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Senate committee advances bill on school leaders’ salaries February 5, 2026 Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, testifies Thursday on Senate Bill 2 to the Senate Education Committee. A high-resolution photo can be found here. FRANKFORT — A bill to ensure that classroom teachers aren’t left behind when school districts consider pay raises for administrators…

The quest to restrict Planned Parenthood’s funding has made headway. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Anti-abortion conservatives have long sought to force Planned Parenthood’s clinics to close their doors and to make it harder, if not impossible, to get abortion pills as part of a two-pronged approach to limit access to abortion.…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 6, 2026) — Two University of Kentucky College of Medicine students, Carlie Arlinghaus and Riya Patel, have been chosen for the Health Disparities Research Training (HDRT) Fellowship. The Department of Behavioral Science created the fellowship, which is supported by its Council on Community, Engagement, Research and Training (CONCERT), to enhance medical students’ understanding of health and…

A Lexington woman pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to wire fraud after prosecutors said she spent nearly seven years charging hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal expenses to a horse farm’s business credit card, including airline tickets, designer clothing and a country club membership. Christina Lynch admitted in U.S. District Court for…

Two executives of a Lexington-based biopharmaceutical company have been indicted in federal court, accused of running a years-long scheme that prosecutors say misled investors about the prospects of a cancer drug that never received FDA approval. A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Kentucky on Wednesday charged W. Michael Putnam, the founder…

The Lexington Police Department is investigating a homicide after a fatal shooting that occurred late this afternoon.  On Thursday, February 5, 2026, around 4:05 pm, officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of Versailles Road for a shooting with a victim. When officers arrived, they located a male victim who had been shot in…

UPDATE: February 19, 2026: One person has been arrested in connection with the homicide death of Jonathan Hunt, 17.  On Thursday, February 5, 2026, around 4:05 pm, officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of Versailles Road for a shooting with a victim. When officers arrived, they located a male victim who had been shot…

LONDON, Ky. – A Meggett, South Carolina, man, John Quintrell, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier to 48 months in prison for willful failure to pay over more than $22 million in taxes owed to the IRS.  According to his plea agreement, from at least September 2018 through April 2025, Quintrell was…

Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District is being privately discussed by national Democrats as a potential battleground ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to a Democratic Party official familiar with the party’s targeting strategy. The reassessment follows what party officials describe as a “historic overperformance” by Democrats in a recent Texas special election, where a…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 5, 2026) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear provided updates on economic development, the state’s response to severe winter weather, a decrease in unemployment across all 120 counties and medical cannabis. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman provided updates on Team Kentucky’s Pre-K for All initiative and new graduates from the Kentucky State Police Training Academy. First Lady Britainy Beshear encouraged Kentuckians to donate blood following…