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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 5, 2025) – Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is in memory and honor of the more than 2,400…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 5, 2025) — University of Kentucky Transportation Services will offer 2026 student spring semester parking permits for sale online and on-site starting 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8. These permit options are for students who do not currently have a parking permit, but need one, or those who chose to purchase a fall 2025 semester periphery permit, as…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear provided updates on bridge improvements; Pre-K for All; improvements at Kentucky State Parks; funding from the Delta Regional Authority; progress on well capping; upgrades at law enforcement training facilities; and a new emergency response mobile unit. Dr. Steven Stack, secretary of the Cabinet for…

Local chambers submitted letter to the General Assembly advocating for expanding preschool access for Kentucky 4-year-olds FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) – Today, 43 local Kentucky chambers of commerce endorsed Gov. Andy Beshear’s Pre-K for All initiative, urging the Kentucky General Assembly to make expanding access to pre-K for all 4-year-olds a top priority…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) – In accordance with a proclamation from the White House, Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff until sunset today, Thursday, Dec. 4, in honor of West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. Gov. Beshear encourages individuals, businesses and organizations…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) — Strong cattle, poultry and horse sales dominated for much of 2025, leading economists to predict Kentucky agricultural sales will be $8.3 billion for the year despite lower grain prices burdened by supply outpacing demand. Will Snell, Ph.D., extension economist at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, said that while final 2024 agricultural cash receipts ― reported at $7.9 billion by the Economic Research Service in September ― were…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) — Strong cattle, poultry and horse sales dominated for much of 2025, leading economists to predict Kentucky agricultural sales will be $8.3 billion for the year despite lower grain prices burdened by supply outpacing demand. Will Snell, Ph.D., extension economist at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, said that while final 2024 agricultural cash receipts ― reported at $7.9 billion by the Economic Research Service in September ― were…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) — Innovation is most powerful when discoveries move beyond the lab to improve patient care. Research Communications partnered with UK Innovate to spotlight faculty innovators with pioneering ideas at the University of Kentucky. UK Innovate works collaboratively with innovators to strategically assess, protect and license early-stage technologies and co-create new technology…

A 17-year-old juvenile has been charged in connection with a shooting that occurred in October on Ward Drive.  On Wednesday, October 29, 2025, around 5:46 pm, officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Ward Drive for a shooting with a victim. When officers arrived, they located a 22-year-old male victim who had been…

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Former USP Big Sandy lieutenant Michael J. Childers pleaded guilty Monday to a federal felony for falsifying records in what prosecutors describe as a coordinated cover-up of an April 2021 assault on a vulnerable inmate seeking protective custody. Childers, 37, entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward B. Atkins after…