FRANKFORT, Ky, (AP) — She’s a cop, chasing down the Pike County bingo hall and the Floyd County flea market. She’s on the bridge of the starship Enterprise, standing just behind the captain. She’s Robin to Batman.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville-based United Food & Commercial Workers Local 227 is trying to get Kentucky and Indiana workers in the retail grocery, meat packing and food processing industries recognized as “first responders” during the coronavirus crisis.

LOUISVILLE — Gov. Andy Beshear said Kentucky is making plans to convert hotels into hospitals to provide additional beds, if the spread of the deadly coronavirus warrants it.

Authorities: Kentucky hospital patient shoots nurse in leg

FRANKFORT — The Kentucky House passed a bill Tuesday seeking to amend the state constitution to specifically state that women do not have a legal right to an abortion.

Kentucky has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday.

Kentucky continues to lead the nation in child abuse and neglect, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. is limiting the sale of sanitization and cold- and flu-related products as the country grapples with COVID-19, the flu-like illness that follows infection by the novel coronavirus.

FRANKFORT -- For more than 65 days, Kentucky House Majority Floor Leader John "Bam" Carney has battled a severe case of pancreatitis and infection in the intensive care unit at Norton Hospital in Louisville.

BOWLING GREEN -- Kentucky is seeking $45,000 in fines from an Indiana man who is accused of using children to sell candy in Bowling Green.

BOWLING GREEN -- It might have been the most satisfying whinny Catherine Limkeman had ever heard from Declan, the horse she transported from Ozark, Ill., to Warren County's Rainhill Equine Facility.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky House voted Friday to create a loan program to provide struggling rural hospitals with cash transfusions lawmakers hope will spark a financial turnaround.

COVINGTON -- A Kentucky technology engineering firm plans to add at least 83 jobs with a $5.3 million expansion of its headquarters.

With the threat of coronavirus increasing in the United States, Kentucky's interim education commissioner reminded district superintendents Thursday that the decision to shut down schools might be out of their hands.

FRANKFORT -- The Kentucky Senate approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday to limit when a governor can issue pardons, a rebuke of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's decision to sign a flurry of controversial pardons for convicted murderers, rapists and child pornographers in his last days in office.

FRANKFORT -- Local governments would have more latitude to raise tax revenue to meet demands for services under a proposed constitutional change advanced by a House panel Thursday.

Every year since 2007, Kentucky had finished dead last in a ranking of state animal-protection laws.

FRANKFORT -- Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear does not like Republican Senate President Robert Stivers' efforts to undo his remake of the Kentucky Board of Education.

Organizations spent more than $2.5 million trying to influence Frankfort legislators during the first month of the Kentucky General Assembly, according to state lobbying records.

Democrats held onto one of two party strongholds after a special election on Tuesday and a Republican took over a longtime blue seat.

GLASGOW -- The first people to explore and map the depths of Mammoth Cave and give guided tours were enslaved African Americans in the 19th century, and current Mammoth Cave National Park Ranger Chuck DeCroix wants to make sure their legacy is carried forward.

Jefferson Family Court Judge Derwin Webb has been publicly reprimanded by the Kentucky Supreme Court for an error in private practice that caused a former client to be married to two men at the same time.

FRANKFORT -- A politically divisive proposal to revamp Kentucky's public assistance programs and tighten enforcement to prevent fraud won passage in the Republican-run state House on Friday.

A bill that would broadly protect medical professionals from penalty for declining to perform procedures that violate their conscience, such as abortions, won support from a Senate committee Thursday.

MORGANFIELD -- A couple died in a house fire in western Kentucky, officials said.

NEW YORK -- It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, but early signs suggest the vaccine is working OK.

FRANKFORT -- The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would make it easier to transfer state inmates serving felony time in dangerously overcrowded jails to other jails that have open beds.

