Celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, food, more at Kentucky state parks July 3-5
Get your red, white and blue on at Kentucky State Parks this July. Enjoy Fourth of July activities at a…
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Most new state laws – 98 of the 117 passed earlier this year – go into effect next week
Most new laws approved during the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2015 regular session go into effect next week. The state constitution…
Governor announces funding of eight programs aimed at fighting, treating heroin abuse
Governor Steve Beshear today took another step to build upon the success of the 2015 landmark anti-heroin legislation he signed…
Replica of popular Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be on display in Lexington July 9-12
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall will be on display in Lexington July 9-12. The replica of the Vietnam…
KentuckyOne Health Breeders’ Cup Festival Week announces events, calls for volunteers
The committee charged with building a festival to surround the 2015 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland has announced week…
Three film projects get Ky Tourism incentives; one in NKy by Chris Collinsworth for NBC Sports
The Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority has approved three film projects for financial incentives. Under the new film incentive law…
Hepatitis C cases among young people in Central Appalachia up 364 percent from 2006-2012
Hepatitis C cases among people under 30 in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia increased by 364 percent from 2006…
Funding boost will enable more Kentucky children to receive free summer meals
A $40,000 increase in funding will enable the Kentucky Association of Food Banks to increase the number of low-income children…
District Judge Karen Thomas says Carroll County officials can be in contempt in Adam Horine case
By R.G. Dunlop Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting CARROLLTON, Ky. — It wasn’t unusual to see Adam Horine’s name on…
Filmmaker Breeding looking for 7th/8th graders for youth version of Dreamers & Doers; tryouts set
Filmmaker Michael Breeding who produced Dreamers & Doers: VOICES of Kentucky Women is looking for young people — in 7th…
Pregnant gorilla Anju getting special pre-natal care thanks to Cincinnati Zoo-Christ Hospital partnership
The Cincinnati Zoo has partnered with the local healthcare experts at The Christ Hospital to help monitor the pregnancy of…
Kentucky automotive industry contributes $14 billion to state’s economy, study shows
Kentucky’s automotive industry contributes $14.3 billion to the state’s economy – roughly $1 out of every $13 – and contributes…
TELL Kentucky Survey shows improved school working conditions since 2013
Overall, Kentucky educators are more positive about teaching and learning conditions in their schools than they were in 2013 according…
Carrollton police send mentally ill man to Florida, despite judge’s orders; now he’s in Campbell court
By R.G. Dunlop Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Adam Horine leaned on the courtroom podium, wept and begged. He…
Unemployment rates down in Boone, Owen and Campbell counties in April 2015
Unemployment rates fell in 119 Kentucky counties between April 2014 and April 2015, but rose in Union County, according to…
Prestigious authors featured at Kentucky Bourbon Affair, to discuss America’s only ‘native spirit’
Eight of the country’s most prestigious Bourbon authors will be featured at “Bourbon Under the Rocks,” the opening ceremony for…
State’s unemployment rate continues to fall well below national, pace of job growth up significantly
Kentucky’s unemployment rate continued to decrease as it fell to a seasonally adjusted preliminary April 2015 level of 5 percent…
UK’s body bequeathal program to be overhauled after audit finds shortcomings
The University of Kentucky’s body bequeathal program will be overhauled, including a transition to third-party administrator to manage it, following…
With All-Star game approaching, everyone’s a NKy ‘ambassador,’ but meetNKY wants to ‘certify’ you
Northern Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is participating in a new regional tourism ambassador program that is designed to…
Kentucky fallen officers to be honored at law enforcement memorial ceremony May 21
The memory and sacrifice of Kentucky’s officers killed in the line of duty will be honored at the Department of…
Get old bourbon bottles, whiskey treasures appraised at the Kentucky Bourbon Affair
Those dusty old bourbon bottles and time-worn advertisements in your attic could be worth some money. Find out how much…
‘A Gathering of Descendants’ June 13 – 14 is a family reunion Fort Boonesborough style
Calling all Boones … and other descendants of Daniel Boone and settlers who lived at Fort Boonesborough in the late…