Diners at a Greek restaurant in Bowling Inexperienced, Kentucky, on Tuesday night time had been subjected to police physique digital camera footage from the night time Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her Louisville residence in 2020, in keeping with the native NAACP and restaurant patrons.
The Republican Girls’s Membership of South Central Kentucky scrambled to discover a new venue for an occasion that includes former-Louisville-police-officer-turned-conservative-author-and-pundit John Mattingly after the preliminary location for its dinner, the Bowling Inexperienced Nation Membership, mentioned it could now not host the group. Moreover, gubernatorial candidate and Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles backed out of the occasion due to the mounting controversy round Mattingly’s attendance, in keeping with Spectrum Information in Louisville.
Mattingly was one of many three law enforcement officials who raided Taylor’s house and fired pictures whereas looking her residence for her ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover. He was not within the residence on the time. Glover was handed a five-year probation sentence in 2021 after he accepted a plea deal from prosecutors for costs associated to narcotics.
The Tuesday night time occasion came about within the balcony of Anna’s Greek Restaurant, whereas it was nonetheless open to patrons unaffiliated with the occasion. In line with the Bowling Inexperienced-Warren County NAACP and restaurant patrons’ accounts on-line, the lights went darkish, as patrons unaffiliated with the occasion heard and noticed graphic descriptions of the incident that killed Taylor. The audio from that night time may very well be heard all through the restaurant, via its speaker system.
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Cayce Johnson, who posted an account of the night to Fb, mentioned that restaurant patrons got no warning the occasion would happen and that it grew to become so invasive that “we had been now not in a position to even hear individuals at our desk and barely may see our meals.”
Johnson informed NBC Information on Friday that she was not made conscious of the occasion earlier than coming into the restaurant. The Bowling Inexperienced resident mentioned she heard precise gunshots within the movies and that they confirmed footage of Taylor’s physique.
“Phrases can’t even describe how completely disgusting it’s, what this group placed on, the platform they gave him and what he confirmed to them,” Johnson mentioned. “These girls, they should be held accountable. Not simply Anna’s restaurant however the group themselves that put it on, and on the very least they should apologize to the those that they offended, to Breonna Taylor’s household and, and the group actually.”
The restaurant didn’t reply to a voicemail left requesting remark.
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Previous to the occasion, the Republican Girls’s Membership mentioned in a press release that it invited Mattingly to talk on the occasion “to acquire a firsthand account” of the raid that resulted in Taylor’s dying.
“These occasions could also be controversial, nevertheless, we consider Sgt. Mattingly has the appropriate to share his expertise,” the group mentioned in a press release to Spectrum Information in Louisville earlier this week. “Different people with firsthand expertise regarding this case are welcome to request a chance to talk to our group as properly.”
Stacy Webb, the president of the ladies’s membership, has not responded to a request for remark. The group’s Fb web page has since been deleted.
“It’s past reprehensible to topic anybody, not to mention kids and clients of African American descent, to such indecent publicity, graphic and upsetting photos whereas they had been making an attempt to take pleasure in their meal,” Ryan Dearbone, president of the Bowling Inexperienced-Warren County NAACP chapter, said in a statement Thursday. “Such disturbing occurrences should not be tolerated particularly in locations of public lodging. At a minimal, these acts are devoid of humanity and violate probably the most elementary rules of human decency.”
CORRECTION (Jan. 20, 2023, 3:45 p.m. ET): A earlier model of this text misspelled the final identify of the Kentucky agriculture commissioner. He’s Ryan Quarles, not Quarle.
Thanks to a dominant offensive performance from every position across the net, No. 12 Kentucky picked up a 3-1 victory over No. 24 Missouri Wednesday night in Columbia (25-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-20) to capture the SEC Title outright for the second-consecutive season.
As they’ve done for much of the season, the Cats once again turned to their superstar sophomore to deliver under the brightest lights as DeLeye recorded a match-high 19 kills on an impressive .359 clip. She also picked up five service aces in the winning effort and rattled off a 5-0 service run to bring the Cats back within a point and kickstart a comeback after trailing by as many as six in the fourth and final set.
DeLeye wasn’t doing it by herself against the Tigers, however, as Megan Wilson (13) and Brooke Bultema (11) also eclipsed double figures in the match. Rounding out the scoring was Jordyn Dailey, who finished with nine kills on a .750 hitting percentage and Erin Lamb, who finished with eight terminations.
Kentucky was paced by senior setter Emma Grome who dished out a match-high 54 assists as the Cats hit .377 as a team.
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On the back line Eleanor Beavin led the way with 15 digs and a pair of service aces. Molly Tuozzo added 14 digs to go along with four assists and a service ace, Grome finished with eight digs, Wilson had six, and DeLeye had five.
Dailey led the defensive effort at the net with four rejections. Grome added three, Wilson had a pair, and Bultema and DeLeye each totaled one.
With the victory, Kentucky concludes the regular season with a 20-7 overall record and a 14-2 mark in the SEC and are currently riding an 11-match winning streak. With no matches left to play, the Cats claimed the SEC Title outright and the NCAA Tournament’s automatic qualifier over Texas, who currently sits in second place with three losses and a match still left to play. With the regular season concluded, Kentucky now awaits their NCAA Tournament berth as the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Selection Show airs Sunday evening at 6:00 pm ET. The top-16 seeded teams named by the committee will host the First and Second Rounds next weekend on campus.
Kentucky football lost a 2025 wide receiver when recruit Ja’kayden Ferguson re-opened his recruitment in mid-November. Now, they have gained a commitment from top 500 receiver Dejerrian Miller to take the open spot.
Miller is a 6’3″, 195 lb receiver out of Missouri. He is rated four stars, and is ranked as the number 379 overall player in the 2025 class in the 247sports composite rankings. He is the 53rd ranked receiver in the class.
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Coach Mark Stoops and his staff have put together a solid recruiting class for 2025 so far. It’s currently ranked 25th in the country, though it is the 13th best class of the 16 teams of the SEC.
Miller joins Quintin Simmons Jr., Preston Bowman, and Montavin Quisenberry as wide receivers who are committed to Kentucky for 2025. Miller’s size should be an advantage for him as he looks to find playing time. It’s good get for the Wildcats and Stoops, who continues to bring in quality players at the receiver position.
EASTERN KENTUCKY (WYMT) – On Wednesday, President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster exists in Kentucky.
As a result, President Biden ordered federal assistance to supplement recovery efforts. This is locally as well as statewide following the damage left behind by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.
In a news release, federal funding will be available to eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations. This will be on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the remnants of the hurricane.
This includes many counties in our area: Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Lee, Letcher, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Powell, Rockcastle, Rowan, and Wolfe.
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In the announcement, it said federal funding will also be available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for the entire state of Kentucky.
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