FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed four deputy cabinet secretaries and a new state police commissioner. Mary Pat Regan of Louisville was named deputy secretary of Education and Workforce Development. Beshear named former Lexington Police Chief Ronnie Bastin as Justice and Public Safety Cabinet deputy secretary, and Mike Hancock will be deputy secretary for the Transportation…
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who claims to have killed and skinned four of his neighbors’ dogs to make a “doggy coat” has been charged with animal torture. News outlets report 38-year-old Jonathan D. Watkins was arrested in Floyd County on Dec. 23 after a neighbor called authorities. A state trooper who responded found Watkins at his home…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump. Defense officials said the troops are from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. They are in addition to about 700 soldiers from…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police in Austin, Texas, say a man fatally stabbed one person at a restaurant during a violent string of attacks at a shopping plaza that ended with the suspect leaping off roof. The attacks Friday morning just south of the Texas Capitol terrified customers stopping for their morning coffee along a popular stretch of restaurants and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Houston Hogg, one of four African-American football players at Kentucky who helped break the Southeastern Conference color line in the late 1960s, has died. He was 71. The former Wildcats running back and defensive back entered Kentucky with Wilbur Hackett in 1967, a year after Nate Northington and Greg Page arrived to become the first black…
(AP) — The Super Bowl is weeks away, but for “Jeopardy!”addicts the big game is here. All-time top money winners Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer will face off next week for ultimate bragging rights. The first player to win three matches on “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” will win $1 million, with $250,000 for each runner-up. Host…
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky jail employee is facing second-degree trafficking charges on allegations that he brought drugs into the lockup. According to WYMT-TV, authorities say former Kentucky River Regional Jail deputy jailer Shannon Adams was arrested Wednesday when he was found with a cigarette pack full of suboxone during a traffic stop. Jail administrator Lonnie Brewer says authorities…
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iran has vowed “harsh retaliation” for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad’s airport that killed its top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East. The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, marks a major escalation in the standoff between Washington and Iran. Iran’s supreme leader warned that…
File PicLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in the arrest of a man who was thrown to the ground by officers and later booked into jail wearing a neck brace. News outlets report Louisville Metro police Officer Cory Evans had been charged with violating department use of force and courteous conduct policies in…
PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. government says it has started sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings. The hearings will be scheduled roughly 350 miles away in Juarez, Mexico. Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to await their immigration court hearings in Mexico. Until…
