By WILL WEISSERT, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump made a victor’s return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for a nearly two-hour meeting with President Joe Biden and committing to a straightforward transition of power as the president-elect moves quickly to build out his new administration. Sitting in front of a crackling fire…
MANCHESTER, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) has charged a Clay County mother with murder following the death of her infant daughter. Authorities say Brianna “Morgan” Burkhart was initially under investigation for child abuse after her three-month-old daughter was hospitalized in April with severe injuries, including fractures, hemorrhages, and retinal bleeding. The investigation began after KSP…
MOUNT OLIVET, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — Torilena Fields, the Robertson County woman charged with multiple offenses related to the alleged murder and dismemberment of her mother, entered a not guilty plea during a Zoom court appearance from the Bourbon County Detention Center. Fields faces several charges, including murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, obstructing government…
By SARA CLINE and KEVIN McGILL BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday by a federal judge who said the law is “unconstitutional on its face.” U.S. District Judge John W. DeGravelles in Baton Rouge said the law had an “overtly…
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case as his lawyers argued that his election last week warrants dismissing the case altogether so he can run the country. New York Judge Juan M. Merchan had been set…
UDATE 2: Lexington police say they’ve made an arrest in the deadly hit-and-run accident. 21-year-old Logan Rogers is charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident/Failure to Render Aid or Assist leading to Death or serious Physical Injury. Rogers is be held in the Fayette County Detention Center. UPDATE: The Fayette County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as…
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — A jury in the small Indiana town of Delphi convicted a man of murder on Monday in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike. Deliberations stretched into a fourth day before jurors found Richard Allen guilty in the killings of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German. The former drugstore…
MONTICELLO, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) is investigating a suspected murder and house fire in Wayne County. Early Friday morning, around 1:00 a.m., KSP was contacted by Wayne County 911 after reports of a fire on Old Springs Road, where the residence owner, 64-year-old Mary J. Fulton, was believed to be inside. KSP Detective Matthew…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” in light of the Republican’s presidential victory. Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Trump last year with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and illegally hoarding…
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — Steven Sheangshang, who is facing charges for allegedly killing Scott County Deputy Caleb Conley during a traffic stop on I-75 in Georgetown in May 2023, appeared in court over Zoom on Thursday from the Bourbon County Jail. His defense sought to move the trial venue from Scott County to Jefferson County, citing…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — In just six months, Kentuckians aged 18 and older will be required to have a Real ID or another form of federally accepted identification by May 7, 2025, if you plan to fly domestically or enter specific federal facilities, such as military bases. To obtain a Real ID, residents will need to provide: Their…
By BRUCE SCHREINER FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An Appalachian mayor was declared the winner Thursday of an 11-candidate scramble for a Kentucky Senate seat (District 29) left vacant by the death of the Republican incumbent just two weeks before Election Day. Pineville Mayor Scott Madon, a Republican who branded himself as a conservative supporter of public education, transportation, coal and…
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris said Wednesday that “we must accept the results of this election” as she encouraged supporters to continue fighting for their vision of the country after her loss to Donald Trump. The Democratic vice president said the battle would continue “in the voting booth, in the courts and in the…
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Once viewed as a potential savior for the Democratic Party after Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign stalled, Kamala Harris and her supporters are reckoning with a profound rejection by American voters in this year’s presidential election. She trailed in every battleground state to Donald Trump, a man she described as an existential…
By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE, WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts….
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican U.S. Reps. Andy Barr and Brett Guthrie easily passed their first election tests, winning new terms Tuesday to represent their Kentucky districts. Next up will be their campaigns to win House committee chairmanships, if the GOP maintains control of the chamber. Barr defeated Democrat Randy Cravens in the 6th District,…
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that was intended to allow state lawmakers to allocate public tax dollars to support students attending private or charter schools. The defeat was a bitter setback for many Republican lawmakers and their allies who have supported funneling state dollars into private school education,…
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By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky voters will give their verdict Tuesday on a key education issue, deciding whether state lawmakers should be allowed to allocate tax dollars to support students attending private or charter schools. With no election for statewide office on the ballot in Kentucky this year, the school-choice measure was the most intensely…
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in…
(AP) – A steady stream of false and misleading information is circulating online around the 2024 election. A Kentucky voting machine that registered a vote for Vice President Kamala Harris when the voter meant to select former President Donald Trump has been found to be user error, not fraud, according to officials in Laurel County, where the issue occurred. A…
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Wendy’s plans to close 140 U.S. restaurants before the end of this year on top of the 100 it said it would close in May. But in a conference call with investors Thursday, the company said those closures will be offset by new restaurant openings. Wendy’s said it plans to open between 250 and…
WINCHESTER, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Winchester Police Department (WPD) says it responded to reports of gunfire near South Burns and Euclid Avenue early Thursday afternoon. According to a post from WPD, officers received the call around 12:55 p.m. and set up a perimeter to search for suspects in the area. Clark County Public Schools (CCPS) and the CCPS Police…
PULASKI COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating missing teenager Stela Patel, who was last seen on Monday morning in Somerset. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Patel left her home to drop her brother off at school but did not attend school herself that day. Later, her vehicle…