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By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News The focus of January’s “Our Healthy Kentucky Home” initiative highlights several resources that focus on children with special health-care needs, including neurologic diseases, autism, orthopedic conditions, hearing loss and more. The Our Healthy Kentucky Home initiative aims to promote simple, positive and attainable goals to inspire and motivate Kentuckians on…

💡 Update: January 21, 2026In its Tuesday, January 20th meeting, the Urban County Council advanced its draft of the ordinance to revise the expansion process for the Urban Service Area (USA). It will receive its final reading in the Thursday, February 12th Council Meeting. In its Tuesday, January 20th, meeting, the Urban County Council will review a draft of the ordinance…

Kentucky Health News Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) has been awarded $1.14 million through the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the only recipient of the award in Kentucky. The award is part of a nationwide $169 million investment. The funding will support the development of accelerated, industry-aligned…

Kentucky Health News An unvaccinated Jessamine County resident has tested positive for measles, marking the first confirmed case of measles in a Kentucky resident since July, state health officials announced Jan. 15. This person was exposed to the highly contagious virus by an out-of-state traveler in Fayette County between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2.…

By Robert McCoolUniversity of Kentucky Power outages can happen at any time. Damage to power lines due to severe weather is most often the cause, but other hazards – fires, motor vehicle crashes and problems with electric distribution equipment – can also cause a loss of electrical power. Regardless of why it occurs, a…

By Sarah LaddKentucky Lantern Kentuckians who have finished treatment for organ cancers and melanoma, among others, no longer need to wait more than a year to donate blood at the Kentucky Blood Center, the organization announced Wednesday. According to the American Cancer Society, people who have had Kaposi sarcoma or a blood cancer like…

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Mexican National, Israel Ortiz Velasco, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves to 300 months for a money laundering conspiracy and a conspiracy to import controlled substances into the United States, including 400 grams or more of fentanyl and five kilograms or more of cocaine. According to his…

LEXINGTON — The Lexington mayor’s office says it maintains a press distribution list but does not have written criteria governing who is added or removed, according to an email response this week from Mayor Linda Gorton’s spokesperson — a discussion prompted by a federal lawsuit in London, Kentucky, alleging retaliation and viewpoint discrimination against…

Team Kentucky delegation also set to meet with company leaders in Finland and Sweden   FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 16, 2026) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that he and a delegation from Team Kentucky will travel to Europe next week for a visit to Finland and Sweden and to attend the World Economic Forum…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to approve a bill aimed at easing long lines and travel burdens for driver’s license renewals, advancing a measure lawmakers framed as a stopgap response to widespread frustration with the state’s regional licensing system. The Senate passed Senate Bill 7 on a 34–1 vote, sending…