LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police are continuing to investigate whether a fleeing suspect was shot by officers or himself. An affidavit from a federal agent says 23-year-old Marcellis Means shot himself in the thigh while pulling a gun from his waistband. But The Herald-Leader reports police trooper Bernis Napier couldn’t confirm the agent’s account Friday. Napier says police…
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky are investigating after finding a dead woman in a park. According to Hazard law enforcement officials, officers responded to Bobby Davis Park on Sunday morning and a found a 37-year-old female deceased. Police say the victim, who has not been identified, appeared to be beaten to death. According to information based on witnesses,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Two general aviation Kentucky airports have been awarded grants totaling nearly $11 million as part of funding announced by the U.S. Transportation Department. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the Gallatin Airport in Sparta will receive $9 million to invest in grading and drainage work needed to build a new general aviation airport. The London-Corbin Airport in…
(Photo credit: cpe.ky.gov)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for the federal Department of Education’s assistant secretary of postsecondary education. The Courier Journal reports Bob King was confirmed to the role this week, nearly a year after being nominated. King previously was the president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, which coordinates the state’s…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic leaders in the Kentucky House are making a play for bipartisanship with new state pension repair proposals. House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins said Thursday that Democrats are acting “in good faith” with two proposals to try “to work a way forward.” Adkins says leaders in the Republican-led House, including Speaker David Osborne, have met with…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A federal agent says in a court affidavit that a man accidentally shot himself in the leg while fleeing police in Kentucky. News outlets report the affidavit by a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says the man ran during a traffic stop in Lexington. A Lexington police officer began chasing…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man fatally shot on a Tennessee basketball court has been identified as a 101st Airborne Division soldier stationed at Fort Campbell. A Fort Campbell spokesperson told news outlets 23-year-old Kendrick Grayer was a fire control specialist assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team. He died on July 4. The Texas-native joined the Army in 2014 and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky police say an officer shot and wounded a 23-year-old man during a foot chase after a traffic stop. The Lexington Herald-Leader says the Lexington officer was responding to a report of a burglary when he made the traffic stop Wednesday. Police Chief Lawrence Weathers says when the officer approached the car, the man jumped out…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana teenager has been charged with murder in a tire shop shooting that left a fellow employee dead following an argument. Jeffersonville Police Lt. Isaac Parker says 19-year-old Bobby Powell of Jeffersonville was arrested soon after the shooting Tuesday morning at Big O Tires. He was in custody. It wasn’t clear whether he has…
(Photo courtesy of www.landbetweenthelakes.us)GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area says a popular campground that was closed after a storm last month has been reopened. The park said in a statement that the June 21 storm damaged Energy Lake Campground, which was near capacity. U.S. Forest Service staff evacuated the area as trees and debris…
