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Protesters decided to end a gathering outside the Governor’s Mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky by hanging an effigy of Gov. Andy Beshear from a tree, CNN reports. Per Facebook, the protest was a Patriot Day Rally to exercise Second Amendment rights. Gerry Seavo James, a freelance journalist who was on the scene to document the rally, told CNN that toward the end of the […]
On Monday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) singled out one of his state’s residents for gumming up unemployment claims by filing one under the name “Tupac Shakur.” “We had somebody apply for unemployment for Tupac Shakur here in Kentucky,” Beshear had said. “That person probably thought they were being funny, they probably did — except for the fact that […]
A Kentucky church is suing the state in hopes of stopping the state from punishing its congregation. Maryville Baptist Church and its pastor, Jack Roberts, filed a lawsuit on Friday, the local ABC-affiliate reports. In the lawsuit, the church argues that Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is infringing on its constitutional rights. In the days leading up to the holiday, Beshear released a statement […]
David James, president of the Louisville Metro Council in Kentucky, has been engrossed in a long-standing battle with a group of alleged scammers who are thought to be Illinois-based, WDRB reports. James and local advocate Tara Bassett have been trying to force them out of Kentucky since last year when the group started testing people’s DNA for disease. James suspects that the global COVID-19 […]
Like other states, Governor Andy Beshear has ordered all Kentucky residents to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Yet, some people have refused to self-quarantine. Therefore some courts are opting to use ankle monitors to track residents. Per The Hill, Jefferson Circuit Court judge Angela Bisig is ordering ankle monitors for residents in Louisville who have been […]
The former Miss Kentucky, Ramsey Carpenter-Bearse, admitted to exchanging nudes with a 15-year-old boy. On Tuesday, 29-year-old Carpenter-Bearse pled guilty to a charge of possessing material depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct. According to the local CBS affiliate, Carpenter-Bearse was a middle school teacher when she was arrested last year for sending nude pictures to a former student. Carpenter-Bearse claims that […]
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter is donating $1 million to the historically black college, Simmons College of Kentucky. “John is making and will continue to make an important difference,” Rev. Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College of Kentucky, said in a statement, per the Louisville Courier-Journal. “His support will have a profound impact on Simmons’ capacity to serve our city, […]
The 2019 Kentucky Derby ended in historic and dramatic fashion. And, naturally, Twitter users had a lot to say. Country House, a 65-to-1 underdog, was declared the winner of Saturday’s race after first finisher Maximum Security was disqualified for interference. The moments leading up to the controversial ruling played out on live TV, after Country House’s jockey Flavien Prat and […]
John Calipari coaches a college basketball powerhouse, so it’s not often that he has to admit he was wrong. However, that’s exactly what the University of Kentucky coach did when speaking on letting Zion Williamson end up in Duke. “We recruited Zion. I probably missed him a little bit,” Calipari said while visiting The Dan […]
The family of 16-year-old Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann is suing the Washington Post for $250 million, Reuters reports. Sandmann, the Kentucky teen who was filmed facing off with Native American activist Nathan Phillips during the Indigenous Peoples March and coinciding anti-abortion March for Life at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is claiming the publication engaged in defamation and “targeted […]
