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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…

Northern Kentucky has emerged as a world center for restoring vision to the blind, drawing patients from all 50 states and countries worldwide who have exhausted other treatment options. According to the NKY Tribune, Dr. Edward J. Holland, a pioneering ophthalmologist, leads this transformation at the Cincinnati Eye Institute and St. Elizabeth Healthcare in…

Zach Kreft shattered the course record at the 28th annual Flying Pig Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 17 minutes and 40 seconds — more than two minutes faster than the previous mark set in 2006. The 26-year-old from Sunbury, Ohio, broke the longstanding record by 2:44, according to reporting from the NKy…

An article published in the NKy Tribune explores how President William Howard Taft’s 1907 decision defining “whiskey” continues to govern the spirits industry more than a century later. Taft’s ruling resolved a contentious debate between traditional bourbon distillers in Kentucky and Cincinnati rectifiers who blended and flavored spirits. The conflict emerged because rectifiers purchased…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — For the third consecutive legislative session, Kentucky lawmakers failed to pass any abortion-related bills, marking a significant shift in a state that has aggressively restricted reproductive rights in recent years. The 2026 session concluded April 15 with seven abortion bills dying in committee—three pushing anti-abortion measures and four seeking to expand…