FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky officials say they do not know how they will pay for the state's share of a new high-speed Internet network meant to boost the struggling economy of eastern Kentucky. KentuckyWired is a joint project between…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The new head of Mississippi's troubled foster care system has a simple message for current and aspiring social workers - Come work for him. Speaking Thursday at the Mississippi Child Welfare Institute Conference, former state Supreme…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Longtime Mississippi TV journalist Bert Case has died after an extended illness. WAPT-TV Assistant News Director Aaron Vogel confirmed Case's death Thursday. He says Case passed away about 2:45 p.m. at the VA Medical Center in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Senate has voted to require that public high school students receive basic CPR training. The measure passed the Senate on a 32-6 vote Thursday. It now goes to the House. Republican Sen. Max Wise,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Republicans in the Alabama House say a small business tax credit and a teacher pay raise are among their top priorities for the legislative session that begins Tuesday. Republicans on Thursday announced the platform, titled "Right…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The latest on state Rep. Jeremy Durham, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment and other questionable behavior (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey says state…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A bill to gradually raise Kentucky's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour has cleared a House committee, but it drew opposition from Republicans and business interests. Under the bill, the state's $7.25-per-hour minimum wage would rise…
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Bristol man has been indicted in connection with the killing of his mother, grandmother and stepfather. Local news outlets report a grand jury indicted 19-year-old Robert Seth Denton Wednesday on multiple counts including first-degree murder,…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - In order to train officers to react within seconds at a scene, the Columbus Police Department is using a system known as the Firearm Training Simulator. WCBI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1Tq3BDV) the system, also known as F.A.T.S., allows…
BALDWYN, Miss. (AP) - The Baldwyn Police Department now has body cameras for each officer to use while on the job. Police Chief Troy Agnew tells WTVA-TV (http://bit.ly/1SMmf9E) that the body cameras will give officers a new perspective while on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - House Speaker Beth Harwell is getting legal advice about how or whether the chamber could expel fellow Republican state Rep. Jeremy Durham amid allegations of sexual harassment and other questionable behavior. But Harwell told reporters at…
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Loudon County deputies have killed a suspect while serving a warrant in what the district attorney general says may have been "suicide by cop." According to a news release from District Attorney General Russell Johnson,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's struggling coal industry would become eligible for some state economic development incentives under a bill advanced by a state House committee. House Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins says the bill would "right a wrong" by…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - After learning that two out of three law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty die from blood loss, a Marion County woman has set out to raise money to buy triage kits for local…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say they are searching the streets of Memphis for a suspect who was involved in a police chase that led to the fatal shooting of a man who fired at officers. The Tennessee Bureau of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A new exhibit at the National Corvette Museum will allow visitors to experience a sinkhole collapse up close and personal. The Daily News reports the 1,000-square-foot "Corvette Cave-in!: The Skydome Sinkhole Experience" exhibit will use…
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - The Blytheville School board has approved an ordinance to put advertisements on the district's school buses. The Jonesboro Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1PkTj64 ) that the act comes after the Arkansas Legislature passed a law last year allowing…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - A Tupelo man seeks to overturn his 2014 conviction that he sent poison-laced letters to President Obama and others. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports James Everett Dutschke (DUHST'-kee) has asked the 5th Circuit Court of…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Omega Protein has settled another lawsuit. The lawsuit involves two workers injured in 2014, when one of the fish processing plant's vessels struck a vessel the men were working on in Moss Point. The Sun Herald…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The latest casino plan for the Biloxi's harbor is far from a done deal. The Sun Herald reports the developers -- Virginia attorney Robert Lubin and Kentucky casino-company owner Kevin Preston -- still have to raise…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Vicksburg's information technology director is retiring after having held the position for 25 years. The Vicksburg Post reports that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen announced Billy Gordon's retirement Monday. His last day is Friday. During…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new scholarship has been established to help children of fallen or wounded Fort Campbell soldiers. The Leaf-Chronicle reports that the Screaming Eagle Surviving Children's Scholarships are the result of a new partnership between the Screaming…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville is starting a special court for victims of human trafficking. The effort is the first of its kind in Tennessee and follows the model of drug and mental health courts in helping nonviolent offenders get…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky environmental group is ending an annual protest in Frankfort that called attention to a destructive surface mining practice known as mountaintop mining. Kentuckians for the Commonwealth says it will not be conducting the "I…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Muhammad Ali Center is celebrating African-American History Month with a film festival. Officials with the Louisville center say the series includes five film screenings in February. Each showing will be followed by discussions of social…
