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Kentucky Ranked Second in the Nation for Hunger and It’s Only Getting Worse
Kentucky’s food insecurity ranked second highest in the nation between 2022 and 2024, according to recent USDA data. Almost one in five Kentuckians were food insecure (18.8%, compared to a 13.3% national average), meaning they didn’t have consistent access to enough nutrition. Even worse, Kentucky had the nation’s highest prevalence of very low food…
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Horse Park offers free back-to-school celebration July 25
The Kentucky Horse Park will host a free back-to-school bash on July 25 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., featuring horse meet-and-greets, school performances, food trucks, and pony rides for $8.
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Beshear Awards $2.1M in Grants to Fight Drug Trafficking, Boost Public Safety
Governor Andy Beshear announced $2.1 million in federal grant funding for 14 law enforcement agencies and one nonprofit to combat drug trafficking and improve public safety across Kentucky.
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Beshear appoints Adkins to Kentucky State Fair Board
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear appointed his former senior adviser, Rocky Adkins, to the Kentucky State Fair Board, which is embroiled in controversy after the governor gained control of the board following a recent Kentucky Supreme Court opinion. Adkins, who left Beshear’s administration earlier this month amid speculation that he will run for governor in…
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KET’s Renee Shaw to retire from the public television network at the end of July
Renee Shaw, a notable Kentucky journalist who has worked at KET for 29 years, will retire from the state’s public television network at the end of July. Shaw, the director of Public Affairs and moderator at KET, hosts Kentucky Edition weekly and Kentucky Tonight, the network’s public policy discussion series. Ahead of elections, she…
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LexLive Parking Woes, Cyclospora Outbreak, and Southland’s AI Music Moment
Residents are discussing LexLive parking delays, cyclospora outbreak testing options, and local entertainment choices. A state health outbreak and persistent municipal service issues also prompt residents to seek solutions and accountability.
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4 new immigration-detention habeas petitions filed in E.D. Kentucky
Four new immigration-detention habeas corpus petitions have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. These cases seek federal review of detention decisions affecting people held by ICE, primarily at the Kenton County Detention Center.
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UK football sends Stein, Minchey to SEC Media Days
Coach Will Stein and three Kentucky football players will attend the SEC Football Kickoff Media Days on Monday in Tampa, representing the Wildcats among all 16 conference programs.
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World Cup hosts hope tournament boosts U.S. global image
U.S. host cities for the 2026 World Cup are leveraging the tournament as an opportunity for citizen diplomacy to improve America’s international image through direct cultural exchanges with visiting fans.
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Altria’s recent gift to UK follows long history of corporate white-washing of tobacco
In 1996, the Cigarette Papers was published, revealing how Kentucky’s Tobacco and Health Research Institute at the University of Kentucky presented itself as an independent arm of a publicly funded university, but in fact it was run by tobacco manufacturers and their highly paid lawyers. Although the purported goals of the institute were to…