Photo credit: facebook.com/BigSouthForkNPSONEIDA, Tenn. (AP) — Free camping is being offered on Veterans Day at a national park that sits along the Tennessee-Kentucky border. Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area said in a news release that Superintendent Niki Stephanie Nicholas authorized a night of free camping at the Alum Ford Campground as well as all backcountry permits for…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The agriculture commissioner of Kentucky wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue a disaster declaration for parts of the state suffering from extreme heat and drought. The Courier Journal reports Commissioner Ryan Quarles requested the declaration last week in a letter to the state executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency,…
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky have arrested a man they say held a grocery store employee at gunpoint, forced his way into a pharmacy and pointed a gun at officers before being shot and wounded. Kentucky State Police said in a news release that Nicholasville police officers shot Brandon Welsch early Sunday. He was taken to a hospital…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Andy Beshear has picked up an endorsement from a Republican who ran against Gov. Matt Bevin in the GOP primary. William Woods says his endorsement of Beshear in next month’s gubernatorial election is the “right thing to do.” Woods finished far back in the May primary, receiving more than 14,000 votes. Woods says Kentucky needs…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say two teenagers have died and a third was injured in a shooting in Lexington. Lexington police spokeswoman Brenna Angel says in a news release that witnesses saw shots fired from an SUV into a passenger car on Saturday along a street. Angel says three occupants in the car were taken to a…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky plans to expand its newly-opened Gatton Student Center to increase dining and student support space. News media reports say the university’s trustees approved the $25 million project Friday. The university says growing enrollment and “high participation levels in UK meal plans” made the expansion necessary. The student center reopened last year on…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a Kentucky man hit his sister with a frying pan and then fatally shot his father with a crossbow. News outlets report 23-year-old Gerald Beavers III was taken into custody hours after the Thursday attack. Police say they responded to a Louisville home that afternoon and found Beavers’ father dead. The sister was found…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Catholic priest in Kentucky has resigned as pastor of a church following allegations of inappropriate contact made by two men. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that in a letter Tuesday, Bishop John Stowe accepted the resignation of the Rev. Alan Carter as pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Church in Danville. Catholic Diocese of Lexington communications…
Looking to ease surging jail populations linked to the state’s drug-abuse woes, Kentucky officials announced plans Friday to lease a private prison in Floyd County that will house hundreds of inmates. The 650-bed facility in Wheelwright will be run by the state, providing much-needed space for medium-security inmates, state corrections officials said. The venture will help alleviate the backlog of…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In a state where the president’s popularity surpasses his own, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin launched into an impassioned defense of Donald Trump while standing near a placard displaying one word: Impeachment. The press conference prop spoke volumes about the acerbic Republican governor’s strategy of turning hot-button national issues into bluegrass state reelection themes. By contrast, Bevin’s…
