Category Archives: Kentucky News
Kentucky gov: New requirements coming as COVID-19 cases rise
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is promising new health requirements after the state recorded a second-straight day of increased COVID-19 cases. Kentucky reported 402 new cases on We...
Jul 09, 2020
3 drivers killed in separate wrecks in northern Kentucky
BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Police in northern Kentucky say two drivers have died in separate accidents at the same location on Interstate 275 while a third driver died in a crash on Interstate 75. The Boo...
Jul 07, 2020
Man pleads guilty to killing grandparents, uncle
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Authorities say a southern Kentucky man has admitted to killing his grandparents and his uncle. The Daily News reports 30-year-old Edward Dilon Siddens, 30, pleaded guilty in A...
Jul 07, 2020
Sheriff: Man loses arm-wrestling match with son, pulls gun
FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) - Authorities said an arm-wrestling contest between a father and son turned violent and led to an 8-hour standoff with Kentucky deputies. Curtis Zimmerman was charged Monday with wa...
Jul 07, 2020
Officials delay decision on Kentucky Confederate statue
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - Officials in a Kentucky county have delayed a vote on whether to remove a Confederate statue from the grounds of a courthouse. The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports that the D...
Jul 05, 2020
Booker reaches out to unite Democrats against McConnell
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Progressive Charles Booker has reached out to help unite Kentucky Democrats behind Amy McGrath's fight to unseat Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Booker lost t...
Jul 05, 2020
Chicago firm to review Louisville's police department
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has hired a Chicago firm to perform a comprehensive review of the city's police department amid weeks of protests. Fischer says in a statement that...
Jul 05, 2020
Judge blocks Kentucky virus limits on racetracks, child care
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A judge has blocked some limits on auto racetracks and child care facilities implemented due to the coronavirus pandemic, reasoning that they are value judgments best left to in...
Jul 05, 2020
Gov. Beshear Provides Update on COVID-19
FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 3, 2020) - Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday updated Kentuckians on the state's continued efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). "This 4th of July weekend, it's importa...
Jul 04, 2020
KSP Investigates a Fatal House Fire in Hart County
Upton, KY. (July 2, 2020) - On July 2nd, 2020 just before midnight, Kentucky State Police Post 3 in Bowling Green received a call for service in regards to a possible fatal residential fire at 3915 Pl...
Jul 04, 2020