FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky National Guard says more than 150 soldiers are deploying to the Middle East. A statement from the guard says a departure ceremony is being held Thursday at the Owensboro Convention Center for soldiers with the 206th Engineer Battalion. The unit is headed to the U.S. Central Command Area of Operations to conduct construction missions…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — E-cigarettes are the only tobacco product in Kentucky not subjected to an excise tax but that could change next year. News outlets report Reps. Jerry Miller and Kim Moser both proposed a bill Tuesday to place a 27.5% excise tax on all e-cigarettes. The amount equals the $1.10 excise tax on a pack of cigarettes. Miller…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Three people have been indicted on charges in the death of a Kentucky toddler who was attacked by a dog. News outlets report the boy’s mother and the dog’s owners shared the Louisville home where 2-year-old Isaiah Geiling was attacked. Twenty-five-year-old Jennifer Geiling was indicted Tuesday on a charge of reckless homicide. Dog owners 50-year-old Jack…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities have identified two of three people found dead at a Kentucky home, saying officers responded to a report of shots fired and found one of the victims had been dismembered. Kentucky State Police said in a news release Tuesday that 39-year-old Nicole Murray of New Haven was shot twice and died at the scene in…
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — Planning is underway for a monument in Ashland, Kentucky that that would list the names of all Boyd County residents who served in World War II. The Independent reports the Ashland Rotary Club is planning a 79-foot wall that would have 6,700 names laser-etched on it. Cheryl Spriggs is spearheading the project and says the organization…
WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say a 9-year-old girl riding an all-terrain vehicle has been killed in a crash in the eastern part of the state. State troopers responded to a call requesting medical assistance Sunday evening in the Gordon community in Letcher County. Police determined the girl was driving a Tao Tao kids ATV in the driveway…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky has overbooked its dorms by hundreds of students and is now scrambling to create makeshift dorms and double up private rooms usually reserved for resident advisers. News outlets report about 2,400 returning students want to stay on campus, along with a majority of the school’s 5,450 incoming students. University spokeswoman Sarah Geegan…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s pension-relief proposal has narrowly passed the state House after a more than three-hour debate as a midsummer special legislative session continues. The 52-46 vote Monday was a pivotal test for Bevin’s plan to assist regional universities and quasi-governmental entities strapped by surging retirement costs. Those agencies include public health departments, community mental…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- An 18-year-old from Bowling Green is behind bars, accused of stabbing her boyfriend inside of her apartment. Darrian Scott is charged with first-degree assault-domestic violence after Bowling Green police said she intentionally caused serious physical injury by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument. On Sunday, officers responded to the 2000 block of Rockcreek Drive in…
WHITLEY CITY, Ky. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy who was shot in southeastern Kentucky while conducting a wellness check has returned home from the hospital. WYMT-TV reports Kentucky State Police said McCreary County sheriff’s deputy Dustin Watkins was released Sunday from the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he had surgery after the shooting. Police said the 28-year-old Watkins was…
