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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill 185, a comprehensive restructuring of Kentucky State University designed to stabilize the institution while maintaining its historic mission as the commonwealth’s only public Historically Black College and University. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Christian McDaniel, R-Ryland Heights, proposes shifting KSU toward a workforce-focused, polytechnic…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky General Assembly approved the state’s spending plan for the next two fiscal years Wednesday, with House Bill 500 passing the Senate 38-0 and the House 73-21, according to the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. The executive branch budget prioritizes what lawmakers described as “disciplined fiscal management” while making key investments…

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Lexington, Ky., man, Ronald Jerome Woolfolk, Jr., 27, was sentenced on Tuesday to 34 months by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.  Woolfolk was employed as a licensed mortician apprentice at a funeral home in Fayette County. In his position, Woolfolk had access to…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting analysis reveals significant discrepancies between what Jefferson County Public Schools officials initially reported and what body camera footage shows from the arrest of a man at Central High School in March. WDRB reporter Adi Schanie’s investigation found that school administrators’ account of the March 4…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2026) — An undergraduate program at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) invites students from all majors to explore the symbiotic connection between humans and animals. The Higgins-Neyland Companion Animal Studies(CAS) program is a pillar of The Bill Gatton Foundation gift and aligns with Gatton’s appreciation…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2026) — Applications are now open for the Summer 2026 UAccel: AgTech I-Corps program, a collaboration between Launch Blue and Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp (BADC). Launch Blue is a University of Kentucky–based innovation and entrepreneurship initiative, with a mission to support promising technology startup founders and university innovators in Kentucky beyond. BADC was launched…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2026) — Access to safe drinking water depends not only on infrastructure, but on the people who operate and maintain it. At the University of Kentucky, Diana Byrne, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering, is addressing long-standing challenges facing small water…

By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News With just two days of the 2026 legislative session left before the veto recess, which runs from April 2 to April 13, the General Assembly will primarily focus on passing bills that are at risk of a veto from the governor so that they have an opportunity to override…