FRANKFORT -- After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates cleared a historic hurdle Thursday when the Kentucky House voted to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

FRANKFORT -- A proposed ballot measure aimed at amending Kentucky's Constitution to ensure it doesn't offer protections for abortion rights was advanced by a House committee on Thursday.

Lawmakers filed nearly a dozen "unfriendly" floor amendments last week to the bill seeking to legalize and tax sports betting in Kentucky.

ASHLAND -- Tyler Boyles' accomplishment of a dream resonated well beyond himself.

FRANKFORT -- A key Kentucky lawmaker said Friday that former Gov. Matt Bevin's four last appointments to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees were out of compliance with state law.

FRANKFORT -- Medical marijuana is getting a serious look in the Kentucky legislature.

GREENUP -- A former Kentucky teacher seen on video dragging an elementary school student has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.

FRANKFORT -- A House panel overwhelmingly approved a bill that would legalize medicinal marijuana in Kentucky, boosting a proposal that has long struggled to gain traction in the legislature despite increasing public support.

LOUISVILLE -- A large rock slide on a rain-saturated mountain caused a fiery train derailment Thursday morning in eastern Kentucky that briefly trapped two crew members and caused a chemical leak into a river, authorities said.

FRANKFORT -- Looking to protect people with diabetes from being overwhelmed by high drug costs, a House committee approved a bill Thursday to cap out-of-pocket costs for many Kentuckians relying on insulin.

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Andy Beshear has had his opportunity to present and pitch his two-year budget proposal for state government.

HENDERSON -- Opioid abuse and addiction is a significant problem in western Kentucky. It affects families, workplaces, schools and more.

FRANKFORT -- A black history month celebration at the Kentucky Capitol today will highlight contributions that African Americans have made to the U.S. military and the nation's defense.

Authorities: Kentucky hospital patient shoots nurse in leg

FRANKFORT — The Kentucky House passed a bill Tuesday seeking to amend the state constitution to specifically state that women do not have a legal right to an abortion.

Kentucky has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday.

Kentucky continues to lead the nation in child abuse and neglect, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. is limiting the sale of sanitization and cold- and flu-related products as the country grapples with COVID-19, the flu-like illness that follows infection by the novel coronavirus.

FRANKFORT -- For more than 65 days, Kentucky House Majority Floor Leader John "Bam" Carney has battled a severe case of pancreatitis and infection in the intensive care unit at Norton Hospital in Louisville.

BOWLING GREEN -- Kentucky is seeking $45,000 in fines from an Indiana man who is accused of using children to sell candy in Bowling Green.

BOWLING GREEN -- It might have been the most satisfying whinny Catherine Limkeman had ever heard from Declan, the horse she transported from Ozark, Ill., to Warren County's Rainhill Equine Facility.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky House voted Friday to create a loan program to provide struggling rural hospitals with cash transfusions lawmakers hope will spark a financial turnaround.

COVINGTON -- A Kentucky technology engineering firm plans to add at least 83 jobs with a $5.3 million expansion of its headquarters.

With the threat of coronavirus increasing in the United States, Kentucky's interim education commissioner reminded district superintendents Thursday that the decision to shut down schools might be out of their hands.

FRANKFORT -- The Kentucky Senate approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday to limit when a governor can issue pardons, a rebuke of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's decision to sign a flurry of controversial pardons for convicted murderers, rapists and child pornographers in his last days in office.

FRANKFORT -- Local governments would have more latitude to raise tax revenue to meet demands for services under a proposed constitutional change advanced by a House panel Thursday.

Every year since 2007, Kentucky had finished dead last in a ranking of state animal-protection laws.

FRANKFORT -- Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear does not like Republican Senate President Robert Stivers' efforts to undo his remake of the Kentucky Board of Education.

Organizations spent more than $2.5 million trying to influence Frankfort legislators during the first month of the Kentucky General Assembly, according to state lobbying records.

Democrats held onto one of two party strongholds after a special election on Tuesday and a Republican took over a longtime blue seat.

