FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A prominent attorney has stepped forward to challenge U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky. Todd McMurtry filed on Friday to challenge Massie in the May GOP primary in the 4th District. The solidly Republican district spans the state’s northern tier. McMurtry has represented a Kentucky student, Nick Sandmann, who was embroiled in a viral encounter with…
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) — Noted baseball aribitrator George Nicolau has died. Nicolau ruled against baseball owners in two collusion cases and served as president of the National Academy of Arbitrators. He ruled owners conspired against free agents after the 1986 and 1987 seasons. He also reinstated Steve Howe from a lifetime ban, the pitcher’s seventh suspension related to drug…
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a homeless shelter in northern Kentucky is moving to a bigger facility and will offer more services. The Kentucky Inquirer cited a news release in reporting that the Northern Kentucky Emergency Shelter in Covington will move to a building later this year that includes space for a medical clinic, lockers and laundry services. Shelter…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is restoring a workplace safety board that was abolished by former Gov. Matt Bevin. Beshear says the move to reestablish the 12-member Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is an effort to strengthen safety in the workplace. Bevin used an executive order in July 2018 to get rid of the board. Beshear,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have responded to ex-Matt Bevin’s flurry of pardons. Bills have been introduced to put checks on gubernatorial pardon powers and ensure victims are notified before their assailants are pardoned. Bevin issued hundreds of pardons between his election defeat and his final day in office on Dec. 9. Several stirred outrage from victims or their…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 145,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, signaling that the job market remains strong at the start of 2020 even if hiring and wage gains have slowed somewhat more than a decade into an economic expansion. Friday’s snapshot from the Labor Department showed hiring slipped from robust gains of…
File PicLOUISVILLE Ky. (AP) — A Louisville man who fired a stray bullet that killed a 7-year-old boy in 2017 has pleaded guilty to federal gun charges. Twenty-five-year-old Wyatt Lamar Williams was charged in October with three counts of being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. Investigators say Williams fired several shots while playing…
(AP) — A newly released batch of emails and text messages shows Boeing employees raising doubts among themselves about the safety of the 737 Max and talking about hiding problems from regulators. The documents came to light Thursday, nearly 10 months after the aircraft was grounded over two catastrophic crashes. They are likely to fuel allegations that the aircraft…
(AP) — Forecasters are warning of hurricane-force wind gusts and hail the size of baseballs as a potent storm threatens to spin up tornadoes and drench the South with heavy rains. The national Storm Prediction Center said more than 18 million people in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma will be at an enhanced threat of storms that could include strong…
PINE KNOT, Ky. (AP) – Drivers traveling along a Kentucky highway didn’t have to check their direct messages to be asked the infamous sexting request: send nudes. An electronic road sign that was hacked early Thursday morning asked drivers on Highway 92 in Pine Knot to “send nudes.” Kentucky transportation officials say the sign belongs to a contractor working on…
