FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor and attorney general have fired insults at each other for years. Soon they’ll do it while facing off at the state’s premier political event — the Fancy Farm picnic. Mark Wilson organizes the political speaking event and said on Thursday that Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has confirmed he’ll participate this year. Democrat Andy Beshear…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A lawsuit challenging the use of Kentucky labor law to obtain the names of teachers who participated in “sickouts” has been sent back to state court. U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves on Thursday returned the case to Franklin County Circuit Court for further proceedings. The suit claims Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration unlawfully used state labor law…
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An official says a Kentucky woman has fatally shot her younger sister. Pike County Deputy Coroner Zeb Hamilton told WKYT-TV that 16-year-old Gabrielle May McCoy died Wednesday night from a gunshot wound. Hamilton says she was accidentally shot by her 18-year-old sister at her home in the Kimper community. Kentucky State Police said in a statement…
MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — A new scholarship has been established at Murray State University to honor a school shooting victim. A statement from the school says the Preston Cope Memorial Scholarship was established through fundraising and gifts from the 15-year-old boy’s family and friends. Cope was one of two teens killed during a shooting last year at Marshall County High…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Keeneland’s fall meet will award a record $5.675 million among 18 stakes races that include 10 as part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge. The total is a Keeneland purse record in a season without the season-ending championships. Five of six Grade 1 races will run during the Fall Stars Weekend opening on Oct. 4 and feature…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say probation and parole officers are the first state employees to see their salaries increase due to an adjustment in the state’s salary schedule. Gov. Matt Bevin and his personnel secretary on Wednesday announced the first adjustment to the state’s salary schedule in more than a decade. State Personnel Secretary Thomas Stephens says hundreds…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville Metro Council has passed an ordinance declaring marijuana possession a low priority for officers. The Courier-Journal reports the ordinance passed Tuesday in a 15-9 vote. It says small amounts of marijuana on a person 21 years or older will be low priority for Louisville Metro Police. Councilman Mark Fox voted against the ordinance. He…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to posing as a young woman online to get underage boys to send him sexually explicit photos. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports 32-year-old Bobby Cassady has been ordered to surrender to federal custody on July 31. He’s been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Court records state Cassady had…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s largest city plans to clear two more homeless camps in the coming weeks. Eric Friedlander is the director of Resilience and Community Services in Louisville and he told The Courier Journal on Tuesday that the city had given notice to dozens living under highway overpasses along Brook Street 21 days to vacate. He cited “health…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Former Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Adam Edelen says his primary campaign attacks will make his one-time rival Andy Beshear a tougher candidate in his quest to unseat Kentucky’s Republican governor in the November election. Beshear and Edelen appeared together at a Louisville coffee shop on Wednesday to show a united front against GOP Gov. Matt Bevin. Asked…
