Kentucky

The driver charged in the death of a bicyclist Saturday pleaded not guilty during an arraignment Monday morning. Police say Kenneth Yates, 25, of Louisville, was driving drunk when he struck and killed John Carr, 47, on Chamberlain Lane. Yates was already facing a previous DUI charge, police said. FROM COURIER JOURNAL

Jackson County must pay legal costs of nearly $6,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and another plaintiff to settle a lawsuit over displays of the Ten Commandments throughout the county courthouse.

A man who pleaded guilty five years ago to making hoax phone calls, telling people their loved ones had died, asked on Monday that his conviction be set aside and his case dismissed.

The Louisville Metro Board of Zoning Adjustment decided Monday that on Aug. 17 it will reconsider a ruling that prevents Wayside Christian Mission and other homeless shelters from expanding or moving until the Metro Council approves guidelines saying where they can go.

A Fern Creek man agreed on Monday to return to Wisconsin, where he has been charged in the slayings of teenage sweethearts in 1980.

The head of the Louisville Metro Board of Zoning Adjustment has asked the board to reconsider a recent action that prevents Wayside Christian Mission ? or any other homeless shelter ? from expanding or moving.

Two Louisville families opposing the Jefferson County Public Schools assignment plan spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday.

The Jefferson County Board of Education violated the state open-meeting law by conducting Superintendent Sheldon Berman's evaluation in private, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by Attorney General Jack Conway.

ATLANTA (AP) ? A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a group of FedEx Corp. employees who claim the company failed to pay them for all hours worked cannot form a class action group.

Kentucky is one of just three states that consider sexual contact between prison guards and inmates a misdemeanor rather than a felony offense.

A custodian at the Clark County, Ind., Government Building faces charges of attempted battery by body waste for allegedly urinating on a court reporter's chair.

Jackson County officials have removed several displays of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse in the wake of a federal lawsuit challenging their constitutionality.

By Government Editor on US Senate Race

Comedy Central's Colbert Report used Kentucky's U.S. Senate race as fodder for some funny jokes Wednesday night. The topic: Democrat Jack Conway's use of profanity at Fancy Farm and Democrat Daniel Mongiardo's call for an apology. You'll find the Kentucky portion of the segment at the 2:10 mark.