LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky police were in pursuit of a stolen car with a 14-year-old girl inside when the driver crossed a median and crashed into a guardrail. News outlets report 33-year-old Thomas Oxendine had been arguing with the teen’s stepmother Thursday when she pulled into a gas station. He then drove away with her car. Lexington police Sgt….
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Fort Campbell soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, are welcoming a new commander. A statement from the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line says Col. Joseph Escandon will pass the command to Col. Michael Kovacevic in a ceremony Friday on the division parade field. Escandon says it has been “an honor and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Matt Bevin’s latest campaign-finance report shows the Republican loaned $2 million to his reelection campaign just before last month’s primary election. The report submitted on Thursday shows Bevin raised nearly $2.4 million in the past several weeks, but $2 million came from Bevin’s personal loan to the campaign. The report to the Kentucky Registry of…
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…
