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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Overwhelmed Kentucky and New York officials faced a deluge of mail-in votes likely to delay results for days after high-profile primaries Tuesday, contests testing if establishment Democratic congressional candidates can withstand challengers fueled by voter fury over racism. There was particular concern about how voting might play out in Louisville, Kentucky. […]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky point guard Ashton Hagans will enter the NBA draft and forego his final two seasons of eligibility. He said Sunday the “time is now” to pursue his dream of playing professionally. The 6-foot-3 Hagans was named Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman and became one of the […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Delivering on a campaign promise to teachers who helped elect him, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear used his first day in office Tuesday to overhaul the state school board. In his inaugural address outside the state Capitol, the new Democratic governor proclaimed his support for public education and expanding health care coverage. […]

A young Kentucky man became the victim of a drive-by shooting just hours after he witnessed the birth of his twin babies. Tyrese Garvin, 20, was walking home around 6 p.m. on June 23 when a group of teenagers opened fire. Days later, he was pronounced dead at University Hospital, the same place where he […]

A Kentucky man has been charged with murder for fatally punching his 1-month-old son in the head after becoming angry over losing a video game, authorities said Sunday. Anthony Trice, 26, was watching the baby Friday when he grew enraged over losing the game, threw his controller and hit the infant in the head, reports WAVE-TV. Trice tried to […]

Police reportedly arrested a woman in Kentucky after her 4-year-old daughter became unresponsive at school. ABC11 reports the child tested positive for cocaine, and so did her 2-year-old brother. Police say the entire incident happened Thursday at a head start school. According to reports the little girl wasn’t feeling well and when staff put her […]

An Indiana school superintendent faces a number of charges after police say she sought medical treatment for a student using her son’s name. WTKR reports, Casey Smitherman’s charges include official misconduct, insurance fraud, insurance application fraud and identity deception. According to the station, a 15-year-old student missed school because he had a sore throat. Smitherman picked him […]

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COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky boys’ school shut down its campus on Tuesday as a precaution and a small protest was held outside their diocese as fallout continued over an encounter between white teenagers, Native American marchers and a black religious sect outside the Lincoln Memorial last week. President Donald Trump tweeted early Tuesday […]

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]LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The white man accused of opening fire in a Kentucky grocery store and parking lot, killing two black people, was indicted Wednesday on murder charges, but it’s too soon to determine if the death penalty will be sought, a prosecutor said. The suspect, Gregory A. Bush, was indicted by a grand […]

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Kentucky and federal prosecutors still haven't called the racially motivated deadly Kroger shootings a hate crime.

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(Louisville Metro Department of Corrections via AP) JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A white man with a history of violence fatally shot two African-American customers at a Kroger grocery store and was swiftly arrested as he tried to flee, authorities said Thursday. The Courier Journal of Louisville reported that the suspect made a racial comment to […]

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police were seeking two southeast Kentucky felons Wednesday who escaped from jail by spraying a bleach concoction in the eyes of one jail worker and physically attacking another before running off. David Mosely, 41, and Matthew Price, 45, escaped Tuesday night from the Bell County jail, Kentucky State Police said. Master […]