Source: Kentucky Lantern

The tiniest menace of summer doesn’t care if you’re hiking through the woods, walking the dog or pulling weeds in your backyard. It just wants a ride and a meal. As ticks spread into new parts of the country and emergency room visits for tick bites climb higher than usual, states are scrambling to…

Three staff members at Louisville’s Brooklawn foster care facility have been indicted on second-degree manslaughter charges nearly four years after 7-year-old Ja’Ceon Terry died in a physical restraint in July 2022, drawing criticism over the lengthy investigation delay.

Gov. Andy Beshear criticized the $3.2 million payout to retiring University of Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart on Thursday, stating his disapproval despite the fact the funds were privately raised. “Yes, $3 million that could otherwise go to helping students, to better paying faculty, to doing research that could cure this disease that’s afflicting…

The Hub for Innovative Learning and Leadership in Lexington has been named Kentucky’s first Law and Public Safety Program of Excellence by the Law and Public Safety Education Network, recognizing the school’s career and technical education pathway that prepares students for careers in law enforcement, corrections and emergency services.

Gov. Beshear announced Kentucky’s seventh consecutive budget surplus of $320 million and highlighted continued economic growth, with the state posting record early-year investment figures in 2026.

FRANKFORT – Two big Andy Beshear supporters from outside Kentucky provided the lion’s share of the money donated to Beshear’s super PAC between April 1 and June 30. Beshear’s super PAC is called In This Together PAC Inc., and a report it filed Wednesday with the Internal Revenue Service shows: Ashish Patel, an investor…

The Planning Commission will discuss placemaking initiatives, the Downtown Area Master Plan update, and a data center zoning ordinance amendment during a July 16 work session at the Phoenix Building.

Real estate professional Raquel Carter made her case for Lexington mayoral leadership on WUKY radio, focusing on housing affordability, public safety improvements, data center development, and infrastructure resilience following the ice storm.

Gov. Andy Beshear has certified Meade, Pike and Wolfe counties as Recovery Ready Communities, expanding addiction treatment access across Kentucky. The designation brings the total to 42 certified counties serving more than 2.2 million Kentuckians as the state continues seeing declines in overdose deaths.

Democratic socialism is on the rise in some blue states, but socialists are still rare in ruby red Republican Kentucky. That wasn’t always so. Six-score years ago, Louisville hosted the Christian Socialist Fellowship movement’s first national convention. The movement even spread to the Jackson Purchase, arguably Kentucky’s Trumpiest territory today. The CSF aimed “to…