LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials in Kentucky’s largest city have issued a public health warning that urges people who use vaping products to stop in the face of a national outbreak of severe lung injuries. A statement from the Louisville health department says there are 805 cases of lung illness in 46 states and one territory. Kentucky has 20 cases…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky zoo has spent thousands on a sinkhole about as wide as a football field, but still hasn’t settled on a long-term plan for the problem. Louisville Zoo Director John Walczak tells the Courier Journal the zoo is weighing how to best handle the sinkhole, which opened in March in an undeveloped zoo section. Walczak…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A man convicted of leaking Singapore’s HIV patient database as part of an alleged extortion attempt has been sentenced to two years in prison in Kentucky. Singapore’s health ministry accused Mikhy Farrera-Brochez of leaking a database of 14,200 people infected with HIV. FBI agents found Farrera-Brochez in Kentucky earlier this year after his mother had kicked…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Division of Water and Department for Public Health are issuing a public health advisory for harmful algal bloom along the Ohio River. The advisory is for people using the waters for recreation. The advisory area is from the McAlpine Dam near Louisville to the Greenup Dam near Greenup in northeastern Kentucky. State officials also issued…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old girl was grazed by a stray bullet fired in a shooting outside her Kentucky home. Louisville Metro police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley tells WDRB-TV that the toddler was wounded late Thursday in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville. It’s unclear where the girl was grazed with the bullet; She was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky education officials are seeking feedback on the state’s new reading and math competency requirements for high school graduation. A statement from the Education Department says Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis and staff are holding four town hall forums, an online forum and will also take electronic feedback from those who can’t attend. The first forum was…
(Credit: Pixabay)FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s chief justice has removed a judge from hearing a lawsuit challenging the authority of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration to investigate teacher protests. Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. on Friday disqualified circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd from presiding over the case brought by Bevin’s rival, Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear. Beshear is challenging Bevin…
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky deputy jailed for violating a domestic violence order has pleaded guilty to threatening his ex-wife and two judges. News outlets report 42-year-old Troy Calvert pleaded guilty Wednesday to five intimidation charges. Daviess County Maj. Bill Thompson says Calvert made calls threatening to kill ex-wife. Family members and judges Jay Wethington and Julie Hawes…
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — A group of Kentucky coal miners who sat on railroad tracks in order to block a shipment of coal while protesting bounced paychecks is ending a standoff after two months. The miners formerly employed by Blackjewel in Harlan County drew national media attention for the old-fashioned protest that evoked memories of long-ago union battles with mining…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky reporter says police have identified a man who kissed her on the cheek during a live broadcast and he is facing a misdemeanor charge. WAVE-TV news reporter Sara Rivest tweeted on Thursday that Eric Goodman is charged with harassment with physical contact. Louisville police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley confirmed that Goodman was cited to court…
