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UofL to End Funding for Campus Newspaper
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 8:12 PM
The University of Louisville is planning to cease funding for the campus newspaper amid the school's $48 million budget shortfall.   The Courier-Journal reports that school officials told the student journalism staff that funding for the Louisville Cardinal newspaper would cease by the end of the 2018 spring semester.   Jenni Laidman, chair of the Louisville ...
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder of 5-year-old Boy
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 4:00 PM
A man accused of killing a 5-year-old Kentucky boy after throwing his mother from a cliff has pleaded not guilty to murder.   Media report Lonnie Jay Belt appeared in Jackson County District Court on Monday to answer to the charge in the death of James Spoonamore. An arrest citation says he admitted to striking the child in the head several times with a metal ...
KY's Biggest City to Make Bid for Amazon Project
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:26 AM
Kentucky's biggest city says it is joining several other communities in a bid to land Amazon's planned second headquarters. The company said month that it will spend more than $5 billion to build another headquarters in North America to house as many as 50,000 employees. Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says the new space will be "a full equal" of its current home in Seattle. Louisville Forward ...
Ex-Personnel Official Violated Ethics Code
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 12:18 AM
A Kentucky ethics commission says a former Personnel Cabinet official used his position to solicit campaign contributions from co-workers to support then-Gov. Steve Beshear. The Executive Branch Ethics Commission said Monday that William Ryan admitted to two counts of ethics code violations while he was a special assistant in the cabinet. In a settlement agreement, the commission says Ryan ...
Top Senate Dem to Run for Pike Judge-executive
Monday, September 18, 2017 4:16 PM
The top Democrat in the Republican-led Kentucky Senate is looking to switch jobs by running for judge-executive in Pike County. Senate Minority Leader Ray Jones said Monday he plans to run for the top position in Pike County in 2018. The Pikeville Democrat will keep his Senate seat during his campaign. Jones has served in the Senate since 2001 and won his fifth term in 2016. Jones has been ...
KY Attorney General Helps Man Who Overdosed
Saturday, September 16, 2017 4:30 PM
Attorney General Andy Beshear says he got a first-hand look at the seriousness of Kentucky's opioid epidemic on the streets of Lexington this week. Beshear says he and two staffers stopped their car to get out and help a man suffering from a drug overdose. Beshear told The Lexington Herald-Leader they were near Main Street when they saw a woman beating on the window of a stopped car. The ...
UofL Won't Announce Presidential Finalist Names
Saturday, September 16, 2017 8:43 AM
University of Louisville trustees have decided on a presidential search process that won't identify the finalists before the next campus leader is chosen. Board of Trustees Chairman David Grissom said in a letter to the campus community on Friday that the trustees decided to protect the confidentiality of candidates during the search. Grissom told reporters that the university is trying to ...
Johnny Depp's Kentucky Horse Farm Fails to Sell
Saturday, September 16, 2017 4:41 AM
Johnny Depp's Kentucky horse farm has failed to sell at auction after bidding was too low. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the 41-acre Lexington property was listed for $2.9 million, but the top bid Friday was $1.4 million. After a conference with Depp business manager Edward White, the auctioneers ended the auction without a sale. The Halfhill Auction Group and White said they'll ...
Prosecutors Warn Budget Cuts Would Hurt System
Friday, September 15, 2017 11:52 AM
Kentucky prosecutors say the state's criminal justice system will effectively shut down if they are not exempted from Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's proposed budget cuts. Bevin has proposed budget cuts of 17.4 percent across most of state government. He said the cuts would save the state $350 million, enough money to avoid a projected $200 million shortfall and put $150 million into the state's ...
Early Influenza Cases Reported in Kentucky
Friday, September 15, 2017 11:28 AM
The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) reports two cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza, indicating the presence of flu activity in Kentucky. The cases are both from Jefferson County. The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends flu vaccine for all individuals aged six months of age and older.  Adequate supplies of flu vaccine are expected to be ...
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