FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s lieutenant governor has lost a preliminary round in her legal fight with the state’s governor over a staffing dispute. A state judge on Monday denied Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton’s request for an immediate order to reinstate her chief of staff and deputy chief of staff. Her assistants were fired by Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration without…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A University of Louisville administrator has faced tough questioning from state lawmakers delving into details of the school’s plan to purchase financially ailing Jewish Hospital. The financing package revealed last month includes the state backing the deal by loaning $50 million to UofL — half of which would be forgivable if certain conditions are met. That…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andy Beshear shares the spotlight with running mate Jacqueline Coleman in a new TV ad promoting their support for public education. In the ad airing statewide starting Monday, Beshear warns budget cuts he claims Republican Gov. Matt Bevin supported could devastate rural schools. It’s a direct attack as Kentucky’s governor’s race heats up,…
Blackford Creek Bridge (Photo Credit: KY Transportation Cabinet)MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Transportation officials are offering a historic bridge for adoption. A statement from the agency says it is trying to find an acceptable reuse for the Blackford Creek Bridge at the Hancock-Daviess County line, which is scheduled to be replaced next year. The span was built around 1919 and…
Photo Credit: Kentucky State ParksRICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Fort Boonesborough State Park is hosting its annual “1778 Siege of Boonesborough” weekend later this month. Events at the Madison County park will include a battle re-enactment on the afternoons of Sept. 28 and 29 and a night battle at dusk on the 28th, a Saturday. The event commemorates the 1778 attack…
Brenda StamperCAMPTON, Ky. (AP) — A special needs classroom teacher’s aide in Kentucky is accused of injuring a disabled student by dragging her across a playground. News outlets report Brenda Stamper has since been fired from Campton Elementary School and charged with child abuse. A state police arrest warrant served Thursday says Stamper intentionally dragged the child by her hands…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say five people were arrested during a drunken house party where a teenager was allegedly assaulted. News outlets report Laurel County deputies found an unconscious 17-year-old boy suffering from head trauma in a back bedroom early Sunday morning. A sheriff’s office statement says 19-year-old John Tyler Masters, 18-year-old Brady Tyler Cook and a…
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky have charged two students with making threats toward their high school. Kentucky State Police said in a news release that the two students at Harlan County High School were charged with terroristic threatening. The statement says the charges were brought after an off-duty trooper received an anonymous tip Saturday about nonspecific threats toward…
Photo credit: AmyMcGrath.comFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Amy McGrath’s Senate campaign has missed a deadline set by an attorney seeking a reply to demands from two retired coal miners that their images be removed from an ad attacking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McGrath’s campaign says both men signed a form giving their permission to appear in the TV ad….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A new Republican attack ad slams Democrat Andy Beshear for backing the Affordable Care Act and opposing Gov. Matt Bevin’s efforts to impose work requirements for some Medicaid recipients — the latest sign that health care looms large in Kentucky’s race for governor. The TV ad backed by the Republican Governors Association overlaps a Beshear campaign…
