HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Kentucky woman to five years in prison in connection to the death of her infant son. The Kentucky New Era reports Judge John Atkins handed down the sentence on Wednesday to Desiree Catlett, whose 9-month-old son Ja’Noah was found underwater in a bathtub in 2016. Catlett entered an Alford plea in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has sided with a print shop owner who refused to make a gay pride T-shirt because he says it was against his religious beliefs. The state’s high court dismissed the claim after two lower courts also ruled in favor of Lexington print shop Hands-On Originals. The company declined a T-shirt order from…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Venturing into a Democratic stronghold with another high-profile surrogate from the Trump administration, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin promoted school-choice efforts Thursday as a way to help urban neighborhoods as he campaigned in Kentucky’s largest city. Democratic challenger Andy Beshear, meanwhile, advocated for improvements to public education and continued access to health care during a campaign swing…
GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say they’ve installed a riverbed bubbler and sound system in a lake as an experimental and environmentally friendly way to keep an invasive fish from spreading. The Paducah Sun reports federal, state and local officials are holding an event on Nov. 8 to showcase the deployment of the bio-acoustic fish fence at Barkley…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say the pilot of a small plane has died in a crash not far from a regional airport. News outlets report Airport Authority Board Chair George Bray confirmed a plane downed near the Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah on Thursday night. McCracken County Sheriff Matt Carter says the plane crashed into a wooded…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A judge has sent a white man accused of killing two black people at a Kentucky grocery store back to a state mental health facility. WDRB-TV reports that a judge decided Thursday to return Gregory Bush to the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center for treatment. In July, Bush was deemed mentally competent to stand trial on state…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Candidates for Kentucky attorney general have not been shy about lobbing personal attacks in a contest that is proving to be as heated as the headlining governor’s race. Republican Daniel Cameron, a political newcomer, has called opponent Greg Stumbo corrupt and weak on immigration. Stumbo, a former Kentucky House speaker and attorney general, has compared the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has promoted school-choice efforts as a way to uplift urban neighborhoods as he campaigned in Kentucky’s largest city. Venturing into a Democratic stronghold, Bevin said Thursday in Louisville that every child and parent “deserves a choice and deserves an opportunity.” He said the new school accountability system showed that underperforming schools, including…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky jury has recommended a life sentence without parole for a man convicted of killing a U.S. Marine outside a bar in 2014. News outlets report jurors decided Wednesday not to give 26-year-old Dawan Mulazim the death penalty. They handed down decades-long sentences for the other charges, which will run concurrently. Mulazim was convicted Monday…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The home of the Kentucky Derby plans to begin work next month on a $300,000 million project that will include a hotel, historical racing machines, new stadium seating and a Millionaires Row renovation. News outlets report Churchill Downs announced the tentative plans Wednesday in a statement saying it would also create 300 new jobs. The track…
