LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky Sen. Marlow Cook, who served in Washington during Richard Nixon's presidency, has died. He was 89. Cook, who also held local office in Louisville in the 1960s, died Thursday morning in his hometown of…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal court case brought by a military widow whose husband committed suicide is testing Tennessee's medical malpractice statute after a judge said the state's laws led to "seemingly unfair results" for the soldier's family. The…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto has formed a committee to decide the fate of a controversial Great Depression-era mural that features black workers toiling in a tobacco field, black musicians playing for white dancers and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee lawmakers have joined four other states in calling for a national convention on amending the U.S. Constitution that one supporter called the "atomic bomb of politics." The resolution sponsored by Republican Rep. Sheila Butt of…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky House committee has defeated a Republican-backed bill to exempt public school projects from the state's prevailing wage. Union construction workers in the audience cheered each time a lawmaker voted against the measure. Democrats were…
WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) - An Arkansas company is asking Letcher County residents to consider drinking treated water from abandoned coal mines. The Mountain Eagle reports the county currently gets water from Carr Creek Lake. But at a Water and Sewer…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The National Weather Service says four tornadoes touched down Tuesday in eastern Mississippi. Joanne Culin, a meteorologist in the Jackson office, says Thursday that an EF1 tornado with winds of 110 mph hit southern Newton County.…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Labor leaders at Brown-Forman have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board accusing the spirits maker of unfair labor practices. Teamsters Local 89 President Fred Zuckerman tells The Courier-Journal workers rejected two proposals before…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Officials are trying to salvage a historic Greek Rival house in Natchez after a section of it caved in. The Natchez Democrat reports Historic Natchez Foundation Executive Director Mimi Miller believes the Melmont, which was placed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Donald Trump's plane was diverted to the Nashville International Airport after the control tower received a report that the plane was experiencing engine trouble. News outlets report that the Republican presidential candidate made a brief stop…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a newly promoted detective has been arrested after responding to a prostitution ad. Metro Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron tells news outlets that 57-year-old Ronnie Williams, a detective with the Fairview Police Department, was…
LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) - Lucedale businesses will soon be able to sell beer and light wine, but the new perk comes with some heavy strings attached. The Mississippi Press reports the Lucedale City Council unanimously approved its light wine and…
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) - A Horn Lake man has been sentenced to 20 years for child exploitation after investigators found him in possession of child pornography. The Commercial Appeal reports 57-year-old Kenath Dewayne Peal will serve five years with the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Federal authorities have taken a Columbus Middle School educator into custody after a grand jury indicted the teacher on charges of aiding a methamphetamine ring. The Commercial Dispatch reports Paul Jackson, who is listed as "lead…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A new national survey shows Kentucky and Arkansas lead the nation in the largest drops of the number of people without health insurance. The Gallup-Healthways survey shows more than 20 percent of Kentuckians did not have…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Montgomery County lawyer has been suspended from practicing law by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Leaf-Chronicle reports that John Edward Herbison of Clarksville was suspended on Wednesday because officials said he accepted a non-refundable $7,500…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - Jackson County sheriff's deputies have arrested a 55-year-old man who they say sent threatening and harassing messages to a church in Ocean Springs. Multiple news outlets say Vincent Salvador Drummond, of Ocean Springs, faces a…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers will meet Thursday morning to consider incentives for a tire plant in western Hinds County and a shipyard in Gulfport. Gov. Phil Bryant announced the special session Wednesday, saying the combined deals would create…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A jury has acquitted a former Memphis police officer of rape, but has found him guilty of official oppression. The Commercial Appeal reports that 55-year-old John Smith was given the maximum two-year sentence for the oppression…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Rand Paul has ended his presidential campaign after a fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. But the lasting impact of his once promising presidential bid could be a caucus in his home state. Kentucky Republicans changed…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Lexington is rethinking how it notifies elected officials and the public during emergencies in the wake of a fire that destroyed a beef cattle auction business in Lexington. City spokeswoman Susan Straub tells news outlets that…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Nearly a year after the fatal shooting of a University of Kentucky student during a robbery, the three young men charged with murder in his death are set to ask for new bonds so they can…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - Authorities have arrested three men accused of conspiring to kidnap a circuit court judge. Multiple news outlets report that the Lee County Sheriff's Department arrested 24-year-old Thomas Waddell, 27-year-old Matthew Fowler, and 22-year-old William Randolph on…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Memphis say a juvenile court corrections deputy has been indicted in an altercation with a 15-year-old boy. The Shelby County sheriff's office says Willie Jones was indicted Wednesday on charges including child abuse, assault,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The tributes are continuing for Georgia Davis Powers, a civil-rights icon and the first African-American woman elected to the Kentucky Senate. Powers will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday afternoon. Powers died last…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bipartisan legislative proposal would clear the way for public-private partnerships on transportation projects in Tennessee. Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro said at a press conference at the state Capitol on Wednesday that the bill…
