HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Hopkinsville High School band director has pleaded not guilty to rape charges after he was accused of having sex with a student. And his wife, a former assistant commonwealth’s attorney has pleaded not guilty to witness tampering. WKMS-FM reports Jordan Seth Peveler and his wife Hannah Peveler were arraigned on Wednesday in Christian Circuit Court….
(Photo credit: WAVE 3 News)NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana conservation officer says the body of a Louisville, Kentucky, man has been recovered after his newly purchased boat crashed, throwing him and a passenger into the Ohio River. Officer Jim Schreck says the body of 26-year-old Donald Watson was located Wednesday afternoon near New Albany. He says Watson was…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A judge has ruled Kentucky’s death penalty protocol is unconstitutional because it doesn’t automatically suspend execution of prisoners with intellectual disabilities. The Courier Journal reports Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said Tuesday the rules are flawed because they would allow execution of a prisoner with intellectual disabilities if the prisoner declines further appeals. The ruling…
(Credit: Pixabay)LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former vice president of a Kentucky police officer credit union has pleaded guilty to federal charges of fraud and identity theft. The U.S. Attorney in Louisville says 46-year-old Josephine Crowe took part in a scheme to defraud the Louisville Metro Police Officer’s Credit Union of more than $3 million over four years. The U.S….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police troopers are taking part in a campaign to increase police presence on interstate and U.S. highways during the Fourth of July holiday period. KSP officials say that beginning Wednesday, troopers will focus on keeping the roads safe during times of holiday traffic as part of a national effort that continues through Friday. Officials…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Andy Beshear released a plan Tuesday to improve job opportunities for military veterans in his first major policy rollout as his party’s nominee for Kentucky governor. Beshear said his plan will increase access to job-skills training for veterans. The state’s attorney general is challenging Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in the November election. Beshear’s plan includes…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky police officer who admitted to sexually abusing minors involved in the department’s now-defunct youth program has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison. News outlets report Kenneth Betts asked the judge for mercy during the sentencing hearing Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge David Hale had rejected a plea agreement in May that…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to allowing her boyfriend to use her four children for forced labor. According to documents in U.S. District Court, Tiffany Louise Walsh of Hazard pleaded guilty last week and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Court records say the boyfriend,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Kentucky’s Republican governor reached out to lawmakers to outline changes to his pension-relief proposal, a Democratic representative read the electronic version but decided to make a point with the paper copy — sending it back unopened, the envelope marked “Return to Sender.” “I sent that back intentionally to generate a conversation,” Rep. Jeff Donohue said…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Andy Beshear has released a plan to improve job opportunities for military veterans in his first major policy rollout as his party’s nominee for Kentucky governor. Beshear said Tuesday his plan will increase access to job-skills training for veterans. The state’s attorney general is challenging Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in the November election. Beshear’s plan…
