FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Democrats seized on a social media attack on teachers by the Kentucky Republican Party that they say unmasks persistent GOP hostility toward educators.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles was elected Thursday as president of a national association representing the leaders of state agriculture departments across the country.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has seen a spike in the number of people signing up for GED testing after Gov. Andy Beshear announced in January the fees would be waived.

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Murray State University is accepting applications from students who want to participate in a program that would allow them to earn both a bachelor's degree and a law degree in six years.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — War Emblem, the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, died Wednesday at age 21.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A nearly decadelong effort to build a military veterans' nursing home in south central Kentucky reached another milestone Tuesday when Gov. Andy Beshear signed legislation to provide $2.5 million to fund design and preconstruction costs.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear urged churches on Wednesday to cancel worship services this week as part of his recommendation that people avoid large gatherings to help prevent spread of the new coronavirus.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A monthlong attack on the computer networks at Kentucky's largest university system prompted officials to conduct a major reboot of the networks Sunday, officials said.

FRANKFORT – A backdoor addition to a revenue bill that changes the way legal notices for local government audits and bids are brought to the public’s attention has caught Kentucky newspapers off guard.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear announced a new effort to help Kentucky residents determine if they are among the nonviolent felons now qualified to vote based on an order he signed at the start of his term.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Salato Wildlife Education Center is reopening in Kentucky this week.

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky sunglasses provider is expanding with a $400,000 investment and plans to add 38 full-time jobs.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — A body found at a Kentucky storage facility was that of a missing woman whose boyfriend was charged with her murder, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republicans claimed a rural Kentucky House seat long held by Democratic stalwart Rocky Adkins as the political parties split a pair of special legislative elections on Tuesday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school basketball polls, with first-place votes, records, total points and previous rankings:

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky legislative panel gave initial approval Wednesday to a proposed constitutional amendment to put limits on a governor's power to grant pardons or commute sentences.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has to pay more than $150,000 in legal fees for a man who won a lawsuit allowing him to put "IM GOD" on his license plate.

BEREA, Ky. (AP) — Thegeneral manager of a historic tavern in Kentucky has been accused of stealing nearly $70,000 from the business and then gambling it away.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A total of $500,000 in grant money is being made available to Kentucky counties to help with cleaning up flood debris, officials said.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming legislative committee has endorsed two measures to help workers recover wages from bankrupt coal companies but not one that would allow the state to sue on their behalf.

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A worker was killed at an Amazon delivery hub under construction at an airport in northern Kentucky, authorities said.

AURORA, Ky. (AP) — Federal and state officials will use an experimental fishing method next month at Kentucky Lake in an attempt to reduce the infestation of Asian carp.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Calling Kentucky's pretrial release system “badly broken," a state agency has asked the state Supreme Court to set “clear constitutional rules" to fix the process used to collect bail money from the accused.

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Officials have begun destroying nerve agents that have been stored at a Kentucky Army depot for decades.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Department of Agriculture will continue operating its hemp program as a research pilot program for another year before transitioning to a commercial program, the agency said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The cost of a variety of foods showed a slight increase over the past year, with most items fluctuating during the fourth quarter, the Kentucky Farm Bureau said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former state representative in Kentucky has won a special election to fill an open seat in the state Senate.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill to legalize sports betting in Kentucky picked up bipartisan momentum Wednesday when a House committee voted unanimously to advance the measure that one estimate says would bring in about $22.5 million a year in new taxes.

DETROIT (AP) — More than 1,350 temporary workers at 14 General Motors facilities in the U.S. will get full-time positions before the end of March, the company says.

CAMPBELLSBURG, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police have released new information in a 32-year-old cold case in hopes of identifying the victim.

HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — Two men were charged and another is in custody following a shooting in which a Kentucky sheriff's deputy was wounded, police said Monday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers assembled bags of food to be distributed to children at risk of going hungry at an event planned by a House leader who remains hospitalized.

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. (AP) — Mammoth Cave National Park is offering free tours in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Two General Motors employees driving new 2020 Corvette Stingrays apparently had a need for speed.

CINCINNATI (AP) — A man accused of punching a protester outside a rally for President Donald Trump has been found guilty.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's new Republican attorney general submitted the paperwork Thursday to put President Donald Trump's name on the ballot in Kentucky — a state the president easily carried in 2016 and where he looms as an overwhelming favorite in this year's election.