Kentucky

Stories 141 - 160 | << Prev   Next >>

Kentucky Derby Organizers Do a 180 on Spectators

Decision to allow fans to attend this year's event in September is reversed

(Newser) - Organizers tried to figure out a way to keep the Kentucky Derby horse race safe for fans this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, but those efforts have apparently come to naught. Per WLKY , Churchill Downs announced Friday it wouldn't be allowing spectators after all at the Sept. 5 event...

FBI Takes the Reins of Case of Missing Kentucky Mom

Crystal Rogers was last seen on July 3, 2015

(Newser) - The FBI is now at the helm of the case of a missing Kentucky mother of five, and agents on Thursday searched properties linked to her boyfriend, who's named as a suspect in her 2015 disappearance. Nine federal search warrants were executed in Bardstown, south of Louisville, including at...

3 University Soccer Players Kicked Off Team After Party

Louisville gathering linked to 29 infections

(Newser) - Three University of Louisville men's soccer players are off the team after organizing a party blamed for dozens of coronavirus infections, university authorities say. The university says the three players booted off the team are believed to be "primarily responsible" for the off-campus party, which has been linked...

'Tears of Joy': Arrest Made 10 Years After Teen Vanished

Jacob Bumpass is facing charges in the lingering case of Paige Johnson

(Newser) - Ten years later, an arrest: Police have collared a suspect in the death of a Kentucky teen who vanished in 2010 and turned up dead earlier this year, WKYT reports. The suspect, Jacob Bumpass, has been indicted for tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse in the case of...

Gunfire Erupts as Black, Right-Wing Militias Face Off

Hundreds of them converge in downtown Louisville

(Newser) - Three people were hit by gunfire Saturday as armed militia groups converged in Louisville, Kentucky—but the shooting was apparently accidental, the Courier Journal reports. At the tense scene, a Black militia group called the NFAC (the "Not F**king Around Coalition") came within site of Three Percenters, a...

Kentucky Couple Under House Arrest After COVID Test

Elizabeth Linscott tested positive, refused to sign an isolation order

(Newser) - A Kentucky woman who refused to sign a voluntary self-quarantine agreement after testing positive for COVID-19 is now under involuntary house arrest. Elizabeth Linscott tells Wave 3 that after her positive test, the health department asked her to sign a Self-isolation and Controlled Movement Agreed Order that required her to...

87 Arrested After Swarming Ky. AG's Home

Dozens converged upon residence co-owned by Daniel Cameron to call for justice for Breonna Taylor

(Newser) - Nearly 90 people were arrested Tuesday evening outside a home co-owned by the Kentucky attorney general after holding what organizers deemed a "call to action seeking justice" for Breonna Taylor . WDRB reports that protesters with the social justice group Until Freedom converged at around 4:30pm upon the lawn...

Mitch McConnell Will Face the Fighter Pilot

Amy McGrath wins close race against Charles Booker in Kentucky Senate primary

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell will have to defend his Senate seat in Kentucky against a former fighter pilot. Amy McGrath, a retired Marine, has won the close Democratic primary against state Rep. Charles Booker, a progressive African-American lawmaker, reports NBC News and Politico . McGrath was long the favorite to be the nominee,...

Arrest Made After Shooter Fired Into Protest Camp

1 man is dead and a person is injured in Louisville, Ky.

(Newser) - Gunfire erupted at a protest against police violence Saturday, leaving one man dead and another person injured. Details are scant, but a bystander video (WARNING: disturbing images) shows a man just outside Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky, shooting at a tent-filled area more than a dozen times, the Courier-Journal...

Tuesday&#39;s Voting Could Be November Preview in Key Way
Tuesday's Vote Offers
Key Progressive Tests
the rundown
Jun 23, 2020 10:20 AM CDT

Tuesday's Vote Offers Key Progressive Tests

Challenges in New York and Kentucky on the rise after nationwide protests

(Newser) - Primaries in a handful of states were underway Tuesday, most notably in Kentucky and New York. But if previous 2020 primaries are any guide, don't hold your breath waiting for results. An unprecedented deluge of mail-in ballots is expected to cause delays, which could be a harbinger of things...

