Kentucky
You really couldn’t ask for a better weather day to visit with family and friends this Thanksgiving. High temperatures made it into the low 50s. We had an abundance of sunshine. It was spot on. Now, as we look ahead towards the final weekend of November, the cooler temperatures of winter begin to slowly creep […]
Nov 7 (Reuters) – Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear won a second four-year term on Tuesday, Edison Research projected, defying the conservative lean in a state that voted for Republican Donald Trump by more than 25 percentage points in 2020. Beshear, one of only a handful of Democratic governors in Republican-leaning states, defeated state Attorney […]
Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday in several states with key offices and issues on the line. In Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) is seeking a second term in a red state. In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves . . .
Gwinn-Villaroel inherits a department that is under a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice after a yearslong investigation that alleged racial bias and a pattern of excessive force. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s new police chief will be the first Black woman to lead the embattled department full-time, bringing fresh hope to a […]
DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press 13 mins ago LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The first Black woman has been named to lead the embattled Louisville Police Department in a full-time role, tasked with guiding a force under a federal consent decree and years of scrutiny since the police shooting of Breonna Taylor in 2020. Louisville interim police […]
The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with Madison County Schools in Kentucky to resolve its investigation into complaints of serious and widespread racial harassment of Black and multi-racial students. The department opened its investigation in October 2021 under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The department’s investigation uncovered numerous incidents […]
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Black Diamond Coal Company, LLC and Walter Perkins, a certified dust examiner, were sentenced on Thursday for violating the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) regulations requiring accurate respirable coal-dust-sampling in underground coal mines. Black Diamond was sentenced for submitting false samples and Perkins was further sentenced for lying to MSHA special […]
It’s been 15 months since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, forcing thousands of Ukrainians to seek safety in other countries, and setting off a global crisis and displacing thousands. One of those displaced Ukranians is Mariia Novoselia, a native of the southern city of Odesa, a port city that sits on the Black […]
Daniel Cameron, Kentucky’s attorney general and a close ally of Senator Mitch McConnell, clinched the state’s Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, fending off a spirited and costly challenge by Kelly Craft, a wealthy former ambassador to the United Nations. Mr. Cameron’s double-digit victory sets up what is likely to […]
Melissa Patrick Pregnancy-related deaths continue to be on the rise across the nation — going up nearly 40 percent between 2020 and 2021 — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Center for Health Statistics found that 1,205 women in the U.S. died from pregnancy-related causes in 2021, up from 861 […]