By Lorie Hailey
Associate Editor
A group of shift supervisors at a private prison in central Kentucky has sued Corrections Corporation of America, alleging the company forced them to work extra hours and denied them overtime, reports the Associated Press.
The six current and former CCA employees at the Marion Adjustment Center in St. Mary’s who filed suit also said the Nashville, Tenn.-based private prison giant denied them meal and rest breaks, and required employees to attend training sessions without pay.
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Stabilization and demolition work began Monday on a string of historic buildings in the 100 block of West Main Street known as Whiskey Row in Louisville, reports the Courier-Journal.
A group of preservation-minded investors is trying to round up $7 million to restore five of the buildings. Two other aging structures at the east end of the block owned by developer Todd Blue are targeted for razing because they are considered in such poor shape that they can’t be salvaged, the paper says.
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Hoping to get in on Facebook’s hotly anticipated public stock offering?
You’ll need Facebook friends at very high levels — or a lot of money, the Associated Press reports. Most people who like the idea of owning Facebook’s stock will have difficulty getting it at the offer price, expected at $28 to $35 a share.
Unless you know the right people at Facebook, you’ll likely need to have a large, active account with one of the big banks or brokerage firms directly involved in the stock sale, AP says. Or, you can take your chances by buying shares after the initial public offering is completed, when Facebook begins trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol “FB.”
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Restoration work on the Cumberland Gap Tunnel is scheduled to conclude Wednesday, restoring all four lanes to service. The repair project valued at $1,523,316, reports the Middlesboro (Ky.) Daily News.
The tunnel has been reduced to two lanes since the project began in January.
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A state ethics panel issued charges Monday against former Tourism Commissioner Mike Cooper, alleging that he misused state resources for his own financial gain, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Cooper, who resigned in February after a series of articles by the Lexington Herald-Leader, allowed a state contractor to pay $735 for his meals, party tickets and other expenses in June 2011 during an unauthorized trip to London, England, according to documents obtained by the newspaper.
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