Cop Involved in Breonna Taylor Shooting to Be Fired

'Shock to the conscience,' Louisville police chief says of Brett Hankison's conduct in fatal March shooting

(Newser) - One of the police officers in Louisville, Ky., involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor is getting the boot from his job. The Courier Journal reports that termination proceedings have begun against Brett Hankison, one of three cops to fire into the 26-year-old EMT's apartment on March 13...

Initial Findings In on Sudden Death of Congressman's Wife

Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr, wife of Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr, likely died of heart problem

(Newser) - The "terribly painful" sudden death of a congressman's wife in Kentucky has some preliminary answers. Gary Ginn, the coroner for Fayette County, tells People that "an autopsy was necessary" to find out what happened to Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr (known as Carol), wife of Rep. Andy Barr,...

A 'Terribly Painful' Sudden Death in Kentucky

Cause of death still unclear for 39-year-old Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr, wife of Rep. Andy Barr

(Newser) - The wife of a US Congressman from Kentucky died unexpectedly in the family's home Tuesday night at the age of 39, news outlets reported. Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr, the wife of Rep. Andy Barr, passed away in Lexington, Barr's chief of staff said in a statement, per the...

Rand Paul Introduces 'Justice for Breonna Taylor Act'

Bill would ban no-knock warrants

(Newser) - Sen. Rand Paul says it's time to do away with "no-knock warrants" like the one that led to the death of a young black woman in his home state in a hail of police gunfire. The Kentucky Republican has introduced a bill that would ban federal law enforcement...

As Ky. Cops Cleared Protest, Shots Fired; 1 Dead

Chief: Police, National Guard were clearing Louisville lot near protests when shots exchanged

(Newser) - A man was shot and killed by police in Louisville, Ky., early Monday after a night of violent protests there for George Floyd . WLKY reports the shooting took place around 12:15am, with the Louisville Metro Police Department saying that shots were fired at police officers first. LMPD Chief Steve...

7 Shot at Kentucky Protest Over Police Shooting

Louisville mayor pleads for peace

(Newser) - At least seven people were shot Thursday night in Louisville as protesters turned out to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman fatally shot by police in her home in March. Louisville Metro Police confirmed in a statement early Friday that there were at least seven shooting victims; at...

Man Who Hanged Effigy of Governor Loses Job

'I think what we saw was an act intended to create fear and terror,' Ky. governor says

(Newser) - A protester who participated in hanging an effigy of Kentucky's governor at an armed rally on the State Capitol grounds has been fired from his job at an auto dealer. Neil Huffman Auto Group said it terminated the unidentified employee after an internal review, saying it "does not...

Kentucky Governor Hanged in Effigy
Kentucky Governor
Hanged in Effigy
May 25, 2020 12:28 PM CDT

Kentucky Governor Hanged in Effigy

Protesters marched to governor's mansion after gun rights, anti-lockdown rally

(Newser) - Republican and Democratic leaders in Kentucky have condemned gun rights and anti-lockdown protesters who hung an effigy of Gov. Andy Beshear on the Capitol grounds near the governor's mansion in Frankfort Sunday. The effigy had a note around its neck reading "sic semper tyrannis"—"thus always...

Mask Does Unusual Double Duty at Birth

Very new father used it to tie off umbilical cord

(Newser) - A mask came in handy as a woman gave birth outside a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, over the weekend. The mother wasn't wearing it, though. Rather, the baby's father used it to bind the umbilical cord, reports the Courier-Journal . Sarah and David Patrick had rushed to Baptist Health...

Lawsuit: Cops Busted Into Home, Killed Sleeping Woman
Lawsuit: Cops Busted Into
Home, Killed Sleeping Woman
the rundown
May 13, 2020 4:40 AM CDT

Lawsuit: Cops Busted Into Home, Killed Sleeping Woman

Outcry over death of Breonna Taylor goes national

(Newser) - The police department in Louisville, Ky., was trying to execute a search warrant on March 13 when they entered the home of a sleeping woman—and she ended up dead. A lawsuit has now been filed by the family of Breonna Taylor, 26, an EMT, nurse, and ER technician. She...

Stories 141 - 160 | << Prev   Next >>