GLASGOW -- The first people to explore and map the depths of Mammoth Cave and give guided tours were enslaved African Americans in the 19th century, and current Mammoth Cave National Park Ranger Chuck DeCroix wants to make sure their legacy is carried forward.

Jefferson Family Court Judge Derwin Webb has been publicly reprimanded by the Kentucky Supreme Court for an error in private practice that caused a former client to be married to two men at the same time.

FRANKFORT -- A politically divisive proposal to revamp Kentucky's public assistance programs and tighten enforcement to prevent fraud won passage in the Republican-run state House on Friday.

A bill that would broadly protect medical professionals from penalty for declining to perform procedures that violate their conscience, such as abortions, won support from a Senate committee Thursday.

MORGANFIELD -- A couple died in a house fire in western Kentucky, officials said.

NEW YORK -- It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, but early signs suggest the vaccine is working OK.

FRANKFORT -- The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would make it easier to transfer state inmates serving felony time in dangerously overcrowded jails to other jails that have open beds.

FRANKFORT -- After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates cleared a historic hurdle Thursday when the Kentucky House voted to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

FRANKFORT -- A proposed ballot measure aimed at amending Kentucky's Constitution to ensure it doesn't offer protections for abortion rights was advanced by a House committee on Thursday.

Lawmakers filed nearly a dozen "unfriendly" floor amendments last week to the bill seeking to legalize and tax sports betting in Kentucky.

ASHLAND -- Tyler Boyles' accomplishment of a dream resonated well beyond himself.

FRANKFORT -- A key Kentucky lawmaker said Friday that former Gov. Matt Bevin's four last appointments to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees were out of compliance with state law.

FRANKFORT -- Medical marijuana is getting a serious look in the Kentucky legislature.

GREENUP -- A former Kentucky teacher seen on video dragging an elementary school student has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.

FRANKFORT -- A House panel overwhelmingly approved a bill that would legalize medicinal marijuana in Kentucky, boosting a proposal that has long struggled to gain traction in the legislature despite increasing public support.

LOUISVILLE -- A large rock slide on a rain-saturated mountain caused a fiery train derailment Thursday morning in eastern Kentucky that briefly trapped two crew members and caused a chemical leak into a river, authorities said.

FRANKFORT -- Looking to protect people with diabetes from being overwhelmed by high drug costs, a House committee approved a bill Thursday to cap out-of-pocket costs for many Kentuckians relying on insulin.

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Andy Beshear has had his opportunity to present and pitch his two-year budget proposal for state government.

HENDERSON -- Opioid abuse and addiction is a significant problem in western Kentucky. It affects families, workplaces, schools and more.

FRANKFORT -- A black history month celebration at the Kentucky Capitol today will highlight contributions that African Americans have made to the U.S. military and the nation's defense.

HENDERSON -- Two women and five animals have been found dead at a home in western Kentucky, authorities said.

FRANKFORT -- Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman has given birth to a healthy girl.

FRANKFORT -- A bill to give Kentucky schools the opportunity to install cameras on school buses, to catch illegal passing while children are embarking or disembarking, passed the state House Thursday.

FRANKFORT -- A bill to ban physical discipline of students in Kentucky passed the state House on Friday, but not before one legislator recounted being paddled by another legislator while he was in school.

FRANKFORT -- Faced with dangerously overcrowded county jails across Kentucky -- many of which house state inmates serving felony time -- two lawmakers are sponsoring bills in the General Assembly that would make it easier to transfer prisoners to jails with open beds and to give larger state…

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Andy Beshear said gun-rights activists who brought their weapons into the state Capitol last week were allowed to do so, though security did not properly enforce rules prohibiting masks and requiring the weapons be safely secured.

Several thousand tobacco farmers would get payouts under a plan approved Wednesday by the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association.

Kentucky may shift how it labels its lowest-performing schools for the third time in as many years.