(AP) WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democrats have released a Judiciary Committee report detailing the rationale for impeaching President Donald Trump. The 650-page report says Trump “betrayed the nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections.” Trump faces two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. They stem from Trump’s…
(AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety and state police have announced a “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign to reduce impaired driving fatalities. A statement from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the campaign began last week and will continue through Jan. 1. The campaign will include public service ads with images of Santa and the…
(AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Associated Press review has found that thousands of Ohio voters were held up or stymied in their efforts to get absentee ballots by mail last year because of a missing or mismatched signature on their ballot application. The signature requirement on such applications is a largely overlooked and rarely tracked step in Ohio’s voting. The…
(AP) MONTICELLO, Ky. – Authorities in Kentucky are investigating the death of a missing man whose body was recovered from a lake. Wayne County Coroner Gordon Hicks confirmed a 66-year-old man’s body was pulled from Lake Cumberland, near Monticello, at about 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. The man’s name wasn’t publicly released. Hicks told a television station that the victim owned…
(AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has filed for reelection in Kentucky as the Republican seeks a seventh term next year. McConnell on Friday touted his leadership role as an asset for Middle America. He is the longest-serving U.S. senator in Kentucky history. He has tied himself closely to President Donald Trump and is preparing to…
(AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two Kentucky lawmakers are expressing outrage at a spree of pardons issued by former Gov. Matt Bevin. They want the new attorney general to investigate the pardons, including one for a convicted killer whose family held a fundraiser for Bevin last year. Senate Minority Floor Leader Morgan McGarvey, a Democrat, says the pardons are “a potential…
(AP) NEW YORK, N.Y. – The blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86. His long career of playing tough guys included roles in “Fort Apache, the Bronx,” “Moonstruck” and “Once Upon a Time in America.” But perhaps his most famous role was as a pizzeria operator in a black neighborhood of Brooklyn in Spike Lee’s “Do the…
(AP) ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. – Authorities in Kentucky have charged 5 Illinois women in a $25,000 shoplifting scheme they say stretches from Illinois to Georgia. News outlets report each woman is charged with offenses including engaging in organized crime. Elizabethtown police say the women were arrested early Tuesday after two of them stole more than $1,500 worth of items from a…
(AP) LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has reported its first death of the flu season. Louisville health officials say the victim who died Dec. 7 was an elderly person who had not been vaccinated and had underlying medical conditions. Kentucky health officials say the current flu season runs from September to May 2020. Louisville has seen a…
(AP) PARIS, Ky. – A Kentucky man is accused of robbing two banks of more than $8,000 by brandishing a toy gun. Paris police charged 35-year-old Cheikh Gueye with robbery and resisting arrest Wednesday. WKYT reports tellers at one of the banks told police the man slipped them a note demanding that they hand over money or he would kill…
