FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Calling for smaller class sizes and fewer standardized tests, Democrat Andy Beshear offered a public education plan Wednesday that he said sets him apart from his opponent in Kentucky’s governor’s race, incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. Beshear said there’s no bigger contrast between the two candidates than their approach to education. The state attorney general’s plan…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky welcome center is closing this week for demolition, and a new facility is expected to be completed next fall. The state Finance and Administration Cabinet said the Whitley County Welcome Center at the 1.5 mile marker on Interstate 75 in southeastern Kentucky will close Friday. The welcome center was built in 1971, and some…
Photo courtesy of http://www.perryvillebattlefield.orgPERRYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say most events scheduled to commemorate Kentucky’s largest Civil War battle have been canceled due to abnormally dry weather conditions. A statement from Kentucky State Parks says there will be no camping, military demonstrations with cannons or other special programming to commemorate the Battle of Perryville this weekend. The statement says dry…
LUDLOW, Ky. (AP) — Fire and police units are at the scene of a barge accident that set several boats adrift or sinking in the Ohio River. The barge hit the Ludlow Bromley Yacht Club Wednesday morning hard enough to partially submerge the marina’s bar and grill. Kenton County Director of Homeland Security and Management Steve Hensley told news outlets…
Henry GlorePADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A former police officer in Kentucky is charged with raping and impregnating an underage relative more than four decades ago. News outlets report 71-year-old former Paducah police officer Henry Glore was arrested Tuesday on charges of third-degree rape and incest by compulsion with a victim younger than 18. Police Chief Brian Laird says the department…
ELKTON, Ky. (AP) — Police say two officers conducting a traffic stop in western Kentucky exchanged gunfire with the driver, who was killed. Kentucky State Police spokesman Trooper Rob Austin says an Elkton police officer and a Todd County sheriff’s deputy stopped a pickup truck Tuesday afternoon in Elkton and the driver brandished a gun and fired it. He said…
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andy Beshear is making a big push for support in eastern Kentucky, a coal-producing region and stronghold for President Donald Trump. Beshear is challenging Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in this year’s election by stressing “kitchen table issues” such as education, health care, jobs and pensions. He’s also poking at Bevin’s vulnerabilities. The governor…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s former House speaker says he won’t run for reelection in 2020, ending a long legislative career tarnished by his involvement in a secret sexual harassment settlement. Republican Rep. Jeff Hoover says it’s the right time for him to step aside from the legislature and focus on his law practice and business interests. Hoover stepped down…
STANFORD, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say a high school student accused of inappropriately touching a girl on a school bus has been arrested. News outlets report 18-year-old Matthew Boswell has been booked into the Lincoln County Regional Jail on a first-degree sexual abuse charge. An arrest report states Boswell repeatedly grabbed a 13-year-old girl inappropriately while she resisted…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a 3-year-old child has been fatally mauled in Kentucky. Louisville police spokesman Dwight Mitchell told news outlets the boy was attacked Tuesday morning by two Rottweilers owned by his family. According to 911 audio, the attack happened in the family’s backyard. Mitchell said the dogs were taken by Louisville Metro Animal Services. He says…
