Category Archives: Kentucky News

Courier Journal stopping Louisville presses permanently
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The presses at the Courier Journal building in downtown Louisville, Kentucky are stopping for good. The newspaper reports parent company Gannett said the newspaper's printing an...
Mark Buckles Jan 09, 2021

Beshear pushes back against bills to limit his COVID actions
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's governor has pushed back against bills to limit his emergency authority to combat COVID-19. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday that one measure tying state polic...
Mark Buckles Jan 09, 2021

Police chief's past sows doubts in wake of Taylor's death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville city leaders praise the former Atlanta police chief who has been hired to oversee their struggling department in the wake of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting. But some...
Mark Buckles Jan 09, 2021

Guthrie shares experience from Capitol during security breach Wednesday
Brett Guthrie, Kentucky's Second Congressional District representative, speaks at an event to tout the Great American Outdoors Act at Mammoth Cave National Park on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (BRENNAN CRAI...
Mark Buckles Jan 07, 2021

Kentucky lawmakers set to convene amid COVID-19 challenges
Steve Riley (R-KY), Kentucky's 23rd House District representative, sits during a press conference in Glasgow on Sept. 1, 2020. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU NEWS) FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Budget and coronavirus-re...
Mark Buckles Jan 05, 2021

Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies
An Associated Press investigation has found an army of children toiling beneath a canopy of towering palm oil trees in Indonesia and Malaysia, the main suppliers of the world's most consumed vegetable...
Mark Buckles Jan 03, 2021

Kentucky GOP lawmakers ready to wield clout in 2021 session
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - After months of watching mostly from the sidelines, Republican lawmakers in Kentucky are ready to put their own imprint on policymaking. Republicans begin this year's legislative...
Mark Buckles Jan 03, 2021

McConnell, Pelosi homes vandalized after $2,000 relief fails
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Vandals lashed out at the U.S. House and Senate speakers over the holiday weekend, blighting their homes with graffiti after Congress failed to approve an increase in the amount...
Mark Buckles Jan 03, 2021

Kentucky man has given more than 21 gallons of blood, plasma
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Pikeville man who has donated more than 21 gallons of blood and plasma over the years says he has no plans to stop now. Gary Justice tells WYMT-TV that he donates every fourtee...
Mark Buckles Jan 03, 2021

Kentucky man rescues injured bald eagle during bird count
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man participating in an annual bird-watching hike has helped rescue an injured bald eagle. The Courier Journal reports Eric Nally was hiking in the Bernheim Arboretum...
Mark Buckles Jan 02, 2021




