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Here is the latest Kentucky news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. EDT

Posted at 3:40 AM, Jul 03, 2019
and last updated 2019-07-03 03:40:09-04

VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) — Authorities are fighting to extinguish a fire at a Jim Beam bourbon warehouse in Kentucky. Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler tells WKYT-TV that two barrel warehouses at the facility caught fire late Tuesday. Crews were still attempting to get the fire under control early Wednesday. It’s unclear what caused the blaze. A nearby road has been shut down.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Kentucky’s Republican governor reached out to lawmakers to outline changes to his pension-relief proposal, a Democratic representative read the electronic version but sent back the paper copy _ unopened, with the envelope marked “Return to Sender.” Rep. Jeff Donohue said this week that he sent it back on purpose “to generate a conversation.” But the four-term Louisville lawmaker didn’t get the response he had hoped for, as Gov. Matt Bevin used it to make a point of his own.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Andy Beshear has released a plan to improve job opportunities for military veterans in his first major policy rollout as the Democratic nominee for Kentucky governor. Beshear said Tuesday his plan will increase access to job skills training for veterans.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky police officer who admitted to sexually abusing minors involved in the department’s now defunct youth program has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison. News outlets report Kenneth Betts asked the judge for mercy during the sentencing hearing Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge David Hale had rejected a plea agreement in May that would’ve sentenced Betts to 15 years in prison.