Most of Kentucky (not NKY) now under Level 1 drought declaration; east KY wildfires continue
The Office of the State Climatologist and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, in coordination with the Kentucky Drought Mitigation…
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Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale shows gains in average, median prices on Saturday
Keeneland realized increases in average and median prices on Saturday, the fifth day of its November Breeding Stock Sale, which…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Waterfowl season looks promising, but state needs some cold weather
By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune The moderate drought conditions across Kentucky brought baked, cracked yards, dust, fires and streams…
Old Time Kentucky: State’s only World War I Medal of Honor winner was also a modest hero
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist “The most modest hero of the world war” is buried in Louisville’s Zachary Taylor National…
KYTC announces lane restriction on I-71/75 SB this weekend; bridge work in Kenton, Campbell next week
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 office has announced that there will be significant lane restrictions on Interstate 71/75 in…
Workers’ comp payments for medical service in Kentucky are below 18-state median, study says
Medical payments per claim in Kentucky were lower than the median of 18 states, according to a recent study from…
Kentucky DPH issues smoke inhalation advisories for counties in southeastern part of state due to wildfires
The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH), within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, is issuing a Public Health Alert…
Election 2016: Republicans take majority in both state chambers; Stumbo loses; voter turnout nearly 60%
The big news for Election 2016 is that Republicans now have majorities in both the Kentucky House of Representatives and…
Secretary of State predicts 60% voter turnout — let’s go for a record today, Kentucky!
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes projected approximately 60 percent of the 3.3 million people registered to vote in Kentucky…
Old Time Kentucky: Mountain man Smith earned moniker of Peg Leg while roaming Garrard County
By Berry Craig NKyTribune columnist There are two memorials to mountain man “Peg Leg” Smith in Borrego Springs, Calif. But…
Kentucky Baptist Convention, state’s largest religious organization, to convene in Florence on Nov 15
Kentucky’s largest religious organization gathers in Florence later this month, likely making an impact on the local economy as well…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: All signs point to beginning of modern gun deer season
By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Shredded bark on saplings, fresh scrapes along old logging trails and trail camera snapshots…
It’s ‘fall back’ weekend — re-set your clocks, get an extra hour’s sleep and change those batteries . . .
Kentuckians “fall back” this weekend to standard time, and the Public Protection Cabinet’s Division of Fire Prevention reminds Kentuckians that…
Kentucky Kernel: KY’s public universities keep ‘confidential’ their employees’ sexual misconduct
By Matt Smith Kentucky Kernel A Kentucky Kernel investigation into the policies of state universities found many of Kentucky’s public…
Springfield man walks path through Kentucky that led slave-turned-abolitionist Henry Bibb to freedom
NKyTribune staff A passage from a book written by a former slave-turned-abolitionist inspired a Springfield, Kentucky man to retrace the…
Annual NKY Household Hazardous Waste Collection event Saturday at UC Health Stadium in Florence
On Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., residents of Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties can drop off…
Kentucky Labor Cabinet reports recouping over $118k for state workers, for wage and hour violations
Last month, the Labor Cabinet recouped $118,337.13 in unpaid wages for Kentucky workers. This brings the total amount recovered for…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Proper care of deer in the field ensures good-tasting venison, quality mount
A forecast of unseasonably warm weather for the start of November, the month with the highest deer harvest in Kentucky,…
State testing deer for disease monitoring program after bovine tuberculosis found in Indiana
Kentucky is participating in a three-state effort to test white-tailed deer for the presence of bovine tuberculosis. While bovine tuberculosis…
Mike Denham: Work to better protect children under way with first meeting of new Child Abuse Task Force
The start of the 2017 legislative session is still a couple of months away, but the groundwork for what hopefully…
Bluegrass & Backroads: North American International Livestock Exhibition is all about the animals
The North American International Livestock Exhibition in Louisville is the world’s largest all-breed livestock show, with nearly 30,000 entries. Follow…
NKY students among those in cast for WKU’s production of Little Shop of Horrors Nov. 3-8
Meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn wants to find his way off Skid Row and into the heart of his co-worker…