(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…
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…
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…
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…
