LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky sheriff’s deputy is suing a city and its police department after he was paralyzed in a shooting. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Scott County sheriff’s deputy Jaime Morales claims the Georgetown Police Department did not properly train members of a special response team who were called to help arrest a fugitive at an Interstate…
(NBC News) Democrats are taking their fight against President Trump’s border wall to the front lines. On Friday, members of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a field hearing in El Paso, Texas to discuss conditions along the Southern Border and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Lawmakers will meet with local officials and immigration rights experts, who blame overcrowded detention centers and last…
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Grants totaling $34.4 million have been announced in an effort to spur economic development and job creation in eastern Kentucky — a region hard hit by the coal sector’s downturn. Officials said Friday the grants will support projects impacting 14 counties. The support includes nearly $4.8 million for Pikeville Medical Center to develop a children’s hospital…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say a woman reported a man with red and white flashing lights on his vehicle pulled her over on a state highway and attempted to sexually assault her at knifepoint. A news release from Laurel County Sheriff John Root says the woman told deputies she had been driving Wednesday near London when a…
CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the largest makers of generic opioids has settled a lawsuit with two Ohio counties, removing the company from the first federal trial over the toll of the opioid crisis. United Kingdom-based Mallinckrodt announced the deal with Cuyahoga and Summit counties on Friday. Under the settlement, the company would pay a total of $24 million and…
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A coal miner has died from injuries suffered in an accident at a western Kentucky mine. A statement from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet says 39-year-old Jeremy Elder of Providence died Thursday from critical injuries in a vehicle accident that occurred inside the Cardinal mine in Madisonville. The agency says all mining operations were shut…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The home of the Kentucky Derby wants to start offering live racing in the winter. Churchill Downs says it will seek approval from Kentucky horse racing regulators to allow the Louisville track to host live racing in the winter of 2020. It’s part of a strategy by its parent company to expand its footprint into northern…
(Credit: Pixabay)LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A former executive at an oil and natural gas company in Kentucky has been sentenced to five years and five months in federal prison for embezzlement. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Franklin Fletcher was sentenced to prison Monday for stealing more than $374,000 from NYTIS Exploration between 2012 and 2018. Fletcher abused the company’s payroll system…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky transportation officials say two meetings will be held this month about the replacement of the U.S. 51 Ohio River bridge between the western Kentucky town of Wickliffe and Cairo, Illinois. A statement from the Kentucky Transportation Department says meetings will update the public on the project and gather comments to assist with decision-making as progress…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say a woman with a history of drunken driving convictions caused a fiery three-vehicle crash that killed three people. News outlets report 42-year-old Tammy Marie Bevins Rodriguez was arrested Wednesday and charged with driving under the influence and driving without a license. Police in Fayette and Clark counties say additional charges are pending….
