Source: Kentucky Lantern

By Jennifer Shutt, Kentucky Lantern · May 6, 2026 Voters say the cost of healthcare will be a major factor in how they vote in this year’s midterm elections. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Voters, including those within the Make America Healthy Again movement, say the rising cost of healthcare is a significant concern that…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Beth Spencer is graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, driven by deeply personal roots in Eastern Kentucky and a mission to address cancer disparities that have shaped her own life. Spencer, a first-generation college student from Hazard in Perry County, grew up…

By Al Cross, Kentucky Lantern · May 6, 2026 Shelbyville Republican Ed Gallrein, left, takes a photo with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Gallrein is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie in the May primary. (Photo provided by Gallrein campaign) In conversation the other day, a political operative wondered why President Trump…

Hundreds of abandoned coal mines scarring the Kentucky landscape are now being reclaimed through a surge in federal infrastructure funding, a development that is simultaneously restoring degraded land and creating employment opportunities across coal country, according to WUKY 91.3 FM. The influx of federal money is addressing one of Kentucky’s most persistent environmental challenges.…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mayor Linda Gorton announced the recipients of the 2026 “Be the Change” Scholarship Program on Wednesday morning at the Government Center Lobby, highlighting a partnership aimed at supporting students pursuing careers in public safety and criminal justice. The scholarship offers individual awards of up to $10,000 for a single academic year…

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — Voters will have multiple opportunities to cast ballots in the 2026 primary election set for May 19, as the Hoptown Chronicle reports, with early voting options available to those determining the Republican nominee for Hopkinsville mayor and deciding several other contested races. The primary election will determine candidates for mayor, along…

Cooper senior Kayla Johnson has the opportunity to become her school’s first three-time girls tennis Region 9 singles champion when the tournament begins Wednesday at Boone Woods Park in Burlington, according to a report from the NKy Tribune. Johnson, seeded No. 1 in the girls singles bracket, defeated Beechwood’s Sadie Jones in last year’s…

Thomas More University recently honored five community members at the 28th annual Bishop William A. Hughes Award Dinner, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in Northern Kentucky and contributed significantly to Catholic education. The honorees were Lou and Marilyn Esselman, Thomas Gilday, and Chuck and Julie Geisen Sheper, said Joseph L. Chillo, president…

High school students in Greater Cincinnati are stepping beyond the classroom and into the workplace thanks to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati’s Beyond School Walls program, which connects juniors and seniors with professional mentors at local corporate partners. The innovative initiative has more than doubled in size over the past two years,…

Kentucky Humanities has selected two works by Kentucky authors as its 2026 Great Read selections, honoring books that celebrate literacy, education and the power of storytelling in the Commonwealth. The Kentucky Center for the Book, part of Kentucky Humanities, chose “My Kentucky Moonlight School” by Kim Michele Richardson as the Youth Great Read and…