FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife is increasing efforts to prevent the spread of a disease that afflicts deer and elk herds. The agency is asking for help from hunters in preventing chronic wasting disease from crossing into the state as the fall season begins. The neurological disease kills deer, elk, moose and caribou and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Bourbon production flowed at a record pace in Kentucky last year. The Kentucky Distillers’ Association says distilleries filled more than 2.1 million barrels of bourbon in 2018. The state’s inventory of aging spirits reached 9.1 million barrels, mostly bourbon. The group says both figures are modern-era records. It’s the highest inventory in the 52 years that…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The fallout from GrubHub’s slowdown continues, this time impacting one of the country’s largest restaurant chains. Taco Bell owner Yum Brands Inc. said Wednesday it recorded a $60 million pretax write-down on the value of its GrubHub investment in the third quarter. Yum invested $200 million in the food delivery service last year. That lowered Yum’s…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The final qualifying event for the U.S. figure skating team headed to the 2022 Beijing Olympics will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, after the city was awarded that year’s national championships. U.S. Figure Skating announced Wednesday its signature event will take place at Bridgestone Arena on Jan. 3-9, 2022. It’s the first time Nashville will…
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — A body found along southern Indiana’s Ohio River shoreline has been identified as that a missing Louisville, Kentucky, woman. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the Floyd County Coroner’s office identified the body as that of 25-year-old Shanaira Selden. The DNR says Selden’s cause of death is still pending additional testing and toxicology results….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — UPS is holding one-day job fairs this week around the country, including a few in Kentucky. News outlets have reported the company plans to add 2,600 temporary workers in Louisville at its Worldport hub and expects to add about 100,000 seasonal employees overall for the holiday rush. The company says the Louisville job fair requires applications…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Andy Beshear is stressing education and health care issues as he starts a statewide bus tour with less than a week left in his effort to unseat Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in Kentucky. At a Wednesday rally in Louisville, Beshear said he beat Bevin in their five recent debates and predicted he’ll do it again…
Combative to the end, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic challenger Andy Beshear highlighted their long-running campaign themes Tuesday night in their final debate before their election showdown in Kentucky. Vowing to change the tone in the governor’s office, Beshear said he won’t verbally attack people who disagree with him. He hammered away at Bevin’s caustic remarks about teachers who…
Photo Credit: NBC NewsLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky is reopening a portion of a lawsuit that accused the Washington Post of defamatory statements in its coverage of a Kentucky teen’s encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial. U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman in July dismissed the lawsuit brought by Nicholas Sandmann that sought…
(Credit: Pixabay)RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — A West Virginia man received a recommended life sentence in prison for the deaths of two Kentucky teenagers during a car chase. News outlets report 37-year-old Shawn Welsh of Marion, West Virginia was sentenced Tuesday after being found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of assault on Monday. State police say Welsh…
