Georgetown College football player using his feet to raise money, combat racial discrimination and hunger
Time and a passion can be a beautiful combination. Georgetown College football player Branden Leff is discovering this. The junior…
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Daily Yonder: In historic First, protests spread to more than 3,000 towns across United States
By John W. Miller The Daily Yonder As one of the only black kids growing up in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (pop….
Kentucky Bourbon Festival moves annual celebration to Oct. 15-18 in response to COVID-19
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival, America’s premier celebration of the nation’s native spirit, announced Wednesday it will delay this year’s event…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A ‘big-time brawler,’ the Muskellunge is Kentucky’s top predator fish
The Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) is king of Kentucky’s major lakes and the streams they were impounded from, a voracious predator…
State Budget Director reports General Fund receipts in May down 8.1 percent compared to last year
State Budget Director John Hicks has reported that May’s General Fund receipts fell 8.1 percent compared to May of last…
NKY’s Kimberly Moser named co-chair of the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, Family Services
Representative Kimberly Moser of Taylor Mill has been selected to serve as the co-chair of the Interim Joint Committee on…
AAA: National gas price rises above $2 per gallon; Kentucky current average at the pump is $1.94
For 66 days, the national gas price average held below the $2/gallon mark, pushing as cheap as $1.76. But, in…
University of Louisville nursing scholarship created to honor Breonna Taylor; four-year renewable award
By John Karman III University of Louisville To honor the memory of the EMT from Louisville, the University of Louisville…
Off the sidelines, Mark Stoops, UK players march against racial injustice as part of the solution
By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Mark Stoops couldn’t sit on the sidelines any longer. The Kentucky coach and members of…
Kentucky Distillers’ Association cancels Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame ceremony due to pandemic
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association announced Friday that its Board of Directors has unanimously decided to cancel this year’s Kentucky Bourbon…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Hybrid striped bass in Ky. waters are result of a controlled interspecies cross
The Hybrid Striped Bass is the result of interspecific hybridization, a cross of two species that must occur in the…
U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, in split decision, throws out law restricting common abortion method
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today A federal court of appeals panel in Cincinnati, on a split decision, has upheld a…
NBC’s voice of Triple Crown, Larry Collmus, joins Kentucky Downs’ all-star announcing team
World-renowned race announcers Michael Wrona and Larry Collmus will share those duties at the one-of-a-kind Kentucky track. Kentucky Downs’ six-date…
Ohio River Paddlefest to host a virtual ‘Paddle with a Purpose’ in lieu of in-person event — for good cause
The organizers of the annual Ohio River Paddlefest will host a virtual “Paddle for a Purpose” experience in lieu of…
Beshear authorizes renewing driver’s licenses, ID cards, replacement requests remotely
Gov. Andy Beshear has announced an official order temporarily authorizing circuit court clerk offices to process expired driving credential renewals…
Keeneland launches Digital Sales Ring; online Select Horses of Racing Age Sale set for June 23
Keeneland officials have announced the launch of the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, a stand-alone online auction platform accessible to buyers…
UK Cooperative Extension agents help as Kentucky’s farmers markets open with an eye toward safe sales
By Carol Lea Spence University of Kentucky In the United States, about 40 percent of farmers are 65 or older,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A distinctive seasonal visitor, the brown thrasher is often found along roadsides
Driving Kentucky’s rural backroads during the spring and early summer it’s not uncommon to see this distinctively-marked brown bird darting…
Racing Commission approves Keeneland’s request to conduct spectator-free racing five days in July
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s Race Dates Committee on Wednesday approved Keeneland’s request to conduct…
More than 100,000 Kentucky voters successfully apply online for absentee ballot as of Tuesday
Secretary of State Michael G. Adams announced that as if early Tuesday afternoon, 100,000 registered Kentucky voters have taken advantage…
Have you filled out your census form? Do it now. . .rural areas are lagging behind
Rural residents are filling out their census forms more slowly than other Americans, reports the Housing Assistance Council, which helps build…
Baby Wallaby wants out of ‘quarantine’ — peeks out of mom’s pouch for first time at the Cincinnati Zoo
After weeks of growing and moving around in its mom’s pouch, a tiny baby wallaby, also called a joey, has…