(Credit: Pixabay)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers have convened to begin a 60-day session that will be dominated by work on a new state budget. The House and Senate gaveled in at midday Tuesday with a flurry of bill introductions highlighting the opening day. This year’s session will stretch into mid-April. Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers, but there’s a…
LANCASTER, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say they’ve arrested a man who wanted to go to jail to support his jailed girlfriend. News outlets report 47-year-old Raymond Pace was charged with offenses including possession of methamphetamine, heroin and drug paraphernalia. A statement by Garrard County police says Pace called authorities Saturday to report a stolen laptop. It says an…
GUAYANILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island. The quake was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, part of a 10-day series of temblors spawned by the grinding of tectonic plates along three…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Humane Society had its largest adoption year on record with about 6,900 animal adoptions in 2019. The Humane Society says it’s the first year cat adoptions outnumbered dogs. In total, about 3,400 cats found new homes compared to about 3,400 dogs. Adoption officials said cat adoptions have been increasing over the last few years….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky public school system’s finance director has been accused of embezzling $1.5 million from the district over nearly 10 years. Franklin County Schools officials confirmed former administrator Lesley Wade resigned in June amid an FBI investigation. Superintendent Mark Kopp told The State Journal on Monday that Wade has since reached a plea agreement. He said…
PINEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former manager for a Kentucky coal company that laid off about 75 workers last month says the employees haven’t received their final paycheck or payment for unused vacation days. Former general manager David Mullins told the Lexington Herald-Leader on Monday that the remaining maintenance crew of 24 workers and security guards also haven’t been paid…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Authorities in Kentucky have identified a man who died after a fight at a Louisville bar. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office says 35-year-old Christopher McKinney died Sunday of blunt force injuries. Louisville police responded to Nowhere Bar on Bardstown Road where they found McKinney suffering from serious injuries. Police say McKinney was hospitalized and later died. Police…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is calling for bipartisan cooperation during a legislative session that will be dominated by work on a new two-year state budget. State lawmakers will convene Tuesday for a 60-day session that will stretch into mid-April. Republicans hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate, giving them considerable leverage in dealing with the…
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — Civil rights groups and lawmakers are demanding information from federal officials following reports that dozens of Iranian-Americans were held up and questioned at the border as they returned to the United States. The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans were detained and questioned at the Peace…
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A push to oust U.S. troops from Iraq is gaining momentum, bolstered by a Parliament vote in favor of a bill calling on the Iraqi government remove them. But the path forward is unclear. In Iraq’s deeply divided terrain, with a resigned prime minister and raging proxy war between Iran and the U.S., ending America’s 17-year…
