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…
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…
