KY Man Pleads Guilty In Four Banks Heists A Kentucky man pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robbery.The Daily News reports 47-year-old Decorise Major reached a plea agreement reently. Major will be required to pay $20,618 in restitution and serve a yet-to-be-determined prison sentence.Major was accused of participating in four bank heists in…
Trevor Noah Speaking At UK Trevor Noah has been scheduled to speak with students and faculty at the University of Kentucky in August.Noah is scheduled to appear in Memorial Coliseum on UK’s campus on August 30 at 9 a.m.The assembly has also scheduled remarks from UK representatives and a ceremony for alumna Doris Wilkinson,…
Report Released On Privatizing Foster Care A group formed by the legislature to study the feasibility of privatizing foster care says Kentucky should focus on strengthening the system it already has.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the study group’s 26-page report was published Friday. It urges state officials to remember that privatization “is not a ‘silver-bullet.’”…
KSP Investigating a Death Kentucky State Police are investigating a murder that happened in Pike County on Saturday. The shooting happened around 8 p.m. on Saturday. Troopers and detectives responded to the scene and found one person shot in the city park area near the flood wall. The person was pronounced dead at the…
Cracking Down On Underage Drinking At Lost Mountain Deputies in Perry County are cracking down on underage drinking on Lost Mountain.They say they get weekly complaints about littering, assaults, and accidents in the area. Deputies plan on patrolling the area and putting cameras up.Deputies say anyone who is caught doing something illegal will be…
Blackjewel Miners Getting Financial Help Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley is inviting all Blackjewel miners who’s paychekcs recently bounced to the Harlan County Courthouse today at 2:30 p.m.”In a perfect world we’d all wake up in the morning and the money would be in everybody’s bank accounts, and everybody would go back to…
Teen Dies At Cave Run Lake The Rowan County Coroner is reporting a 19-year-old died at St. Claire Regional Medical Center after being underwater for about 20 minutes at Cave Run Lake.The coroner said it happened around 1:15 p.m. Thursday at a Cave Run Lake beach called Twin Knobs. He said that the young…
Former KY College Quarterback Dies Jared Lorenzen, a husky left-handed quarterback who set multiple Kentucky passing and offensive records before backing up Eli Manning on the New York Giants’ Super Bowl-winning 2007 team, has died. He was 38.A release from the school said Lorenzen’s family announced his death on Wednesday, but did not specify…
Taco Bell Facing A Tortilla Shortage Taco Bell is facing a tortilla shortage that’s impacting restaurants all across the country. Taco Bell has about 7000 locations nationwide and is encouraging cusotmers for the time being to order menu items that aren’t made with tortillas such as the Power Menul Bowl of Cheesy Gordita Crunch.…
KY’s Death Penalty Protocol Ruled Unconstitutional A judge has ruled that Kentucky’s death penalty protocol is unconstitutional.The Courier Journal reports that Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd says the rules are flawed because they would allow the execution of a prisoner with intellectual disabilites. Judge Shepherd says the US Supreme Court prohibits the…