GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Toyota says it is adding 400 employees at a Kentucky plant with starting pay of more than $18 an hour. News outlets report plant manager Susan Elkington said in a video that the company is also offering a $500 signing bonus at the plant in Georgetown. Day shift starting hourly pay is $18.07, and night shift…
CLERMONT, Ky. (AP) — For about $23 bucks, you can either get a bottle of Jim Beam bourbon or spend a night at the company’s distillery in Kentucky. The Courier Journal reports the company has posted the Clermont property on Airbnb, with reservations running from Oct. 21 through the end of the year. The online posting says Jim Beam American…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear traded shots in a rancorous debate Tuesday night that turned personal when the incumbent brought up his challenger’s children to claim his opponent is a “fraud” in promoting public education. Beshear responded that he supports his children and told Bevin that he would “never attack yours.”…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville says redshirt junior quarterback Jawon Pass will miss the rest of this season after having surgery for an injured right toe that has sidelined him the past four games. Pass started the Cardinals’ first two contests and was injured in the opener against Notre Dame. He completed 12 of 19 passes for a career-best four…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Kentucky is once again the favorite to win the Southeastern Conference men’s basketball title and Florida forward Kerry Blackshear is the preseason pick as player of the year. It’s the ninth consecutive year the Wildcats are picked to win the league and 15th time since the 1998-99 season. The predictions announced Tuesday were made in voting…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump has tweeted his support for Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, a steadfast Trump supporter who faces a tough reelection fight in Kentucky. Trump points to Bevin’s support for gun rights and says the governor is “strong on crime and the border.” Trump says Bevin has done a “wonderful job” and has his “complete and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has given 15,000 blue catfish to boost fish populations in the Kentucky River. Acting Fisheries Director Paul Wilkes of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife says the donation from the neighboring state will restock catfish in areas where numbers are low but catfishing is popular. Kentucky stocked the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Kentucky have unveiled proposals that would strengthen executive branch ethics and election laws. One bill would increase reporting of state resources used for personal or political reasons. Rep. Angie Hatton says news reports about Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s use of a taxpayer-owned aircraft showed her the need for more transparency and accountability. The…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge has ordered the State Board of Elections to return the names of about 175,000 voters to the regular voter rolls. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate issued the ruling Monday in a lawsuit filed last week by the Kentucky Democratic Party. The lawsuit contends placing those voters’ names on an “inactive list” could…
BUTLER, Ky. (AP) — Officials say the victims of a weekend barn fire in northern Kentucky have been identified as a father and two daughters. Kentucky State Police Sgt. Brinton Rollins told news outlets that 35-year-old Carl Grizovicu and his 7-year-old and 9-year-old daughters were found inside the barn after the blaze was extinguished. The Falmouth Fire Department says the…
