Glasgow, KENTUCKY

INDICTED
Nov 6, 2009 - Former GOP legislator and son of former Kentucky Gov. Louie Nunn, Steve Nunn, was was indicted Tuesday by a Hart County grand jury on six counts of wanton endangerment.

Arraignment is scheduled for November 17.

Nunn is accused of shooting and killing his former girlfriend, 29-year-old Amanda Ross in September 2009.

Nunn ran unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2003. He lost a bid for re-election to the state House in 2006 after 15 years as a state representative.

In September 2007, Nunn announced his support of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Steve Beshear, a former lieutenant governor. Shortly after, in December, Beshear appointed Nunn as deputy secretary of Health and Family Services. He was put on administrative leave in February after being charged with domestic violence for allegedly slapping Ross. He resigned in March. (Wikipedia entry)

Nunn has pleaded not guilty.

Lexington, KENTUCKY

April 10, 2008 - Former Kentucky State Senator Kathryn Bowers has been ordered to report to federal prison in Greenville, Illinois on Thursday, April 10.

Bowers pleaded guilty to accepting almost $12,000 dollars in bribes to influence votes; she was indicted as part of the FBI's investigation, "Operation Tennessee Waltz, in which several local public officials were also indicted. In February, Bowers was sentenced to 16 months in prison for the crime.

Bowers served nearly 12 years in the state legislature. Bowers, a Memphis Democrat, was the last of five former state lawmakers to be sentenced in the investigation.

KENTUCKY

Kentucky.

On the eve of his scheduled appearance before a special grand jury, [Kentucky] Gov. Ernie Fletcher issued blanket pardons to members of his administration who have been charged -- as well as those who could be indicted later -- in the state hiring investigation.

That's Republican governor Ernie Fletcher.