UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment offers Virtual State Fair for next 11 days
By Aimee Nielson University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is offering 11 days…
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Rep. Scott pre-files ‘Breonna’s Law’ to end no-knock search warrants, increase police accountability
State Rep. Attica Scott has pre-filed legislation to end the use of no-knock search warrants in Kentucky and to increase…
First lottery game ever based on horse racing results — Win Place Show — launched statewide
Win Place Show, the first lottery game ever to be based on live horse racing, is now on sale by…
Keeneland catalogs 4,272 horses for 77th annual yearling sale scheduled for September 13-25
Keeneland announced today that 4,272 yearlings have been cataloged for the 77th annual Keeneland September Yearling Sale to be held…
AG Cameron, fraud experts team up with National Consumers League to help consumers spot scams
The National Consumers League (NCL), America’s pioneering consumer and worker advocacy organization, hosted a virtual “fireside chat” with Kentucky Attorney…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The largemouth bass remains most popular gamefish in Kentucky waters
(Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series about Kentucky’s gamefish species.) The largemouth bass is Kentucky’s most…
Governor, Secretary of State ‘close to agreement’ on November general election, acting in good faith
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today No agreement yet between Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams…
Documentary series on American poetry focuses on Kentucky; essays accepted until Sept. 15
Kentucky Poet Laureate Jeff Worley is calling on Kentuckians to put down their keyboards, pick up their pens and write…
Ammonium nitrate is all over U.S., faces uneven oversight; it exploded in Beirut — and in West Texas
Ammonium nitrate, blamed for the Beirut explosion, is all over U.S., and unevenly regulated, due to agriculture’s influence. The explosion…
Attorney General Cameron provides new tool for reporting suspected Medicaid fraud, patient abuse
Attorney General Daniel Cameron has announced a new tool for reporting suspected Medicaid fraud and patient abuse to his office….
Looking for Kentucky’s newest millionaire — Lottery’s Powerball $1m ticket sold in Nicholasville
A ticket sold in Nicholasville for last night’s Powerball drawing matched all five white ball winning numbers but not the…
Kentucky Supreme Court sets schedule for hearing on suit against Governor’s executive orders
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The Kentucky Supreme Court issued an order on Friday, setting a briefing schedule and a…
Kentucky native one step closer to approval as Ambassador of UN Economic and Social Council
Kentucky native Jennifer Yue Barber appeared before the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee this week for her appointment as ambassador…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Spotted (Kentucky) Bass — most common in the streams of Northeastern Ky.
Editor’s note: This is the sixth article in a series about Kentucky’s native gamefish species. Once thought to be a…
Heavy traffic during coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on Kentucky’s state nature preserves
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service When state parks closed at the start of the pandemic, many Kentuckians ventured out…
Woodford Reserve $1,000 Mint Julep celebrates 50th anniversary of Kentucky Derby’s first female jockey
It’s been 50 years since jockey Diane Crump became the first female to ride in the Kentucky Derby — and…
Treasurer Allison Ball has returned $100 million in unclaimed property to its owners; are you on the list?
Treasurer Allison Ball announced today that she has returned $100 million in unclaimed property to Kentuckians since first taking office….
UK College of Pharmacy graduate Dennis Bashaw embraces tradition of unscripted opportunities
By Grace Colville and Ja’Nae Clapp University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy (UKCOP) has developed a…
UK entomologists find Asian longhorned ticks in Kentucky; they threaten livestock, wildlife and pets
By Katie Pratt University of Kentucky The Asian longhorned tick, which preys on a variety of hosts including humans and…
‘Alone, but not lonely’ – Patient receives new liver at UK’s Transplant Center during pandemic
By Hilary Brown University of Kentucky Major surgeries and extended hospital stays are harrowing enough under normal circumstances. Factor in…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The return of Kentucky’s native river-run, southern strain of Walleye
The Walleye is native to Kentucky. The so-called river-run, southern strain of Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum)` once inhabited the Ohio River,…
Kentucky’s General Fund receipts increase 1.5 percent in FY20; Road Fund receipts fall 4.8 percent
State Budget Director John Hicks has reported that Kentucky’s General Fund receipts for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) ended better than…