Company announces nearly $712 million project in Kentucky to make batteries used to store energy

Company announces nearly $712 million project in Kentucky to make batteries used to store energy

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A battery manufacturer has selected Kentucky for a nearly $712 million project to produce industrial-sized batteries used to store and distribute energy, a process seen as increasingly important to help secure a reliable electric grid for the country, officials said Friday. The Shelbyville Battery Manufacturing plant will employ 1,572 workers once…

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Kentucky town to lay judge to rest as questions swirl about argument police say led up to his killing and sheriff’s arrest

Kentucky town to lay judge to rest as questions swirl about argument police say led up to his killing and sheriff’s arrest

As residents of a small town in southeast Kentucky mourn the loss of a prominent district judge, they’re looking for answers about the argument that authorities say led up to his killing inside the judge’s chambers and the sheriff’s arrest in his death. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43 – a man whose role…

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