FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky plans to resume in-person classes on its Lexington campus for the fall semester starting in August. The school’s president made the announcement in an email message to the campus community Friday. UK President Eli Capilouto outlined plans to “reinvent normal” in the age of the coronavirus at the university. He says four…
Photo Credit: NBC Palm SpringsLOS ANGELES (AP) — R.D. Hubbard, who bred, owned and raced thoroughbred and quarter horses and was an influential executive in the racing industry, has died. He was 84. Hubbard died at his home in Palm Desert, California. He had been in declining health. Hubbard was chairman of Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California, in the early…
The first Saturday in May has traditionally marked the Run for the Roses for the last 145 years, but this Saturday Churchill Downs will be quiet as the current pandemic has forced the postponement of the Kentucky Derby to the first Saturday in September. NBC Sports will still honor the traditions of race day with a re-airing of the 2015…
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday day that housing authorities in more than 100 Kentucky communities are receiving a total of $12,596,159 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The federal funding was made available by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act also called the CARES Act. It will be used…
BATH COUNTY, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say four children died, and one is missing, after a horse and buggy carrying an Amish family was swept away while trying to cross a low-water bridge over a flooded creek. Kentucky State Police say all six people were swept away when the buggy overturned in the muddy brown water in Bath…
(CNN) — Unlike its European neighbors, Swedish officials did not institute lock down measures to combat the Covid-19 epidemic. CNN’s Phil Black takes a look at how that has affected the country’s outbreak.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shifting tone, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell now says he is “open” to considering additional funds for state and local governments in the next coronavirus relief bill. Democrats want more than $500 billion to help states cover the sudden extra costs of police, fire and other front-line workers. McConnell faced criticism from governors over his suggestion that…
CBS announced today the series premiere dates for two new reality series. The comedic game show GAME ON!, hosted by Keegan-Michael Key, from Fulwell 73 executive producers Ben Winston and James Corden, will debut Wednesday, May 20 (7PM). The reality competition series TOUGH AS NAILS, from executive producer Phil Keoghan, will premiere Wednesday, July 8 (8PM), on the CBS Television…
(KGW/NBC News) Newly available court documents detail the case against a Portland romance novelist who detectives believe killed her husband, a beloved Oregon Culinary Institute chef instructor, in 2018. A bail hearing for 69-year-old Nancy Crampton-Brophy was held Tuesday morning. Her lawyers argue she should be moved out of jail and into home detention during the COVID-19 pandemic. They say…
