Category Archives: Kentucky News
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows' diets
Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking ...
Jul 14, 2020
Gov. Beshear: mask mandate in effect, despite judge's order
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a new requirement for Kentuckians to wear face masks in public has taken effect. He says that's despite a court's restraining order related to Be...
Jul 13, 2020
Kentucky's former Democratic Party chief to be sentenced
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Federal prosecutors are seeking prison time for Kentucky's former Democratic Party chief when he is sentenced this week, but attorneys for Jerry Lundergan are seeking probation. ...
Jul 13, 2020
University of Kentucky to cap tuition, fees in fall
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The University of Kentucky plans to cap tuition and mandatory fees in the fall for all full-time students. The move was announced last week by UK President Eli Capilouto as a way...
Jul 13, 2020
Day trippers: Familiarity key for drivers at Kentucky oval
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Speedway winners' club has been exclusive - just five drivers have combined to win the first nine NASCAR Cup races. All have championships, with the 400-mile race provi...
Jul 12, 2020 Kevin Harvick, on far side of wall, celebrates with his crew after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, July 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Grit, resolve carry Northern Kentucky's Harris in hard times
(AP) Northern Kentucky basketball player Karl Harris is persevering through difficult times. He grew up with no real memories of his father, lost his brother in a case of mistaken identity and survive...
Jul 12, 2020 FILE- In this March 10, 2020, file photo, Northern Kentucky guard Karl Harris (14) celebrates following an NCAA college basketball game against Illinois Chicago in the Horizon League men's tournament championship in Indianapolis. Another dream, of playing in the NCAA Tournament, became a reality when Northern Kentucky clinched the Horizon League tournament title in March. Mere hours later, it was snatched away by a pandemic spiderwebbing across the globe. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Kentucky man sent to prison for illegal gambling operation
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man has been sentenced to one year and three months in prison for operating an illegal gambling operation on the internet. The Daily News reports Douglas Booth was...
Jul 12, 2020
Upward trend in COVID-19 cases continues in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky reported more than 450 additional cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, part of a troublesome trend of rising cases of the illness caused by the...
Jul 12, 2020
KSP Investigating Fatal Collision in Ohio County
HARTFORD, Ky. (July 10, 2020) Kentucky State Police Post 16 - Henderson received a call of a two-vehicle fatal collision on Friday, July 10, 2020 around 4:30 PM. The collision was on I-165 (a.k.a. Wm ...
Jul 12, 2020
District Covid-19 Updates and Contact Tracing
The Barren River District Health Department has confirmed 2,568 cases of COVID-19 in the Barren River District, 1,958 of which have recovered. Our district has 67 deaths reported from COVID-19. We sta...
Jul 11, 2020