FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) — A school counselor at a central Kentucky Army post that started in-person classes in August has died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, officials said.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a high-stakes case testing the legality of Gov. Andy Beshear's orders to control the coronavirus outbreak by restricting public behavior.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky election officials have received more than 320,000 requests for absentee ballots for the November election, Secretary of State Michael Adams told lawmakers Wednesday.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Despite the coronavirus pandemic and a struggling econony, the number of freshmen enrolled at public universities in Kentucky appears to have remained steady, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education said.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that he is willing to roll up his sleeves to be vaccinated in public to show his confidence in the safety of COVID-19 vaccines once they become available.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Amy McGrath tried to turn Mitch McConnell’s Senate seniority into a liability Wednesday, accusing the Republican leader of helping to create an “inept mess” as Congress struggles to break an impasse on more coronavirus aid in a hyper-partisan environment.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 745 new coronavirus cases Tuesday with nine additional deaths.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Responding to calls for greater autonomy by school administrators, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear unveiled new coronavirus guidelines Monday for re-opening.
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon will hire another 100,000 people to keep up with a surge of online orders.
NEW YORK (AP) — The images were vivid: President Donald Trump brandishing a Bible outside an Episcopal church in Washington that had been boarded up amid racial injustice protests. Episcopal leaders reacted with outrage at what they deemed a cynical photo-op.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A prominent Kentucky infectious disease specialist who was hailed by the governor as a “front line hero” has died after a nearly four-month battle against COVID-19.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Democrats have built a big lead over Republicans in requesting absentee ballots, which their candidate for U.S. Senate interpreted as a sign of voter enthusiasm for ousting GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his campaign dismissed as merely a refle…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky reported nearly 950 new coronavirus cases on Friday, one of the largest daily totals statewide since the pandemic began, Gov. Andy Beshear said.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's revenue collections continued to show resiliency despite the ongoing fight against the coronavirus, budget officials said.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear urged Kentuckians to fulfill their “patriotic duty to protect one another" as he reported the highest one-day number of coronavirus-related deaths Thursday — one day after the state's death toll topped 1,000 from the pandemic.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to replicate a strategy long seen as key to his appeal among conservative voters, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he is adding 20 names to a list of Supreme Court candidates he's pledged to choose from if he has future vacancies to fill.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key House committee on Wednesday gave bipartisan approval to legislation to create national standards for the horse racing industry to prevent fatalities and discourage illegal medication practices. The Senate's top Republican said he would press to pass the bill before t…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Please disregard KY--Virus Outbreak-Kentucky, published on September 9, 2020, and datelined in FRANKFORT, Ky.. It duplicates a story previously published.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — More than 1,000 people in Kentucky have now died from COVID-19, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky reported 273 more cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, but Gov. Andy Beshear said the low total is due to labs being closed an extra day over the holiday weekend.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear tested negative for COVID-19 in a precautionary move after he felt ill, his office said Tuesday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democratic candidate Amy McGrath laid the mounting toll of coronavirus cases in the U.S. at the feet of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday while declaring that the country needs people in power who “take responsibility again."
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state Sen. Gerald Neal, a longtime lawmaker from Louisville, is hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, a Senate colleague said Tuesday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott announced on Sunday she tested positive for the coronavirus, The Courier-Journal reported.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky set a record for the number of positive coronavirus cases for the second straight week, Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday.
CORYDON, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana bank is closing lobbies at many of its branches because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bob Baffert endured the lowest of lows and highest of highs within minutes in the Kentucky Derby.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An airplane circled above Churchill Downs on Saturday, flying a banner behind it: “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor,” it said.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voting will look a little different this November. States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic and fears about mail-in ballots failing to arrive in time to count.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Last week was a new beginning for many children attending school for the first time. For Ryker Ainsley, it was the next step in a remarkable journey.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky topped 800 newly reported coronavirus cases for a fourth straight day and its virus-related death toll approached 1,000 after another day of double-digit deaths, Gov. Andy Beshear reported Friday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky congressman said a teenager charged with fatally shooting two people with a semi-automatic rifle during the unrest in Wisconsin showed “incredible restraint" and acted in self-defense.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Forget the mint juleps in souvenir glasses, men in seersucker suits and women wearing hats exploding in a floral frenzy. The Kentucky Derby still has horses — Tiz the Law is the biggest favorite in 31 years — but just about everything else makes the 146th edition unlik…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal administrative court has reinstated a Kentucky miner who was fired from his job at a limestone mine after complaining about safety conditions and whether the mine was keeping workers safe from the coronavirus.
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Down to a weekly unemployment check of $96, Fakisha Fenderson brushed aside her doctor's advice last month and began looking for a job.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky shot past 50,000 COVID-19 cases after reporting its third-highest one-day total, an increase that Gov. Andy Beshear said indicated people are “probably being a little more lax" than they should be heading into the long holiday weekend.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Amber Brown had climbed into a city bus before dawn, had driven her eight-hour shift, and she was tired. But she knew she couldn’t go home.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Amber Brown had climbed into a city bus before dawn, had driven her eight-hour shift, and she was tired. But she knew she couldn’t go home.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) —
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signaled on Wednesday that he expects to extend his mask mandate again later this month, saying the facial covering requirement is “more important than ever” amid efforts to reopen schools and protect the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A shortage of poll workers could be brewing in Kentucky — but these beer cans aim to stop that.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawyer for Breonna Taylor's family said prosecutors offered a plea deal to an accused drug trafficker that would have forced him to implicate Taylor in criminal activity after her killing by police had pushed her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has again extended its contract with an outside company hired to help work through a backlog of unemployment claims amid the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — For Kentucky governors, it's a coveted perk — presenting the trophy to the Kentucky Derby winner as a huge national television audience watches. But Gov. Andy Beshear says he won't be in the winner's circle Saturday with the triumphant owners at Churchill Downs.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials are launching a new tourism campaign aimed at safe in-state travel.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky relaxed its rules for child care facilities Monday and offered financial assistance for some in-home centers in moves aimed at increasing capacity as parents return to work.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Trump administration’s immigration squeeze and the hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic threaten to leave the horse racing industry short of workers, racing officials warn as they prepare for a reconfigured Kentucky Derby.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) —
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — In less than 10 years, Owensboro RV has grown from selling pre-owned campers out of a small cubicle to a sprawling complex, at 3810 W. Parrish Ave.
