Author: Associated Press

Crash kills 10-year-old girl; Kentucky woman accused of DUI

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky police say a woman was intoxicated when she crashed into a vehicle, killing a 10-year-old girl. News outlets report 24-year-old Sequoyah Collins was charged Friday with driving under the influence. Lexington police Lt. Andrew Daugherty says Collins was speeding early Friday morning when she ran a red light and struck a car occupied by two…

Kentucky police officer assaulted at hospital emergency room

Michael B. Terry (Photo credit: Fayette County Detention Center)LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say a Lexington police officer was assaulted by a man at a hospital emergency room. Lexington police spokeswoman Brenna Angel says in a news release the officer suffered significant injuries in Sunday’s attack at St. Joseph East Hospital in Lexington. Angel says 29-year-old Michael B….

Ohio man dies in hydroplane crash at Madison Regatta

MADISON, Ind. (AP) — The driver of a vintage hydroplane has died in testing for the Madison Regatta hydroplane races on the Ohio River. Jefferson County Coroner Rodney Nay says Rick Beatty of Dayton, Ohio, was running test laps on the Ohio River when he hit a wake and was ejected from the open cockpit of the boat Saturday. Nay…

Officials looking for person who killed family’s pet alpaca

(Photo courtesy of WKYT)MT. STERLING, Ky. (AP) — Montgomery County authorities are looking for the person killed a family’s pet alpaca. Lori Coffey tells WKYT-TV that she saw Ringo lying down and thought he had fallen. When they tried to move him, they saw he had been shot. Coffey says Ringo came into their lives after he stowed away on…

Foster care report says privatization not a ‘silver bullet’

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A group formed by the legislature to study the feasibility of privatizing foster care says Kentucky should focus on strengthening the system it already has. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the study group’s 26-page report was published Friday. It urges state officials to remember that privatization “is not a ‘silver-bullet.’” The report says the private sector is…

Fight over surveillance cameras sent back to Fayette judge

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A legal fight to reveal what kind of surveillance cameras Kentucky’s second-largest city has and how they’re used will return to Fayette Circuit Court after an order to release the information was reversed on appeal. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that a circuit judge ordered last year that the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government should release all documents…

Anonymous letter revealed issues in retired judge’s death

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Details about the nursing home death of a retired Kentucky judge were revealed in an anonymous letter sent to his grieving wife weeks after his burial. The Courier Journal reports the letter signed “concerned citizen” said the Masonic Homes of Kentucky never gave Dan Schneider his prescribed antibiotics. It also said nursing staff knew about the…

Old Friends closing satellite division in southern Kentucky

(Photo Credit: Pixabay)GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — A thoroughbred retirement organization says it will close a satellite division based at a racetrack in southern Kentucky. Old Friends officials say the division based at Kentucky Downs track at Franklin will close at the end of July. It says the Franklin operation is home to seven Old Friends retirees. Those retires include Canadian…

2 Kentucky children allegedly left with injuries after crash

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A two-vehicle crash in Kentucky left five people injured including two children. News outlets report the two-vehicle crashed happened early Friday morning. Lexington Police Lt. Andrew Daugherty says a driver alone in a vehicle was traveling at high speeds when they crashed into a vehicle with six passengers in it. When firefighters arrived, they found several…

Decision on extinguishing Jim Beam fire a ‘day or two’ away

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The fire that destroyed a massive Jim Beam warehouse filled with aging bourbon in Kentucky continued to burn on Thursday as officials said the decision on whether to extinguish is still a day or two away. Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler says the only thing left burning is ethanol fumes. Officials believe letting the…