SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bulleit Distilling Co. has opened its visitors’ center at its Shelbyville distillery in Kentucky. The production facility in north-central Kentucky is joining the growing bourbon tourism business in the state that produces about 95% of the world’s bourbon. Bulleit officials say the distillery’s Visitor Experience opened to the public on Tuesday. The distillery, just outside Shelbyville,…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Country music singer Chris Stapleton and his wife have donated $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity in Lexington. WKYT-TV cites a statement from the agency in reporting that Stapleton made the donation through his charitable fund, Outlaw State of Kind. Stapleton is a native of Paintsville in eastern Kentucky. Lexington Habitat CEO Rachel Childress says the check…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — As a gun-rights supporter, Michael Paul Wolfgar Lewis sided with Kentucky lawmakers when they relaxed gun laws to let people carry a concealed firearm without a permit or training. But as the owner of a firearms training business in suburban Louisville, Lewis said the new Kentucky law that takes effect Thursday could send him elsewhere. “Rights…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The pastor of a Catholic church in Kentucky has resigned following accusations he took inappropriate pictures of students during the parish’s field day. The Courier-Journal reports church leaders announced the resignation from Rev. Jeff Gatlin in a June 17 email to parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi in Louisville. Gatlin was accused of “inappropriate picture taking”…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Matt Bevin predicted Tuesday that his political kinship with Republican President Donald Trump will be in the campaign spotlight this year, and that Trump may visit Kentucky multiple times to help Bevin counter a tough Democratic challenge. During radio interviews with WKDZ and WMDJ, Bevin said Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have signaled their…
CANNELTON, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a Girl Scout died and three other people were injured when a tree fell at a camp in southern Indiana. Perry County Sheriff Alan Malone says two children and two adults were taken to hospitals after authorities responded around 11:30 a.m. Monday to a call that a tree had fallen on campers at Camp…
Photo Credit: Land Between the Lakes Communications DepartmentGOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says areas of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area will be closed for several days so crews can clear storm debris. A statement from the agency on Monday says three severe storms with high winds, heavy rains and lightning moved over Land Between…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — The National Weather Service says a low-level tornado caused damage to a Kentucky Lake marina. Meteorologist Kelly Hooper told the Courier Journal that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Marshall County at Moors Resort & Marina shortly after 5 p.m. CDT Sunday. The weather service is still surveying the damage, as well as preliminary EF-1 tornado…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A prominent Democratic lawmaker said Monday that Kentucky’s governor needs more legislative support than Republicans think he does in order to pass his pension-relief proposal in a special legislative session, and she says the vote-count issue could land the matter in court. State Rep. Joni Jenkins and other House Democratic leaders insist at least 60 votes…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge has ordered the state to pay more than $72,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs in a lawsuit over the release of an economic analysis of Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration’s analysis of the 2017 pension reform plan. Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd ruled Monday the Bevin administration intentionally violated the Kentucky Open Records…
