MIAMI – A group of lawyers called a news conference to discuss what they claim is the mistreatment of rapper Kodak in federal prison. But they discovered the 22-year-old rapper had been put on a prison bus to another federal facility in Kentucky just an hour before they arrived at the facility Wednesday. The attorneys say they haven’t seen Black…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Senate panel has approved a bill to require that doctors and other health workers provide life-saving care for an infant born alive after a failed abortion attempt. The measure sailed through the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee without opposition Thursday. The bill now heads to the Republican-dominated Senate. Sen. Whitney Westerfield,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A researcher at the University of Louisville is receiving a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for renewable energy research. Joshua Spurgeon does his research in the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research in the J.B. Speed School of Engineering. He focuses on the production of hydrogen fuel from water with solar energy. The fuel has…
FRANKFORT, Ky, (AP) Kentucky education officials are encouraging residents and stakeholders to participate in a survey on the qualities that the state’s next education commissioner should possess. The Kentucky Board of Education said in a statement that the survey opened this week and will be available through Feb. 6. The board directed the Kentucky Department of Education to administer the…
NASHUA, NH – DECEMBER 13: Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), speaks during his event at Nashua Community College on December 13, 2019 in Nashua, New Hampshire. The Iowa Caucuses are less than two months away. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) — A watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that a political…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Senate panel has advanced a Republican-backed bill requiring people to have government-issued photo identification in order to vote. The revised version would allow people lacking photo IDs to present other forms of identification in order to vote. The alternate IDs could be debit or credit cards or Social Security cards. The bill cleared the…
MURRAY, Ky. – Three of four National Guard soldiers accused of involvement in a 2017 sexual assault case have pleaded guilty in Kentucky to misdemeanor sexual misconduct charges. News outlets reported Wednesday that 28-year-old Anthony Tubolino, 22-year-old Tyler Hart and 24-year-old Jacob Ruth accepted plea deals from the Calloway Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and were recommended to serve 12-month sentences each….
BEDFORD, Ky. – Officials says a Kentucky county has fired more than half its road department employees, including the director, who’s facing drug charges. Trimble County Judge-Executive Todd Pollock told WDRB-TV on Tuesday that Kentucky State Police arrested road department director Michael Stewart last week. Police said he was charged with possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. Pollock…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts drew little attention to himself while presiding at his first impeachment trial. But just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, as tempers on the Senate floor had started to wear thin, he reminded everyone who was in charge. A particularly tense exchange had passed between House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and President Donald Trump’s…
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Officials have begun destroying nerve agents that have been stored at a Kentucky Army depot for decades. The Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant said in a statement that the first projectile containing GB nerve agent was successfully destroyed on Jan. 17. The facility at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond began destroying mustard-agent…
