Northwest plane hits turbulence, 2 hurt; comes day after 26 aboard Rio-Houston injured

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A flight attendant and a passenger were injured aboard a Northwest Airlines plane when it hit turbulence during a flight from Knoxville, Tenn., to Detroit Tuesday, an airline spokesman said.

Northwest plane hits turbulence, handful hurt; comes day after 26 aboard Rio-Houston injured

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An airport spokeswoman says a handful of passengers were hurt aboard a Northwest Airlines plane when it hit turbulence during a flight from Knoxville, Tenn., to Detroit.

Flooding hits Churchill Downs track in Ky.; some thoroughbreds moved due to high water

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Flash flooding has left part of the famed Churchill Downs track under water, and some horses stabled at the Louisville track were moved elsewhere due to high water.

Storm-fed floods in Ky., Ind., clog traffic, close university campus, knock out power

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — National Guard teams were dispatched after heavy thunderstorms fed floods in Kentucky and Indiana on Tuesday, shutting down a university campus in Louisville, closing highways and cutting power to thousands of people.

Ky. man pleads not guilty to charges of murder, DUI in triathlon participant’s death

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man has pleaded not guilty to murder, drunken driving and other charges after police say he hit and killed a cyclist participating in a triathlon.

Ky. man agrees to return to Wis. to face charges in 1980 slayings of high school sweethearts

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man has agreed to return to Wisconsin to face charges he killed a couple nearly 30 years ago and dumped their bodies in the countryside.

Ky. man charged in 1980 slaying of Wis. couple slaying makes 1st court appearance

LOUISIVLLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man arrested in the slaying of a Wisconsin couple nearly 30 years ago has pleaded not guilty at his first court appearance.

Ex-prosecutor appointed as attorney for woman accused of coach Pitino extortion attempt

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former federal prosecutor was appointed Friday to represent a woman charged with trying to extort Louisville coach Rick Pitino, three weeks after her prior attorney quit the case citing “irreconcilable differences” with her.

Rush on Midwestern coal, once deemed too dirty to burn, brings jobs back to Ill., Ky., Ind.

CENTERTOWN, Ky. — A five-minute drive from this community’s lone gas station leads to a gateway to untapped riches: A bed of coal twice the size of Lake Michigan.

Newspaper: Former contributors to Ky. Sen. Bunning are backing a possible rival for 2010 race

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Political contributors who donated thousands to Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning’s past election campaigns have found a new Republican to support for Senate.

Sheriff: Baby injured when family dog drags him from crib in central Ky. home

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A father was frantically calling 911 to report his missing newborn when he spotted the baby, bleeding from the mouth and clutched in the jaws of a family dog who had carried him from his crib to the heavily wooded backyard.

Coal miners boycotting Tennessee over Sen. Lamar Alexander’s effort to ban mountaintop removal

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Angry Appalachian coal miners are refusing to vacation in Tennessee because they say one of that state’s political leaders wants to eliminate needed jobs by banning mountaintop removal.

Complaint against Louisville coach Rick Pitino ‘void of credibility,’ won’t be prosecuted

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A prosecutor is declining to pursue a complaint filed with police by a woman embroiled in an alleged extortion attempt involving Louisville coach Rick Pitino.

Federal jury in Kentucky awards $1.25 million in DuPont chemical leak case

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal jury has ordered DuPont to pay more than $1.25 million to six people who were injured when fuming sulfuric acid spilled from an eastern Kentucky plant five years ago.

Yum Brands profit jumps 35 percent in second quarter on acquisition, overseas growth

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Grilling has put some sizzle back at KFC, but a reduced sales outlook took a toll on shares of KFC parent company Yum Brands Inc. despite a strong second quarter.

Humana, Health Net shares tumble day after losing lucrative Pentagon contracts

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Shares of Humana Inc. and Health Net Inc. tumbled Tuesday, a day after the Pentagon decided against renewing lucrative regional military health insurance contracts with both companies.

2007 Eclipse Award winner Lawyer Ron euthanized because of complications from colic

VERSAILLES, Ky. — Lawyer Ron was among the Kentucky Derby favorites in 2006 and a champion older horse in 2007. When he was retired from racing last year, he had earned nearly $2.8 million.

Fast-food operator Yum Brands expected reports 2nd-qtr earnings Tuesday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum Brands Inc. reports earnings for the fiscal second quarter on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

Kentucky Derby future safe even as state racing industry struggles

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Derby will continue to thrive at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. It’s the rest of the year that’s a problem for racing venues in the self-proclaimed “horse capital of the world.”

Coroner’s office says 6th person dies from Fourth of July house fire in Louisville, Ky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A sixth person has died from a pre-dawn house fire on the Fourth of July in Louisville.

As new GI Bill swells ranks of vets in college, schools work to ease transition to campus life

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That’s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom.

University of Kentucky seeks to dismiss, move former basketball coach Billy Gillispie’s suit

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Kentucky Athletics Association says former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie has sued the wrong people and in the wrong place.

Bring your gun to church: Ky. pastor urges members to pack heat for 2nd Amendment event

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For one day, at least, it was OK to pack heat in church.

Bring your gun to church: Ky. pastor urges members to pack heat at 2nd Amendment event

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A gun-toting Kentucky pastor says it’s OK to pack heat at church — at least for one day.

Paleontologists visit enemy turf in evolution debate with field trip to Creation Museum in Ky.

PETERSBURG, Ky. — In a dimly lit corner of the Creation Museum stands a life-size replica of a wrecking ball labeled “Millions of Years” demolishing the facade of a brick church.

Cities seek to stem rising tide of vacant properties caught up in nation’s housing downturn

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — David Brown Kinloch could have lived elsewhere, but he chose to move into an abandoned home in a distressed Louisville neighborhood that others were leaving in droves.

Southern Baptists say President Obama’s election is historic but his policies are troubling

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptists praised the election of President Barack Obama but said at their national meeting on Wednesday that they oppose his views on abortion and other social issues.

Southern Baptist Convention presidents urges more missions, minority members

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptists are facing a membership decline that could shrink the nation’s largest Protestant denomination by nearly half in 40 years, its convention president said Tuesday.

Southern Baptists to focus on energizing missionary efforts at annual meeting in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptists are beginning their national assembly in Kentucky and are looking at ways to energize missionary efforts.

Huckabee says the US should respond more strongly in support of protesters in Iran

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says the U.S. should respond more strongly in support of political protesters in Iran.