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FRANKFORT, Ky. (October 1, 2025) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP), Post 12 Frankfort, which provides coverage for Shelby, Spencer, Franklin, Anderson, Scott, Woodford, and Fayette counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at approved locations in accordance with Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 1, 2025) — University of Kentucky scientists received $1.8 million through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment Health Research Program to conduct critical research into the long-term health effects of the 2023 disaster. The funding — from NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) — supports…

The Lexington Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred this evening on E Seventh Street.  On September 30, 2025, around 8:15 pm, officers were dispatched to a residence in the 500 block of E Seventh Street for a reported shooting with a victim. When officers arrived, they located a victim who had been…

UK HealthCare is the hospitals and clinics of the University of Kentucky. But it is so much more. It is more than 10,000 dedicated health care professionals committed to providing advanced subspecialty care for the most critically injured and ill patients from the Commonwealth and beyond. It also is the home of the state’s…

From left, Mariel Bello, Ph.D.; Allison Glasser, Ph.D.; and Daniel McCalley, Ph.D. As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians…

By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News UK HealthCare and the University of Louisville have been awarded grants from the Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Fund. The $2.5 million grant awarded to UofL will be used to hire three new researchers who will help develop new therapeutics and conduct clinical trials for the UofL School of Medicine…

Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman has issued a formal opinion affirming that a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform law is enforceable and applies broadly to protect Kentucky patients and pharmacies, according to a news release issued by the Senate Majority Caucus. Senate Bill 188, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Max Wise, R-Campbellsville,…

Kentucky Health News Nine state and local agencies will receive more than $1.4 million in federal grant money to fight drug trafficking in Kentucky. “Fighting addiction is a team effort that requires work from every single one of us,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in a news release announcing the awards. “Only together can we…

By Sarah LaddKentucky Lantern Kentucky doctors say the best way people can navigate confusion about Covid-19 vaccines this fall is to talk to their primary care providers. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has narrowed eligibility for the Covid-19 shots more than four years after the vaccines were approved for emergency use, leaving patients…