MOUNT CARMEL, Tenn. (AP) - Mount Carmel officials have eliminated the mayor's power to hire, fire, promote or discipline city employees. News outlets report that the Mount Carmel Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday approved the second and final…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis police are at the scene of a fatal shooting Wednesday involving a police officer near a church south of downtown Memphis. Dozens of people gathered near St. Andrew AME Church, some screaming expletives at police.…
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says four Middle Tennessee correction officers and one inmate have been charged in connection with two separate incidents at the Morgan County Jail. A TBI statement says a grand jury returned…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he will ask legislators to set an alternative form of execution in case the state is blocked from doing lethal injections. He says that could include use of nitrogen gas,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Domestic violence victims could break their rental lease agreements without fear of financial penalties under a bill that has cleared a Kentucky House committee. Supporters say the measure seeks to provide more safety for victims who…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A poison control official says two Tennessee teens are dead after drinking a mixture of racing fuel and Mountain Dew, and two others were sickened by the mixture they called "Dewshine." Tennessee Poison Center Medical Director…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Construction began Monday on a multi-use pathway at the University of Southern Mississippi that will provide a connection for pedestrians traveling between Pride Field and Scianna Hall on the Hattiesburg campus. University spokesman Chris Crenshaw tells…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) - People throughout Kentucky voted in local option elections, deciding whether to allow the sale of alcohol in their communities. Multiple news outlets report that nearly 60 percent of citizens in the city of London voted in…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The wife of an Army National Guard member and former Marine has been sentenced to five years' probation for knowing about her husband's drug-trafficking trade but not reporting it. The Sun Herald reports Judge Sul Ozerden…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Surveys taken by Vanderbilt University students reveal new information about sexual assaults on campus. The Tennessean reports the university asked students in spring 2015 to take one of two surveys on sexual assault. The results were…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State Rep. Jeremy Durham has withdrawn from the Tennessee House Republican Caucus amid an investigation into sexual harassment allegations. Durham told his colleagues Wednesday that he would step away so he wouldn't be a distraction to…
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - A Shelbyville teenager who died a day after being admitted to a juvenile detention center was videotaped during her stay at the facility. The News-Enterprise reports that a camera inside the room of the 16-year-old recorded…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An effort to create a school voucher program in Tennessee has cleared its last major committee before a full House vote. The House Finance Committee voted 11-10 Tuesday in favor of the measure sponsored by Republican…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A 47-year-old Georgia man has admitted his role in the theft of mail in Mississippi and the use of stolen identities to make counterfeit checks for purchases at Wal-Mart stores while he lived in Gulfport. The…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A 34-year-old Gulfport man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the theft of 52 firearms stolen from Friendly Pawn and Auto in Saucier. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1nnngYx) Tyson Lee…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The Biloxi City Council has voted to establish a tree committee. The Sun Herald reports Mayor FoFo Gilich said Wednesday he will appoint seven tree committee members, one from each ward, subject to council approval. The…
PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Highway Patrol says two people from Brooklyn, New York, died in a crash on Interstate 95. Troopers say a Ford Escort driven by 85-year-old Luigi Camporeale was on the shoulder of I-95 near…
ELKHORN CITY, Ky. (AP) - Two bodies have been found after a fire at an eastern Kentucky home. Pike County Deputy Coroner Denver Bailey tells local news outlets that an older couple lived in the home on U.S. 460 in…
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Despite last week's defeat of a proposed General Assembly bill that sought to defy the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, two Tennessee counties have attempted to vote on resolutions against the ruling. The Kingsport…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Gulfport city officials are selecting a developer who helped build a casino in Natchez to build a second casino in the Gulf Coast city. Mayor Billy Hewes announced Tuesday that the city has chosen Mississippi Coast…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The University of Louisville's Louis D. Brandeis School of Law is planning a celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of its namesake's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Brandeis, who was born in Louisville in 1856,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ten western Tennessee projects are receiving $44 million in federal money to support disaster recovery and resiliency in response to flooding in 2011. The grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will be…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Chefs will help schools in eight Kentucky counties start preparing meals using fresh, local foods as part of two farm-to-school pilot projects. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture says the projects will begin in February and last…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say a Memphis postal worker now faces federal charges after he punched his supervisor and hit her with a chair. The U.S. attorney's office in Memphis says 59-year-old Richard Martin has been indicted on one…
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - The Corinth/Alcorn Industrial Park has been certified as AT&T Fiber Ready, which officials say could help attract jobs. AT&T Mississippi President Mayo Flynt tells local media that the designation, announced Monday, allows local economic development officials…
