AP-KY--Crane Collapse Crane collapses at Ohio River bridge site Eds: APNewsNow. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A crane removing temporary supports from the Louisville-area East End bridge has collapsed into the Ohio River. Dan Hartlage, a spokesman for the project contractor,…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Some Mississippi lawmakers want to stop teenagers from soaking up the rays at the tanning salon. They cite evidence of an increased risk of skin cancers from using tanning beds, especially for high school and college-age…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An effort to ban Arkansas lawmakers from wearing jeans or sweatpants at a key committee's hearings failed Friday after one opponent suggested he'd get mistaken back home for an undertaker in a suit and tie.…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi health officials have reported a flu-related death in northwest Mississippi. The Department of Health reports that it's the state's first flu-related death in a minor since the flu season began in 2015. A total of…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A former Circuit Court clerk in Kentucky has admitted to stealing more than $330,000 from her office, using a sophisticated system that allowed her to siphon public money for nearly a decade. Kentucky's attorney general announced…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A judge has declined an effort by the state to throw out a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of Tennessee's school funding formula. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman told attorneys in Nashville…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say Southwest Airlines will begin offering nonstop flights out of Nashville to Charlotte, North Carolina. Nashville International Airport officials say that in addition to the new service to Charlotte, Southwest will add one additional daily…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have agreed to a one-year contract with veteran tight end Craig Stevens. The Titans announced the deal Friday, hours after general manager Jon Robinson told season-ticket holders they had re-signed Stevens. A third-round…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a gas station store employee is dead and a suspect is in critical condition after a shooting during a robbery attempt in eastern Memphis. Memphis police spokesman Louis Brownlee tells news outlets that a…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of two newspapers in a sharply worded opinion that found the state unlawfully denied access to records documenting child abuse. The ruling orders the agency to pay about…
PRESTONBURG, Ky. (AP) - A Floyd County woman has been given a recommended 15-year prison sentence for her role in the death of her 2-year-old nephew in 2011. WYMT-TV reports that Gladys Dickerson was sentenced Thursday in Floyd County court…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The University of Kentucky College of Medicine says it is expanding educational opportunities to address a shortage of physicians in the state. UK says in a statement that it is developing a four-year satellite program in…
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) - DeSoto County school leaders are exploring ways to streamline jobs in the district's central office as a cost-saving measure. It's part of new Superintendent Cory Uselton's emerging personnel strategy. The Commercial Appeal reports school board members…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson City councilmen have questions about what officials are doing to address high levels of lead in residents' drinking water and one wants to declare a state of emergency. The Clarion-Ledger reports Councilman De'Keither Stamps was…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Gulfport man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy that used a Diamondhead home as storage for drug proceeds. The Sun Herald reports U.S. District Judge…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County will lose 129 contractor jobs as a result of a recent consolidation of operational contracts. The Sun Herald reports the consolidation will merge the Stennis…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The Hancock County Board of Supervisors is following a recent grand jury's recommendation that the county sheriff's office replace its aging fleet of patrol vehicles. On Tuesday, The Sun Herald reports supervisors authorized the…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi sheriff's deputies have arrested three Florida men, who they say had a credit card counterfeiting machine in their vehicle. Sheriff Troy Peterson said in a news release received by The Sun Herald 28-year-old Steven Lee…
GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) - Custom packaging manufacturer Bradford Co. will invest $5.1 million in the expansion of operations in Gallatin. State economic and community development officials say the investment will create 25 jobs in Sumner County. Bradford is a fifth…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Attorney General Andy Beshear says Kentucky's role in a settlement with a pharmaceutical company will result in nearly $300,000 being returned to the state's Medicaid accounts. He says the multistate settlement resolves allegations that Novartis Pharmaceuticals…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In a move designed to give parents more of a say about what's happening in their kids' schools, the Tennessee Department of Education has formed a new Parent Advisory Council. Education officials say the 15-member council,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The CEO of the Memphis Area Transit Authority says the city is looking at a new fee to pay for the city's and the authority's transportation-related costs. The Commercial Appeal reports MATA CEO Ron Garrison made…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Louisville Zoo announced that gorilla Mia Moja is pregnant and expected to deliver a healthy baby in May. The gestation period for gorillas is 8.5 months. The newborn will weigh about four pounds. The Louisville…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Senate and House committees Thursday advanced bills that would change voting, filing and campaign finance reporting procedures. The Senate Elections Committee passed a bill that would require Mississippi candidates to report campaign expenses they pay…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A business and government consultant has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge, admitting he paid thousands of dollars in kickbacks to the former head of Mississippi's prison system and a county supervisor on the Gulf…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A newly revised policy will allow visitors with enhanced carry permits to carry registered weapons in public spaces on campus at Mississippi's eight state universities. Commissioner of Higher Education Glenn Boyce says in a news release…
MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) - Twymond Howard scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Myles Taylor scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Tennessee-Martin past Eastern Illinois in overtime Thursday night. Taylor_for the second time in…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Lawmakers are pushing forward legislation to abolish two school districts and consolidate at least eight others, part of a renewed push to pare down Mississippi's 144 school districts in the name of efficiency. The Senate Education…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a gay woman may proceed with her efforts to obtain joint custody of a girl borne by her ex-partner when they were still together. The court issued its ruling…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee House has passed a bill that would make it more difficult to remove statutes or rename streets dedicated to historical figures like Confederate leaders. The chamber voted 71-23 on Thursday to approve the measure…
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Local and state law enforcement officials are investigating after a body was discovered in the Cherokee National Forest. Media report the body was found by a Greene County sheriff's deputy on Wednesday afternoon in a secluded…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A mother and her former boyfriend have been indicted in the death of a one-year-old boy last year. News outlets report that 26-year-old Miranda Alexis Hunt and 27-year-old Wayne D. Jones were both arrested Tuesday on…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's Supreme Court has set some conditions on what types of political comments judicial candidates can make when running for judgeships. The state's high court ruled Thursday that it's permissible for judicial candidates to identify themselves…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - University of Tennessee officials say a candidate for Knox County property assessor knew his transcript did not exist. University spokeswoman Karen Simsen tells The Knoxville News-Sentinel that despite the fact that Andrew Graybeal on Monday at…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A West Tennessee woman has pleaded guilty in the deaths of two 11-year-old boys who were hit by her vehicle after it jumped a curb. Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich's office said in a news…
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police say they are looking for an inmate who was discovered missing from the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex near Eddyville. Kentucky State Police said in a release that Lostia M. Shreves of Cecilia was reported missing…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A top regulator from Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's administration has resigned as a director of Kentucky's major Republican super PAC after a newspaper inquired about potential conflicts in holding both roles. The Courier-Journal reports that K.…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - The Hattiesburg Public School District interim superintendent has informed district employees of more pending salary and job cuts. The Hattiesburg American reports Superintendent Greg Ladner announced the cuts during an informational meeting Tuesday evening. Ladner says…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Attorney Steve Farese told the Mississippi Court of Appeals that former Southaven Mayor Greg Davis' 2014 conviction for defrauding the city should be thrown out because of the perception he did not receive a fair trial.…
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a McComb man is charged with 27 counts of felony child abuse after he allegedly recorded footage of himself beating a disabled 5-year-old girl. The Enterprise-Journal reports Pike County sheriff's deputies arrested 23-year-old Alex…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson city councilmen have passed an order to the full council that would allow neighbors of blighted properties to purchase lots for $10 to $250. The Clarion-Ledger reports the Neighbors First Lot Program sets up a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's general fund tax collections have beaten projections by nearly $400 million through the first half of the budget year. The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration announced Wednesday that sales taxes exceeded estimates by $218…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis City Council has approved adding $2 million to the budget this fiscal year to store police body and in-car camera video. Media outlets report that Tuesday, the council approved money that will be paid…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Lexington tourism officials say the Breeders' Cup helped spur double-digit growth in tourism last year in Kentucky's second-largest city. Keeneland Race Course hosted the two-day event for the first time ever last October. The event drew…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear warned that scammers have called dozens of Kentuckians, pretending to be a deputy and claiming they have a federal warrant for their arrest. They offer to resolve the issue, for a…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis Meats, a new meat-production startup, is one of a group of companies working to grow meat in labs. The Memphis Daily News reports that the company uses the cells of cows, pigs and chickens as…
CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (AP) - A plastic storage container holding 12 puppies has been found beside a highway in Church Hill, and Humane Society officials say all of the puppies have since been adopted. Sandy Behnke of the Hawkins County…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Dedric Lawson scored 13 points and had 11 boards, and Trahson Burrell added 13 points and six assists to lead Memphis past Central Florida 73-56 Wednesday night. Avery Woodson and Shaq Goodwin each scored 12 points,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A new report shows the total number of postsecondary education degrees and credentials awarded in Kentucky grew by 59 percent over a 10-year period. The report was released Tuesday by the state Council on Postsecondary Education.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Senate Finance Committee has voted to approve funding for two new positions in Tennessee government to help clear a backlog of open record questions. A recent comptroller's audit documented more than 600 open or pending…
