By WKYT News Staff LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) – A Kentucky lawmaker is hosting a virtual concert to promote voter registration. State Representative Charles Booker represents part of Louisville. He ran against retired Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath in Kentucky’s 2020 Senate primary. Booker’s group “Hood to the Holler” is partnering with “Rural Organizing” to host an online…
By STU JOHNSON After a few years of discussion and eight months of consultant work including meetings with many eastern Kentucky stakeholders, a formal proposal for a destination resort project near Red River Gorge has been unveiled. The final design, as developed by the Stantec firm, was the subject of a virtual town hall Tuesday night.…
By CHLOE MOORE The Local Citizen Foster Care Review Boards will hosts meetings that are virtually open to the public to discuss how to improve the foster care system in Kentucky. Feedback from the meetings will be used when making recommendations to the governor, legislature, and Supreme Court of Kentucky. A press release issued by the Kentucky Administrative…
By JOSH JAMES Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Amy McGrath have yet to square away one remaining detail about their planned debate on Gray TV. McConnell and McGrath haven’t been shy about throwing verbal punches in attack ads, but it remains to be seen whether the Senate candidates will debate face to face. For now…
The map from the Kentucky Center for Statistics shows unemployment rates by county.(wsaz) By Chad Hedrick FRANKFORT, Ky. (WSAZ) – Despite unemployment rates the highest in eastern Kentucky, and many telling WSAZ they have waited months for their benefits, the Kentucky Labor Cabinet says there are no immediate plans to hold pop-up events across the state.…
By JOSH JAMES Kentucky election officials are working on a system that will both notify absentee voters of mistakes made when filling out their ballots and give them a chance to fix them. According to a Courier Journal report, more than 6,600 Fayette County absentee votes in this year’s primary election were rejected due to various issues –…
By Gray Media LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The office of Ky. AG Daniel Cameron announced Monday night that the recording from the grand jury proceedings will be released Wednesday. This comes after a grand juror has filed a motion in the Jefferson Circuit Court to release grand jury transcripts and recordings of relating to the Breonna…
By Jess Clark Kentucky state Rep. Lisa Willner (D-Louisville) is proposing changes to the state’s definition of “rioting” after Louisville Metro Police charged Attica Scott–the state’s only Black woman representative–with the Class D felony while she was participating in protests for racial justice. “Tomorrow I will be filing a new bill request for us to define…
BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF | KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville man faces federal charges for allegedly threatening police in a social media video while holding weapons. What You Need To Know Federal Agents arrest Louisville man for threatening to kill officers Cortez Edwards was arrested at his home Sunday Officers found him sleeping with…
By JOSH JAMES With positive university cases helping drive up the COVID-19 incidence rate in Fayette County, public school leaders are concerned that could prolong virtual-only learning for K-12 students. “If we continue with the current practices, are we essentially going to stay in the red?” That was Fayette school board chair Stephanie Spires getting blunt…