Source: Public News Service – Kentucky

Social Security Trust Funds will run out of money by 2034 unless Congress acts, threatening benefits for over 1 million Kentuckians who received $20 billion in payments in 2023.

Interstate 64 westbound lanes in Fayette, Scott and Woodford counties will reopen by 6 a.m. on June 18, with daytime traffic remaining clear until nighttime resurfacing operations resume June 21.

Kentucky volleyball has finalized its non-conference schedule with the 2026 Bluegrass Battle at Historic Memorial Coliseum from Aug. 28-30, featuring matchups against Utah State, South Florida, and Eastern Kentucky.

The Courthouse Area Design Review Board is scheduled to meet June 17 to consider a design application for 249 West Short Street in downtown Lexington.

University of Kentucky Libraries and researchers are highlighting extensive resources documenting slavery, emancipation and African American history in Kentucky, including a project collecting thousands of fugitive slave advertisements from historical newspapers.

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council work session on June 16 is set to consider property purchase for a water quality headquarters, a fire station construction grant application, and employee salary increases along with several other proposals.

The Planning Commission work session on June 18 is scheduled to review the first draft of the Downtown Area Master Plan and hear updates on solar regulations, the Complete Streets Design Manual, and a proposed asphalt art project.

May housing starts fell to the lowest level since the pandemic disrupted construction six years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Builder confidence has dropped recently because of higher material and financing costs. The change threatens to exacerbate housing shortages and disrupt recent progress in most states toward building enough new housing for…

The Louisville Zoo welcomes two new female Western lowland gorillas from Zoo Knoxville that will join the facility’s Gorilla Forest exhibit and a male gorilla named Kicho.

Oak Grove and Hopkinsville celebrated record-breaking tourism spending for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, with Christian County visitor spending reaching $245 million and generating significant economic impact across the region.