events worldwide are being canceled or postponed to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The marathon is the world’s most celebrated footrace, but officials had become increasingly…
(Credit: Pixabay)PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky jailer has been sentenced to spend a year in jail after being convicted of perjury. The Paducah Sun reports that Graves County Circuit Judge Tim Stark told former McCracken County Jailer Tonya Ray during her sentencing on Thursday that public officials have to be held accountable. He said a sentence of probation…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has urged senior centers in Kentucky to temporarily close for in-person activities. It’s another step to protect the elderly and others from the new coronavirus. Nearly 200 senior centers prepare about 8,000 meals daily across Kentucky. Beshear said Friday that efforts are under way to ensure that elderly Kentuckians relying on those meals…
