WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz says he will remain at his home in Texas after learning that he shook hands and chatted briefly with a man who has tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement Sunday night, Cruz says he met the man 10 days ago at a political conference in suburban Washington. The Texas Republican says he’s…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Three more cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in Kentucky, bringing the state’s total to four. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the new cases Sunday. He says state lab tests confirmed the latest positive cases in Fayette, Harrison and Jefferson counties. Beshear said all three individuals are in isolation. He says no further information would…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A monthlong attack on the computer networks at Kentucky’s largest university system has prompted officials to conduct a major reboot of the networks. University of Kentucky executive vice president for finance and administration Eric Monday told the Lexington Herald-Leader that officials believe the prolonged cyberattack was resolved by a campuswide network outage Sunday at the University…
(Credit: Pixabay)CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man has been convicted in the fatal shooting of a Fort Campbell soldier more than two years ago. The Leaf Chronicle newspaper reports that a jury in Clarksville, Tennessee, convicted Prince Jamal “PJ” Ligon on Wednesday in the death of Keondre Jenkins. Ligon had been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jenkins….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says schools will be closed and nursing homes have been advised to stop accepting visitors in a Kentucky county where the state’s first coronavirus patient lives. Beshear said the patient from Harrison County is hospitalized in serious condition but is improving at the University of Kentucky’s Chandler Hospital. The state confirmed its…
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee have found remains they believe belong to a 15-month-old girl who was the subject of a 17-day search across three states. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office say they believe they found Evelyn Mae Boswell on Friday. An Amber Alert was issued for her in February, but she hasn’t…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has defeated a proposed constitutional change to give local governments more latitude to raise tax revenue. But the measure could still be revived. The legislation fell 11 votes short of the 60-vote threshold needed for passage. Slightly more than one-third of House members — mostly Democrats — didn’t cast votes on the proposal….
LOUISVILLE Ky. (AP) — Authorities say an FBI agent serving a federal arrest warrant in Kentucky has been wounded in a shooting. The FBI office in Louisville said in a statement Friday that one suspect also was wounded. The shooting is being investigated by the FBI’s Inspection Division. The statement said authorities will thoroughly review the shooting as expeditiously as…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has passed its version of a new two-year state budget. The GOP-crafted spending plan drew bipartisan support in clearing the House 86-10 Friday. Some lawmakers said funding needs would be shortchanged by an unwillingness to tap into more revenue sources. The measure goes to the Senate. The House version modified Democratic Gov. Andy…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a 2-year-old was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Marquis Thurman, 23, was one of two men who pleaded guilty in January to manslaughter and evidence tampering in the death of 2-year-old Nova Gallman. He was sentenced Thursday to 18 years and ordered to pay $1,800 in…
