Source: Kentucky Lantern

By Anna Claire Vollers, Kentucky Lantern · May 4, 2026 Community members arrive at their local polling location to vote in November 2022 in Atlanta. While intense national attention on the fallout from the recent Supreme Court decision gutting a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act has focused on Congress, the new…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky College of Education has launched a new partnership with Picadome Elementary School to support the well-being of families and students through the #IChampionHealth initiative. The partnership, supported by the Healthy Kentucky Initiative, is hosting monthly Caregiver Cafés that provide opportunities for parents and caregivers to connect with…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Hannah Everett’s journey from pediatric cancer patient to nurse is complete, but her fight to improve care for young people with the disease is just beginning. The University of Kentucky College of Nursing graduate, who survived Hodgkin’s lymphoma twice, is channeling her personal experience into patient advocacy as she embarks on…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — City leaders announced plans Monday to honor corrections officers at the Fayette County Detention Center during a dedication ceremony kicking off Corrections Officer Appreciation Week, which runs through May 9. Mayor Linda Gorton, Chief of Corrections G. Scott Colvin and state Representative George Brown Jr. held the ceremony at 11 a.m.…

A University of Kentucky student who suffered critical injuries in a car accident during her junior year will graduate this weekend with two degrees, a milestone she once feared would be impossible. Amber Mandhyan, a Gatton College of Business and Economics student from Bloomington, Illinois, was a passenger in a Lyft accident at the…

BEREA, Ky. — An 18-year-old suspect accused of killing two employees at a U.S. Bank in Berea is scheduled to appear in federal court following his capture after a multi-agency, multi-county manhunt, according to WUKY 91.3 FM. Investigators identified Braylen Weaver as the suspect in the shooting that claimed the lives of two bank…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Dr. Nicholas J. Van Sickels, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at the University of Kentucky, has been awarded the 2026 Dr. Rice C. Leach Public Health Hero Award, according to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. The award was presented April 30 by Health Commissioner Dr. Crystal Miller at an…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A housing stability program helping tenants stay in their homes will seek increased funding during budget discussions, as current funds are expected to run out in the coming months. The Lexington Urban County Council’s Social Services and Public Safety Committee will hear an update Tuesday on the program’s work and funding…

By Mitzi S. Morris, Kentucky Lantern · May 4, 2026 OWENSBORO — On a September evening, students gathered on the lawn of Burns Elementary School in Daviess County for a family movie night. “It’s an inflatable screen. … It’s like going to the drive-in,” said Emmy Woosley, executive director of the Foundation for Daviess…

By Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern · May 4, 2026 An aerial view of some of the planned homes at the Chestnut Ridge higher ground community in Knott County. Nonprofit builders including H.O.M.E.S. Inc. and the Housing Development Alliance have conducted the construction. (Courtesy H.O.M.E.S. Inc.) It all came down to scrambled eggs.  In the…