(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…
(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…