BEREA, Ky. (AP) - The Berea College Appalachian Fund has awarded a $10,000 grant to Kentucky Highland Investment Corporation to start an initiative designed to make grant writers seeking federal funds more successful. Officials said in a statement that the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Clean Water Network has released a report showing the state issued 93 percent fewer enforcement orders against water polluters in 2015 than it did in 2007. In a Wednesday news release, network Executive Director…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The Wives of Warriors makes a generous donation to several Mississippi officers. Last September, the group held their first 5K race to raise money for bulletproof vests. WTVA-TV reports on Wednesday they provided a vest for…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State officials are urging Tennesseans to be careful about driving impaired on Super Bowl Sunday. Many people will be driving to bars or to Super Bowl parties to watch football's biggest game. Officials with the Department…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Louisville workshop on brownfield redevelopment is being offered for bankers and property development professionals. The Feb. 24 event is sponsored by the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection and the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - The Warren County Board of Supervisors has approved a number of requests from County Tax Assessor Ben Luckett to correct the county's tax rolls. The Vicksburg Post reports that the requests were approved Monday. Luckett says…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - The city of Hattiesburg is hoping a new traffic study will lead to improved parking and traffic flow downtown. Media outlets report that the Hattiesburg City Council on Tuesday authorized the mayor to execute an agreement…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Police have found their suspect in a bomb threat that was called into the Columbus Wal-Mart. The Columbus Police Department first reported the incident through its Twitter account at about 2:45 p.m. Monday. The store, after…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi could be days away from landing a major industrial project as pieces of a recruitment effort including special utility rates and incentive legislation are moving forward. The state Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to allow…
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - An Ashland couple has been arrested in connection with the death of their 3-month-old son. Multiple news agencies report authorities arrested 27-year-old Leslie Daniels and 28-year-old Nora Sawyer Tuesday after the couple had been indicted on…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Heavy rain prompted an apartment evacuation early Wednesday in northwest Georgia one day after storms spawned tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama and dumped snow on places farther west. The National Weather Service, citing a report from…
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - A judge has reduced the prison sentence of a former mayor convicted of embezzlement. The Clarion-Ledger reports Rankin County Circuit Judge William Chapman III re-sentenced former Terry Mayor Rod Nicholson to 10 years with nine suspended…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Oysters will soon be returning to St. Joe reef after about 40,000 sacks were relocated to reefs in Pass Christian and Biloxi Bay because of the Bonnet Carre Spillway opening. St. Joe reef is in the…
D'IBERVILLE, Miss. (AP) - D'Iberville City Manager Bobby Eleuterius will retire for a second time June 1, when he'll mark 41 years in government. Eleuterius tells The Sun Herald he has told the mayor and council of his decision and…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Two Harrison County men have been sentenced to prison for the theft of 52 weapons from a licensed firearms dealer in Saucier. The Sun Herald reports 51-year-old Kevin Gerard Edwards and 34-year-old Willie Carter are two…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The Biloxi City Council has voted to raise water and sewer rates to help meet the city's expenses. Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich tells The Sun Herald the proposal approved Tuesday will not impact 70 percent of…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Gulfport police have arrested the man suspected in Friday's armed robbery of a Hancock Bank branch in Lyman. Sgt. Damon McDaniel tells local news outlets an anonymous tip received Tuesday led to the arrest of Daniel…
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - The Jackson Police Department is looking to fill its ranks with trained and certified police officers from other cities. Jackson Police Chief Julian Wiser announced that his department is currently accepting applications for its Lateral Entry…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Soddy Daisy man who possessed child pornography featuring hundreds of known victims has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Federal prosecutors say 37-year-old Jason Collins was sentenced after pleading guilty to receipt…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Officials in Memphis are discussing plans to hire dozens of full- and part-time employees to help equip police with body cameras and reduce hold times for emergency callers. According to The Commercial Appeal, Mayor Jim Strickland…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two lawmakers have filed a bill seeking to stop a natural gas compressor from being built in a Nashville community. WPLN-FM reports that Republican Sen. Steve Dickerson and Democratic Rep. Bo Mitchell's legislation would ban compressors…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted an administrator at a middle school in Columbus on drug charges and money laundering. U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Chad Lamar says Paul Marcus Jackson, aka "Wall," was arrested at the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Energy and Environment Secretary Charles Snavely has announced grants to help communities clean up illegal dumps across the state. A news release from the agency says $1.75 million has been awarded to 26 counties to…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky lawmakers are banding together to promote the state's automotive industry. Dozens of lawmakers from both political parties on Tuesday started an Automotive Caucus to work with an industry that officials say employs more than 136,500…
