State/Regional News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration has canceled an $8.5 million no-bid contract with a nonprofit created and overseen by officials in former Gov. Matt ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky jury has awarded $10.5 million to a woman whose leg had to be amputated after hospital staffers years prior didn’t remove a sponge inside her during heart ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A partnership between Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Habitat for Humanity aims to lower families’ utility bills by giving them shares in a solar ...Read more

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge will hear next week whether a plea deal has been reached in the case of a 24-year-old man charged with lying about being a long-missing child. U.S. District ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky city may get a village of about 25 tiny homes meant to house homeless veterans as they undergo a 12-month support program. News outlets report the founder and ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky city may get a village of about 25 tiny homes meant to house homeless veterans as they undergo a 12-month support program. News outlets report the founder and ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Another Central Kentucky farmer has pleaded guilty in a crop insurance fraud scheme that a federal prosecutor has called “pervasive and severe” in that region. The ...Read more

VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) — Jim Beam has been fined $600,000 for a Kentucky warehouse fire that sent bourbon into nearby waterways and killed fish. The Courier-Journal reports the distiller agreed to ...Read more

NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) — The first charter school application filed in Kentucky has been unanimously denied. News outlets report Newport Independent Schools rejected the application Thursday ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say a man who hit a police officer with a stolen vehicle was shot by the officer and faces attempted murder and other charges. Louisville police told ...Read more