Kentucky Power has reached a settlement agreement with the state’s industrial customers over a power plant in West Virginia. Not everyone is on board, though.

Horse trainer and Democrat Dale Romans has announced his candidacy for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat. He’s facing a crowded race ahead of the May primary.

Gov. Andy Beshear says that two water infrastructure projects have been completed in eastern Kentucky. Beshear said a $1.7 million project in Breathitt County replaced more than a mile of water line serving 950 households. The area was damaged in the 2022 floods.

EKU Colonels are back at Baptist Health Arena at Alumni Coliseum after officials cut the ribbon on the facility following major renovations

Kentucky GOP lawmakers appeared to disagree Monday on whether the state should further cut the income tax next year after failing to meet the budget trigger.

They were once political rivals from opposite parties. One beat the other for re-election. On Monday, though, former Govs. Ernie Fletcher and Steve Beshear made a friendly appearance at the Kentucky Chamber’s legislative preview in Lexington.

The CLIMB 2.0 initiative is a collaboration between the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, in partnership with the Cabinet for Health and Family Service and its Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities.

Local experts and advocates say the disparity is alarming, but not surprising. The 16-year-old boy pleaded with the judge through scratchy handwriting on a crinkled piece of notebook paper.

Eastern Kentucky University is ending its free textbook program due to federal regulations.

Louisville Metro Police collect data through license plate readers and share it with thousands of law enforcement agencies.

Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday. She was 88.

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed the case of CWD this week. Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources say that Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed in a wild deer harvested by a hunter earlier this hunting season in Pulaski County.

The Small Business Administration says some disaster victims can still apply for relief loans as they wind down operations in Kentucky.

The bill would prevent sex offenders convicted of crimes against children from handing out candy to young trick-or-treaters or attending Halloween costume parties where children are present.

According to court documents, Charles Ingram V and his father, Charles Ingram IV, got into a fight with one of the team’s assistant coaches.

Norfolk Southern hauled more coal for domestic consumption in the third quarter than coal for export, reflecting a trend in where coal moves by railroad.

With a state Senate special election rapidly approaching, here’s what you need to know ahead of Election Day.

The ongoing government shutdown could see more than 600,000 Kentuckians lose access to food stamps. That could also put a strain on local food banks.

Loud rhythmic music with rapping vocals pulsates inside the walls of CycleYou Fitness and Sauna in Lexington on this Thursday night. Hip hop dancers are warming up in the dimly lit studio.

The Jefferson County Republican Party has selected a candidate for a special election in Louisville’s South End that railed against the women of his generation through online posts, using vulgar epithets.

Governor Andy Beshear has announced that nearly a million dollars has been awarded to help Kentucky communities guard against wildfires. The funding comes from the USDA Forest Service as part of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program.

The historic Washington Opera House in Maysville is one of the iconic theaters in the small river town. On a recent trolley tour of the town, tour guide Danny Weddle shared a few facts about the arts center with passengers.

The Louisville Republican Party nominated retired U.S. Army veteran Calvin Leach to go up against Democrat Gary Clemons, a local union leader, in a special election for a vacant state Senate seat in south Louisville.

Funding for food assistance benefits next month isn’t coming, Gov. Andy Beshear said, due to the federal government shutdown. Funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program is also delayed.

State Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton of Louisville has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in 2024. It’s the second time she has been sentenced for DUI in the past five years.

Student organizations at Eastern Kentucky University hosted the campus’ annual Pride in the Plaza event this year. Food stands, merch booths and rainbow decorations covered the plaza outside EKU’s student union most of Tuesday.

Republicans running for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s open seat in Kentucky, along with outside PACs, have already raised and spent millions of dollars.

Kentuckians covered under Medicare have poor health outcomes and inferior quality and access to care compared to other states, according to a national study from the Commonwealth Fund.

While many national park visitors across the country have been met with shuttered visitor centers and limited availability amid the federal government's shutdown, a unique partnership in southern Kentucky has ensured that Mammoth Cave visitors are still greeted at the park's entrance.

After requesting guidance from the Kentucky attorney general, the Oldham County Board of Education voted not to accept a proposal for Bible-based moral education group Lifewise.

Construction is underway on a new training facility for the Kentucky State Police. Officials broke ground late last week on a new $2.7 million driving skills pad.

Democrat Amy McGrath, who has lost two high-profile races for Congress, announced a bid for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s open seat Monday.

The Public Service Commission approved a $40 million rate increase for Duke Energy in an order last week. It would see its customers pay around $12.51 extra each month for every 1,000 kilowatt-hours of energy. That would increase the average bill by around 10%, from $124.64 to $137.15 each month.

Several Kentucky Congressmen called on U.S. House leadership to block budget language that would ban certain hemp-derived products, joining hemp farmers.

The Kentucky Department of Corrections is working to reduce recidivism rates in the Commonwealth. Part of that plan includes providing training for inmates to help them land a job after their release.

Clay pigeons being hurled at the wall, Mason jars smashed to smithereens with a baseball bat, and a 75-inch flat-screen TV bashed with a sledgehammer, that’s the scene at a rage room in Florence, Kentucky. And it’s where Nathan Powell came to celebrate his 31st birthday.

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The Environmental Protection Agency has seen a lot of changes under the current Trump Administration. In late July, the agency proposed rescinding the 2009 Endangerment Finding.

The University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center is showing off new surgical equipment that allows some early-stage lung cancers to be diagnosed and even treated the same day.

Gov. Andy Beshear’s political action committee In This Together reported raising another $824,000 last week, including large contributions from real estate, horse racing and cryptocurrency industries.

Ford Motor Company plans to invest nearly $2 billion in the Louisville Assembly Plant to expand and build a new midsize electric truck. Its plans will require an expansion and retooling of the entire factory, but will mean fewer jobs.

Governor Andy Beshear has announced awards totaling $110 million for school districts across Kentucky.

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The Beshear Administration has joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit claiming the Trump Administration unlawfully froze unemployment funds already appropriated by Congress.

A free market think tank found Kentucky awarded $150 million of single-bid asphalt contracts in the first six months of this year, following $270 million given in 2024.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) mobile black lung clinic sat for weeks behind the NIOSH office in Morgantown.

The former Letcher County sheriff accused of murdering District Judge Kevin Mullins is scheduled to be back in court August 15.

The Kentucky Supreme Court reheard a case Wednesday over whether a state law that only affects Louisville is constitutional after originally finding it was last year.