(AP) HARLAN, Ky. – Kentucky city hit hard by coal company’s bankruptcy and the subsequent layoffs of hundreds of miners has been given a bit of salve in the form of Christmas cheer. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports members of Lexington’s Heritage Baptist Church hauled about 4,000 toys to Harlan Baptist Church on Saturday to host a gift giveaway for local…
(AP) DETROIT, Mich. – Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said Tuesday that about $750 million will go the Michigan Assembly Plant in the Detroit suburb of Wayne, Michigan. The factory will get 2,700 new…
(AP) PARIS – Teachers, doctors and Eiffel Tower workers have walked off their jobs in France to join striking train drivers in resisting President Emmanuel Macron’s overhaul of the pension system. Thousands of angry workers on Tuesday protested government plans to raise the retirement age and marched to preserve their country’s welfare system, considered among the best retirement systems in…
File Photo(AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. – Republican Daniel Cameron has been sworn in as the first African American in Kentucky history to serve as its attorney general. Cameron took the oath of office during a ceremony Tuesday in the attorney general’s office at the state Capitol. Cameron is a protege of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The 34-year-old becomes the first…
(AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Judicial Nominating Commission has announced three attorneys nominated to fill an upcoming judicial opening in Kentucky. The judge selected will fill a seat that Jefferson County Family Court Judge Deborah Deweese will vacate when she retires Dec. 31. The nominees are attorneys Bryan D. Gatewood of Fisherville, Lori N. Goodwin of Louisville and Ellie Kerstetter…
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a man stole an SUV with a 13-month-old girl inside and led Kentucky authorities on a chase before crashing on an interstate. The child was not harmed. Police say 22-year-old Joshua Reynolds was arrested after the crash Monday morning on Interstate 65. Police say the SUV had been left unlocked and running in a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has spoken out against his predecessor’s spree of pardons. The new Democratic governor said Monday he wants to look forward and resist dwelling on former Gov. Matt Bevin’s actions. But he joined the chorus of criticism aimed at the Republican former governor for his pardon-granting binge on the way out the door….
(AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has halted his Republican predecessor’s efforts to impose work requirements for some able-bodied adults to receive Medicaid health coverage. The new Democratic governor on Monday called his action the “moral” thing to do. Beshear signed an executive order rescinding former Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to require some able-bodied recipients to either work,…
(AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. – Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr has filed for reelection seeking a fifth term next year in Kentucky’s 6th District. Barr on Monday stressed his support for President Donald Trump and his ability to help shape legislation despite the GOP’s loss of power in the U.S. House. Barr’s latest reelection bid is his first as a member…
(AP) LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Kentucky man has been sentenced to life in prison for forcing a girl to use methamphetamine and then sexually abusing her while his girlfriend recorded the assault. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports 47-year-old Richard Eugene Derringer was sentenced last week on charges including creation and possession of child pornography. A U.S. Attorney’s Office statement says the…
