Author: Associated Press

Kentucky removes warning for Ohio River waters

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials have removed a public health advisory for harmful algal blooms along the Ohio River. Kentucky’s Division of Water and Department for Public Health issued the advisory on Sept. 26 for people using the waterway for recreation from the McAlpine Dam near Louisville to the Greenup Dam in northeastern Kentucky. They recommended that people not…

Kentucky State Parks offer military discount

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — State parks in Kentucky are offering a discount on lodging to active duty military members and to veterans through March 31. A statement from Kentucky State Parks says the USA Military Discount is available to those currently serving in the armed forces, retired members of the military, veterans, National Guard members and reservists. With the discount,…

Kentucky State Police ask for help on cold case

PRINCETON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a woman who has been missing for almost five years. Police said Tracy Lynn Tackwell has been missing from Caldwell County, where she was last seen Dec. 4, 2014, leaving her home on foot in the Princeton area. She is described as white, 5 foot…

Kentucky nurse charged with sexually abusing patient

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky nurse has been charged with sexually abusing a patient who reported that he touched her bare breasts with ungloved hands and rubbed her inner thighs. News outlets report 48-year-old Scott Dorsey is set to be arraigned on Nov. 15. Court records allege he went into a patient’s room at Louisville’s Jewish Hospital in November…

Kentucky man charged with sex trafficking, drug conspiracy

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky accountant accused of paying for sex with young women who were addicted to drugs faces federal conspiracy charges. The Herald-Leader reports 49-year-old Mark Milslagle, of Lexington, was charged Monday in federal court with conspiring to distribute drugs and conspiring to engage in sex trafficking. Prosecutors allege that 72-year-old Logan Ray Towery provided drugs…

Kentucky man riding electric scooter hit, killed in crash

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man was fatally struck by a car while riding an electric scooter, less than a month after they were introduced to the city of Lexington. News outlets report 35-year-old Timothy Ryan Freeman was hit by several cars Monday after he lost control of a Lime scooter and fell into oncoming traffic. He died before…

Beshear starts transition while Bevin seeks vote recanvass

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Andy Beshear turned his focus toward transitioning into the Kentucky governor’s office as Republican incumbent Matt Bevin asked for a recanvass of vote totals, one day after election results showed Bevin trailing by several thousand votes. Beshear, the state’s attorney general, said he’s confident in the election outcome, saying any review would show he won…

GOP files complaint against possible McConnell challenger

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Republican Party of Kentucky has filed a complaint against a radio host who is considering a run to unseat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The complaint seeks an investigation of Matt Jones, who has announced an exploratory committee to run as a Democrat in next year’s Senate race. Another Democrat, Amy McGrath, has already…

Sen. Warren dropped from libel lawsuit by ‘Covington Boys’

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been dismissed from a libel lawsuit filed by 10 Kentucky teens over an encounter with Native Americans that blew up on social media. The Courier Journal reports a judge ruled Tuesday that the Democratic presidential candidate acted within the scope of her employment by tweeting about the January encounter between Covington Catholic…

Deputies seek women tattooed by man accused of sex crimes

HARTFORD, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky sheriff’s office is asking the public for help to find women who were tattooed by a man indicted on multiple sex crimes involving children. News outlets report 40-year-old George Clapp was arrested on Oct. 7 and charged with multiple offenses including five counts of raping a child, five counts of first-degree rape and ten…