CORBIN, Ky. (AP) — Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Ulis Claud Steely came home for the first time in more than 78 years. When the sailor first left home in 1934, it was with Annapolis aspirations. His dad, the Rev. Edward Steely of Poplar Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Corbin, signed his enlistment papers in Lexington when Ulis was just 17….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky county judge-executive has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $38,000 in state grant money. A statement from Attorney General Andy Beshear says 57-year-old Wallace Taylor accepted a deal Friday and pleaded guilty to one count of abuse of public trust under $10,000, a Class D felony. News outlets report Taylor served as Estill…
EMINENCE, Ky. (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Kentucky say a man being sought after a slaying and kidnapping has been taken into custody. Shelby County Sheriff Mark Moore told news outlets that 37-year-old Terry Whitehouse was located near a wooded area in Henry County Friday afternoon. His 34-year-old wife, Melinda, was found safe. His mother-in-law had been released a…
(Photo credit: WPSD/Paducah)BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A judge has denied a request to suppress a confession and other statements by a Kentucky teenager charged with fatally shooting two classmates and wounding 14 others at a high school. Marshall Circuit Judge Jamie Jameson filed the decision Thursday in the case against 17-year-old Gabe Parker, who is accused of fatally shooting Preston…
MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — A new initiative at Murray State University’s business school is focusing on boosting entrepreneurship and business in the region. The new Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development will be located inside the university’s Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business. A statement from the Kentucky university says the center will work to help business and entrepreneurs start…
SYLACAUGA, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Blue Bell Creameries is recalling a batch of ice cream made at an Alabama plant over concerns it may contain pieces of plastic. The agency made the announcement Wednesday. News outlets report about 1,700 half gallons of Butter Crunch ice cream produced at the Sylacauga, Alabama, plant on Aug….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Democratic Party contends in a new lawsuit that the State Board of Elections placed 175,000 registered voters on an “inactive list,” possibly infringing on their right to vote. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Ben Self said in a statement the party determined the lawsuit was necessary to prevent “unfair burdens” on…
EMINENCE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say a man wanted for murder is on the run and holding his wife against her will. Eminence police Sgt. John Bailey said an officer performing a welfare check discovered a man dead from severe head trauma early Thursday morning. Terry Whitehouse, 37, is accused of killing the unidentified victim and kidnapping his…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A judge in Louisville declared Thursday that the Republican candidate for Kentucky attorney general has the necessary law credentials to run for that office. Daniel Cameron’s legal resume was challenged by Louisville resident Joseph L. Jackson, who filed a lawsuit seeking to remove the GOP’s nominee from the ballot. The suit filed last month said a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky grand jury has indicted a Michigan man on murder charges stemming from a fatal car crash in September. News outlets report 45-year-old Jerry Elder Jr. of Flint, Michigan, was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on one count of murder, first-degree and second-degree assault, and two counts of felony wanton endangerment. A Kentucky…
