Source: UK Athletics

First-year Kentucky football coach Will Stein makes his SEC Media Days debut Monday in Tampa, bringing quarterback Kenny Minchey and three players as the Wildcats begin their rebuilding campaign under new leadership.

Kentucky lawmakers learned Monday that child fatalities and serious injuries surged last year, driven by a 104% increase in overdose cases over five years and a 31% jump in physical abuse. The state’s Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel issued 21 recommendations to address preventable deaths among infants and young children.

Residents discussed overpriced flipped homes struggling to sell, celebrated Lexington’s Long John Silver’s and Fazoli’s heritage, tracked the arrival of pawpaws at local grocers, and debated the Beshear-McConnell announcement timing.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will close alternating lanes on U.S. 60 (Winchester Road) in Montgomery County starting Monday for crack sealing work, with closures scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Residents grapple with a tough job market, react to a notable prisoner transfer, and seek or offer practical community help.

The University of Kentucky Healthcare celebrated a major construction milestone Thursday as the final steel beam was placed on its new Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building, signaling the completion of the structure’s framework.

Kentucky lawmakers have expressed support for a proposed requirement that hospitals allow medical cannabis as part of end-of-life care for terminally ill patients, signaling potential momentum for policy changes.

Gov. Beshear has announced appointments to multiple Kentucky state boards and commissions, including new members to energy, education, workforce, and river management agencies across the Commonwealth.

Kentucky is returning to requiring all optometry license applicants to take the three national standard exams, ending a controversial period when alternative tests were permitted. Lawmakers continue examining the implications of the temporary policy change.

Families asked that leaders find a way to work together and reverse the cut.