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…
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…
