Category Archives: Kentucky News
Texas woman's body found in Kentucky lake identified
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky state police say a coroner has identified the body of a Texas woman whose body was found floating in a container in Kentucky Lake. The body of 41-year-old Traci L. Jo...
Jun 22, 2020
For some, suspense will linger past Kentucky election
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Results from Kentucky's primary election are expected to drag out for days after voting ends Tuesday. That will keep some candidates and their supporters in suspense for up to a ...
Jun 18, 2020
Kentucky governor seeks to revive health insurance exchange
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has announced plans to bring back Kentucky's health insurance exchange, a program dismantled by his Republican predecessor. Beshear notified federal ...
Jun 18, 2020
Lexington meeting hijacked by people saying racial slurs
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A virtual city council meeting in Lexington was interrupted Wednesday night by people making racial and homophobic slurs. News outlets report it happened during the Lexington-Fay...
Jun 18, 2020
Louisville protesters block traffic, hurl brick at media car
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville's interim police chief said some demonstrators in the city blocked traffic and threw a brick into a news station's car Monday night while police deployed pepper balls...
Jun 16, 2020
Univ. of Kentucky offers online summer adulting class
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - If you need help adulting, the University of Kentucky now offers a class for that. WKYT-TV reports Adulting 101 will be offered online this summer and is geared toward teenagers ...
Jun 15, 2020
Kentucky Bourbon Festival postponed 1 month due to virus
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - A festival that shows off one of Kentucky's iconic products is being postponed this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Officials said the Kentucky Bourbon Festival was pushed ...
Jun 15, 2020
Beyoncé wants officers charged in black woman's death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Beyonc has joined the call for charges against officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor, a black woman gunned down by officers who burst into her home in Kentucky. Be...
Jun 15, 2020
1 dead, 4 wounded in shooting near Kentucky skate park
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police in Louisville, Kentucky say a shooting near a skate park has left one person dead and four others wounded. Louisville police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley says officers respo...
Jun 15, 2020
Kentucky Derby Festival cancels parade, Thunder fireworks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Derby Festival has canceled this year's Pegasus Parade and fireworks display known as Thunder Over Louisville, saying it would not be responsible to let the events ...
Jun 12, 2020