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WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that public health officials have linked the ongoing outbreak of cyclosporiasis in five states to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taco Bell restaurants. The fast food chain wrote in a statement that it plans to remove the “potentially impacted lettuce” from its “supply chain…

UK Athletics announced that Kentucky football fans can begin setting up tailgates at Kroger Field on August 8, with all items requiring contact information tags to avoid removal.

The feckless response of American elites to President Donald Trump’s authoritarian attempt the past decade has often been a failure of imagination: Oh, surely he’ll leave office after he loses. Oh, his immigration officers surely won’t roam our streets racially profiling people and killing our neighbors.  Brazenness is a key tool of tyrants, both…

Four Fayette County Public Schools students have been nominated for the Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children’s 2025-26 “Yes I Can!” award, which honors children and youth with special needs and will recognize winners at a statewide conference in November.

George Washington Carver STEM Academy for Boys and Frederick Douglass High School earn Cognia accreditation from the nonprofit quality assurance organization, with Carver also receiving STEM certification.

UK Athletics has opened season ticket renewals for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season, with invoices available online and a July 31 early renewal deadline offering bonus incentives.

A 20-year-old Lexington woman has been arraigned on charges including four counts of second-degree assault after allegedly hitting pedestrians downtown. She also faces wanton endangerment, DUI, reckless driving and false ID charges.

The nation’s election infrastructure is vulnerable to cyberattacks by foreign actors, President Donald Trump said during a primetime address Thursday night, citing a batch of documents he declassified — but providing no proof broad interference actually occurred or affected an election outcome. Democrats and advocates quickly criticized the remarks as another attempt by Trump to…

Residents debated defensive driving tactics, remembered a past Reddit meetup amid online harassment concerns, speculated about a KSP convoy possibly tied to VP Vance’s visit, questioned a Senate vacancy petition against existing law, and discussed recycling pickup practices.

Gov. Andy Beshear defended Kentucky’s election security and rejected continued claims about the 2020 election, calling such assertions lies during his weekly Team Kentucky news conference.