If you or someone you know has experienced domestic violence, call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/2026/07/02/k...

Yesterday I had to pull a dryer sheet out of my puppy's mouth because, as a baby, he tries to eat literally everything he can find. On my way to the trash can, I felt a tug on the dryer sheet in my hand. He snuck up behind me, and took it back out of my hand, and ran away. 😂 🫠 😐

In historic shift, struggling Kentucky newspaper gets tax approval to become a nonprofit  kentuckylantern.com/2026/07/02/i...

If you or someone you know has experienced domestic violence, call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/briefs/eliza...

Kentuckians living with addiction can call Kentucky’s help line at 833-859-4357. Narcan, which can help reverse overdoses, is available at pharmacies for sale and through some health departments and outreach programs for free. kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/30/m...

I just saw someone on social media say they use ChatGpt to *stay informed* about the news and I--- Have absolutely 0 words.

The three people who died in weekend floods in Madison County have been identified. kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/29/t...

Kentucky crime report shows homicide decreases, more animal cruelty FRom @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/29/k...

NEW: A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, affecting grantees in more than two dozen states.

I just heard someone on the radio call millennials the “older generation.” Rip.

My dogs sleep soundly by my desk anytime I am just writing. But the minute I hop on an interview, they wake up and want to start wrestling each other or screaming at people on the street. It feels intentional at this point.

Gov. Andy Beshear is moving $4.5 million from a Capitol Annex renovation project to fully fund Lee Specialty Clinic in Louisville through the next fiscal year. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/25/k...

"WHY are you chewing on your brother?" and other cute things you say when you have have two 90-pound dogs.

Families plead with KY leaders: ‘Work together to find a solution’ and keep Lee Clinic open  From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/24/f...

Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will not be voting this week following a recent hospitalization. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/mccon...

Latest Beshear PAC report shows continuing signs of a presidential run From Tom Loftus kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/23/l...

Really interesting coverage from @mckennahorsley.bsky.social:

Drug treatment CEO pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges @dyetter.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/drug-...

Longtime Kentucky environmental journalist James Bruggers dies @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/18/l...

SpringHaven, a domestic violence organization in Elizabethtown, will close on June 30, its partner organization, ZeroV, announced Wednesday. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social. kentuckylantern.com/briefs/after...

It's not about awards, but they're nice when they come. Thank you to everyone who shared their stories with me last year. kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...

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Email from Bevin’s account accuses estranged son of trying to ‘shake parents down for money’ kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/15/e...

Several Kentucky hospitals that received either warning notices or corrective action plan requests from the Trump administration that cited pricing transparency issues say the letters were sent because of technical errors. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/15/k...

KY Gov. Andy Beshear said earlier this month any data center "is going to have to pay for 100% of its own energy". But as of now, he isn't directly driving the decisions on ratepayer protections with data centers — utilities are. kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/15/u... @kentuckylantern.com

I was calling Fezzik, my newest rescue dog, over and over and he wouldn’t come so I said, to the air, “aw how cute.” He immediately ran to me. Jealous little trash dog 😂

Kentucky Lantern staff honored at regional awards dinner  @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social, @mckennahorsley.bsky.social @dyetter.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...

A week after announcing budget cuts, Kentucky gov moves millions to offset them From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social and @liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/11/a...

A GOP leader who said agencies cooperating with an “unlawful expansion” of medical cannabis should be prosecuted reached “a new record low” with the comments, @govandybeshear.bsky.social says. "A complete lack of humanity.” From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/11/k...

The face of someone who scraped at his cone and threw a fit the whole time I was in an important interview today

Kentucky’s House Majority Whip Jason Nemes asked Attorney General Russell Coleman to help ensure agencies “not cooperate” with Gov. Andy Beshear’s expansion of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana prescriptions. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/09/g...

Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday extended a May executive order that reduced the gasoline tax by 10 cents for 33 cities and counties whose local officials requested an extension. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/briefs/33-ke...

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Report: Child poverty is down in Kentucky, but education and health lag From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/08/r...

Pikeville is negotiating with a Lexington-based developer over a 25- to 30-megawatt facility.

BREAKING: NASA astronauts are sheltering in a docked spacecraft as crews work to repair persistent air leaks on the space station.

Tim Robinson, former chief executive officer of Addiction Recovery Care, was indicted in federal court Thursday on wire transmission and “monetary transaction in criminally derived property” in “unlawful activity” charges. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/briefs/forme...

After four years of reuniting children being raised by relatives with their parents, Kindred Roots will close at the end of June after the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services canceled its contract. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/05/w...

NEW: Tim Robinson, founder and owner of what was once Kentucky’s largest drug addiction treatment company, was criminally indicted by a federal grand jury. www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...

Several social service programs in Kentucky are about to see cuts, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. Beshear, a Democrat, blamed the cuts on the budget passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly this year. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/04/k...

One of the true joys of having two dogs around 100 pounds each in your home is all the unexplained bruising you find on your body each day.

For years, I've had to give my belgian malinois rescue dog pills by prying his mouth open & setting them in his throat because he's dramatic. Last night, my foster, a 90+ pound rottweiler, ate something on the street & I pried his jaws open & made him spit it out. You literally can't scare me.

Women say fighters used them as sex slaves in Sudan’s war and demanded ransom for freedom.

For the second time in 3 months, an LMPD officer fatally shot someone having a mental health crisis who did not have gun or knife. The person on Saturday was unarmed, naked and stumbling toward him. A reminder that the Trump admin killed the federal consent decree for LMPD.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he signed an executive order Tuesday directing the Office of Medical Cannabis to issue an emergency regulation clarifying qualifying conditions for medical cannabis. From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social: kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/02/k...

Great work as always from Tom Loftus: kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/01/a...

This sounds like an important job: "STAT is seeking an ambitious and intellectually curious reporter to cover one of the defining issues in medicine, science, and public health today: declining trust in science… This is a new role at STAT.”

I said the phrase "the youth" in an interview today send help

I'm sorry but any dog under 100 pounds is a small dog.