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…
CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana conservation officers say a Louisville, Kentucky, man remains missing after his newly-purchased boat crashed, throwing him and another man into the Ohio River. Conservation Officer Jim Schreck says the search for 26-year-old Donald Watson resumed Tuesday morning in the waters near Clarksville, Indiana. He says Watson was operating the boat Monday evening when its motor…
(Credit: Pixabay)BARBOURVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky magistrate is accused of illegally selling pain pills during his unsuccessful reelection campaign last year. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports former Knox County magistrate Jerry “Rabbit” Cox has been indicted on charges of illegally distributing hydrocodone or oxycodone in March and April 2018. Cox is a former coal miner who runs a used-car…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Farmers markets across Kentucky are getting a promotional boost from a summer advertising campaign by the state’s agricultural marketing program. State Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles says Kentucky has more than 165 farmers markets in 113 counties. He says it shows the state’s local food movement is thriving. Quarles says farmers markets allow Kentuckians to get healthy,…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say two people have died and four others were injured in a two-vehicle accident. Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a news release the accident occurred Monday night about three miles east of London. Details of the accident weren’t immediately released. The cause remains under investigation. News outlets report Laurel County Coroner…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky guard Brad Calipari says on his verified Twitter account that he will transfer to Detroit Mercy. The 6-foot son of Wildcats coach John Calipari will have two seasons of eligibility remaining and can play immediately as a graduate transfer. Calipari thanked many in a video posted Monday and says he had “the privilege of putting…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — More than two dozen Catholic school students and their parents have lost their initial appeal in challenging a Kentucky health department’s efforts to control a chickenpox outbreak they claim infringe on their religious beliefs. A three-judge panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals sided with a trial court judge who ruled in April that the Northern…
RACELAND, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky State Police trooper has been injured in a collision with a suspected drunken driver. State police said in a news release that Trooper Steven Davidson was driving northbound on U.S. 23 in Raceland when his cruiser was struck by an SUV on Sunday. Davidson’s cruiser ended up in a ditch. The statement says Wheeler…
