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Editor’s note: This story is about Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, not Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg spent $95,000 in taxpayer money to host a select group of prominent sports and entertainment executives during this year’s Kentucky Derby, according to an investigation by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — University of Kentucky students showcased their cinematic talents at the 2026 UKY Student Film Festival, an annual celebration of emerging filmmakers held April 30 at The Kentucky Theatre. The blue carpet event featured 17 student-produced films spanning narrative, documentary, experimental and animated genres, drawing hundreds of guests to the historic downtown…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s work session Tuesday includes a slate of new business items ranging from a $1.3 million custom fire apparatus to a memorandum of understanding with the University of Kentucky for a new police training facility. Among the proposals scheduled for discussion are authorizations to enter a purchase…

Secretary of State Michael Adams signed House Bill 1 on Tuesday, officially positioning Kentucky to participate in a federal scholarship program that will allow state residents to receive dollar-for-dollar federal tax credits for donations funding K-12 education. The measure was enacted after the legislature overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto on March 17. The Education…

Voters in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District head into the final stretch of a hotly contested primary race this week, with early voting beginning Thursday ahead of the May 19 primary, according to WUKY 91.3 FM. The race to represent the district, which encompasses much of central Kentucky including parts of the Lexington area, has…

A death certificate obtained by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting shows that 21-year-old Juan Miguel Munoz Penalver died of dehydration while in custody at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections in February, raising fresh questions about monitoring and care at the troubled facility. The death certificate lists the cause of death as acute…

By James Branscome, Kentucky Lantern · May 12, 2026 In Eastern Kentucky’s coalfield counties the decline in population has largely passed from the hands of the young people who leave to the actuarial tables of an aging population that is simply dying faster than it reproduces. Could a “halfback wave” change that? (Photo by…

By McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern · May 12, 2026 Louisville Democrat Rep. Daniel Grossberg, right, speaks to reporters with his attorney, Anna Whites, after a Legislative Ethics Commission meeting. (Kentucky Lantern photo by McKenna Horsley) Following renewed calls from within his party to resign from office after a recent newspaper report on sexual assault…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fayette County Public Schools officials have warned the school board that the district cannot meet its payroll obligations in July without securing an emergency loan, according to reporting from WUKY 91.3 FM. Board members received an update on a loan the district is expected to request as the system grapples with…

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul announced plans to convene a committee hearing this week to receive whistleblower testimony related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WUKY 91.3 FM. The Kentucky Republican scheduled the hearing for Wednesday to hear from individuals with firsthand knowledge of pandemic-related matters. Details regarding the specific whistleblower accounts and the focus…