Keeneland kicks off exciting fall meet on Friday, runs through Oct. 28; key prep races for Breeders’ Cup
Autumn in the Bluegrass is highlighted by spectacular racing set against a landscape ablaze with color during Keeneland’s Fall Meet,…
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Are you a sports numbers nut/aficionado? Here are some numbers from first half of prep football season
By Don Owen Special to the NKyTribune The first half of the Kentucky high school football season is now complete,…
BLINK draws diverse entertainment lineup, globally-known artists to paint new Cincinnati murals
Nearly 30 artists will take to BLINK stages, October 12-15, providing live entertainment for the 20-block lights and art event….
University of Louisville names David Padgett acting head coach; he becomes one of youngest in nation
By Russ Brown Kentucky Today University of Louisville assistant coach David Padgett was named the Cardinals’ acting head coach for…
Kentucky Distillers’ Association welcomes Sparta’s Neeley Family Distillery as 35th member
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association announced Thursday that the Neeley Family Distillery in Sparta has joined its legendary ranks, as the…
Dow celebrates 50 years, co-locates with Cabot Corp. in Carroll County for construction of new 32-job plant
During a joint ceremony in Carroll County today, Gov. Matt Bevin congratulated two industrial manufacturers – Dow for achieving a…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Woody Plants of Kentucky and Tennessee great addition for amateur naturalists
A deer hunter finds an acorn in the woods and wants to know what species of oak it came from;…
Federal judge issues ruling striking down Kentucky abortion law requiring ultrasound
By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today A Kentucky law requiring doctors who conduct abortions to display and describe a patient’s ultrasound…
Kentucky Horse Park, Horse Country partner to offer special tours celebrating great racehorse Man o’ War
Special tours have been announced as a part of the Man o’ War Celebration, presented by Windstream. Horse Country, in…
Facebook founder Zuckerberg discovers rural education innovation on visit to Hazard
Ron Daley Special to NKyTribune Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and members of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative visited the Kentucky Valley…
UK graduate Jake Ingram’s boyhood fascination with space travel rocketed him to dream job with SpaceX
When he was a little boy, he dreamed of being an astronaut. His earliest memory is watching a space shuttle…
Ft. Knox and Ft. Campbell Army bases in Kentucky appear safe from closing, at least for now
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today There’s some good news from Washington for Ft. Knox and Ft. Campbell, Kentucky’s two major…
Small Business Administration sets Oct. 16 deadline for disaster loan applications for Kentucky
The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds businesses of all sizes, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners, and renters in Kentucky of the…
‘The Spirit of Freedom’ aircraft that flew in Berlin Airlift to be on display at Aviation Museum of KY
The Spirit of Freedom, an actual transport aircraft that flew in the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift and is now a flying…
Emergency Preparedness: Disasters don’t plan ahead — but you can, and now’s the time to do it
In conjunction with National Preparedness Month, Gov. Matt Bevin has proclaimed September as Preparedness Month in Kentucky. Kentucky Emergency Management…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Answering a few leftover questions from KET’s fall hunting call-in show
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Viewers of “Kentucky Afield” television picked up their phones and took to social media…
Thursday’s sales puts Keeneland’s gross over $300m for first time since 2008, runs through Satruday
With the sale of Hip 3313 during Thursday’s 10th session of the 12-day Keeneland September Yearling Sale, gross sales for…
Unemployment rates fall in 32 counties; Campbell’s is 3.9 percent, Boone and Kenton have 4.1 percent
Unemployment rates fell in 32 Kentucky counties, stayed the same in three and rose in 85 counties between August 2016…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: EHD outbreak update shows reports of dead, dying deer now in 72 counties
In the past month the number of reports of dead and/or dying deer received by the Kentucky Department of Fish…
Keeneland Yearling Sale surpassing last year’s, selling 1455 horses so far for average of $187,834
The buoyant pace continued at Keeneland on Monday when gross sales of $273,298,000 through seven sessions of the 12-day September…
Bevin participates in prisoner re-entry summit in D.C., says prisoner’s need to be assimilated into workforce
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Gov. Matt Bevin met Thursday with Trump administration officials in what he described as a…
Kentucky Downs pays out record $8.6 million purses, made possible by the track’s electronic games
Kentucky Downs paid out a record $8,619,000 in purses and Kentucky-bred purse supplements at its meet that concluded Thursday. The…