O Canada: Tobacco advocates claim Canadian proposal would ban some leaf imported from US

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tobacco advocates used to being on the defensive in their own country are fuming over a Canadian proposal they say could essentially ban some American leaf often used in cigarettes sold across the northern border.

Army Corps of Engineers takes on bold task: Moving flood-prone Ky. town to higher ground

MARTIN, Ky. — The trucks have come again to haul away soaked sofas and waterlogged mattresses. Cars that weren’t moved soon enough have been towed away, their engines and interiors fouled.

Ky. officials investigate death of boy found pinned by church elevator after wedding reception

STURGIS, Ky. — Kentucky officials were investigating what happened to an 8-year-old boy who was found with his head pinned in a church elevator as his family was cleaning up after his grandmother’s wedding reception.

Ky. police: Boy, 8, found dead with head pinned by church elevator after wedding reception

STURGIS, Ky. — State police were investigating after the body of an 8-year-old boy was found with his head pinned in a church elevator as his family was cleaning up after his grandmother’s wedding reception.

As rivals pitch pasta, sandwiches, Papa John’s keeps its eye on the pie

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Papa John’s is betting the store on keeping its eye on the pie — even as two larger competitors load their plates with pasta with pasta or sandwiches to boost sales in the slumping economy.

People encountering more bears, some of them brazen, as populations rise in eastern US

HARLAN, Ky. — Bobby Koger was deer hunting on a Kentucky hillside when a black bear gave him the fright of his life.

Brown-Forman fiscal 4th-quarter profit drops 20 percent on sales decline, costs for job cuts

MILWAUKEE — The recession keeps cutting into consumer drinking, Brown-Forman Corp. said Wednesday, as it announced its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 20 percent, hurt by costs related to job cuts and distributors’ inventory cuts — taken in response to consumers reducing their spending on big sellers like Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey.

Ky. man pleads guilty in disabled sister’s death; woman’s body was found mummified in car

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — A Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his disabled sister, whose mummified remains were found in the trunk of his car last year.

Piece be with you: Ky. Protestant church welcomes pistol-packers to 2nd Amendment event

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment.

Guns and God: Ky. Protestant church welcomes pistol-packers to 2nd Amendment event

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment.

God and guns: Ky. Protestant church welcomes pistol-packers to 2nd Amendment event

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky pastor is inviting people to bring their guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment.

2 Kentucky men jailed for stealing baby Jesus from family’s Nativity scene in small town

SOMERSET, Ky. — A Christmas prank in a small Kentucky town has netted jail time for two young men who stole the baby Jesus.

State: Louisville Zoo train that derailed, injuring 22, had daily and seasonal inspections

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A miniature train that derailed and injured 22 people at the Louisville Zoo underwent daily inspections and passed a state examination in January, safety officials said Tuesday.

Louisville Zoo to reopen after train ride derails near gorilla house, injuring 22

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo planned to open as normal Tuesday while inspectors tried to figure out why a miniature train derailed and sent 22 people to hospitals.

Louisville Zoo train derails near gorilla house; 22 taken to hospitals, 1 child critical

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A small train carrying visitors to the Louisville Zoo fell off the tracks Monday, sending 22 people to hospitals including one child who was critically injured, officials said.

Louisville Zoo train derails near gorilla house; 20 on board taken to hospitals, none critical

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least one person was seriously injured and 19 others were taken to hospitals, including several children, after a small train with Louisville Zoo visitors aboard derailed Monday, an emergency official said.

Louisville Zoo train derails near gorilla exhibit; EMS workers take people off, 1 by stretcher

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Emergency officials say 20 people, including children, have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries after train carrying Louisville Zoo visitors overturned.

Battle of Sacramento will attract hundreds of re-enactors from 16 states

SACRAMENTO, Ky. — Hundreds of Civil War re-enactors from several states will converge in western Kentucky this weekend for the Battle of Sacramento.

Churchill wins permission from Ky. racing commission to cut 7 race days from spring meet

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has approved a request by Churchill Downs to drop seven race days from the 2009 spring meet.

Equipment manager’s estranged wife indicted with trying to extort Louisville coach Rick Pitino

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The estranged wife of a longtime aide to Rick Pitino was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of trying to extort money from the Louisville men’s basketball coach and lying to the FBI.

Basketball equipment manager’s estranged wife indicted with trying to extort coach Rick Pitino

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman accused of trying to extort money from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has been indicted.

Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird heading east to Preakness

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird is on his way to Pimlico.

Churchill Downs will ask to drop 7 race days from spring meet; will reduce purses on 6 races

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Churchill Downs will ask the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to let the track drop seven race days from the 2009 spring meet.

Derby Trial winner won’t race in Preakness, heads instead to Belmont’s Woody Stephens Stakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Derby Trial winner Hull will not race in the Preakness and instead will run in the Woody Stephens Stakes at Belmont Park on June 6.

Prosecutors: Ex-soldier deserves death for raping, murdering Iraqi teen and killing her family

PADUCAH, Ky. — Federal prosecutors say a former soldier convicted of raping and murdering an Iraqi teenager and killing her family deserves a death sentence because the crimes were so heinous.

Tests prove top finishers at Kentucky Derby and Oaks were clean of steroids

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky racing officials say no horse tested positive for steroids or other banned drugs at the Kentucky Derby or Kentucky Oaks.

Path clearing for Rachel Alexandra to run in the Preakness

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rachel Alexandra is in the Preakness. Finally. Probably.

Rachel Alexandra to be entered in Preakness, but will she make a field limited to 14 starters?

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rachel Alexandra looks ready to challenge the boys in the Preakness.

Rachel Alexandra breezes through workout at Churchill Downs, Preakness plans still uncertain

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rachel Alexandra breezed through an easy workout at Churchill Downs, but it still remains uncertain whether the 3-year-old filly will run in the Preakness.

Rick Pitino says there’s “absolutely no truth” to rumors that he’s returning to NBA

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville coach Rick Pitino says there is “absolutely no truth” to the rumors that he is returning to the NBA.