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The Kentucky Department of Education’s third-annual Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Conference drew 1,600 educators and administrators to Louisville on June 8-9, showcasing the state’s literacy initiatives including the Kentucky Reading Academies and LETRS professional learning program.

Pizza lovers share favorite local spots while residents mourn Bourbon n’ Toulouse’s Leestown Road closure. Construction, housing reviews, and a dispute over nonprofit tax forms round out today’s r/Lexington discussions.

California often takes days or even weeks to tally votes after its elections, a product of measures to protect voters and a deluge of mail ballots dropped off on Election Day. Incomplete vote totals reported in the hours after polls close don’t always reflect final results. None of this is evidence of fraud. But…

LOUISVILLE — Kentucky Lantern staff took home six awards at the regional Society of Professional Journalists awards dinner, held Thursday in downtown Louisville.  The awards honored reporting from 2025.  McKenna Horsley, the Lantern’s political reporter, won a second place award in politics and government reporting.  Horsley’s award winning coverage included her reporting on the…

Four Kentucky track and field athletes advanced to NCAA Championship finals Thursday, led by junior Emmi Scales in the 100-meter hurdles and sophomore Janet Jepkemboi Amimo in the 800 meters. The 4×400-meter relay team also qualified for Saturday’s final.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will close shoulders on I-75 and New Circle Road in Fayette County from June 15-19 for maintenance, with work scheduled 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

The Lexington Times launches KREF Watch (krefwatch.com) and KLEC Watch (klecwatch.com): free, searchable databases covering $466M in Kentucky campaign contributions since 2016 and $223M in Frankfort lobbying since 2015 — cross-linked, open-source, and refreshed weekly.

Four Kentucky football players earned preseason All-SEC honors from Phil Steele’s magazine, led by tight end Willie Rodriguez and center Coleton Price on the second team, as new coach Will Stein prepares for his debut season.

Gov. Andy Beshear is shifting state funds to counter budget cuts made by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, citing GOP leaders’ comments as justification for the unusual move.

Beshear to restore some funding cuts he announced last week.