Kentucky News Pulse

• Bipartisan front: Beshear and Rogers announce $22M AMLER funding for Eastern Kentucky despite clashing on Trump policies
• Targeted projects: Gas...

Dr. Oz touts a record $50 billion rural health allocation while calling $137 billion cut claims duplicitous, yet he singles out Kentucky as unfairly...

Kentucky's economic nexus threshold change—the removal of the 200-transaction test—already took effect August 1, 2026, with no additional shifts planned for January 2027.

• McIntosh challenges incumbent Adams in District 36, stressing state school funding obligations and her votes against local tax hikes.
• Adams' ads...

Kentucky districts are shifting how they evaluate student success by developing community-driven local indicators of quality that emphasize vibrant...

Frankfort's city commission rejected a motion to end its Flock camera contract 3-2, with the mayor citing unresolved questions.

• Residents warned...

• Record outbreak: Kentucky has confirmed 104 measles cases this year, the highest since 1991, with nine hospitalizations.
• New spread: Seven fresh...

Kentucky has more than doubled school resource officers since the 2018 Marshall County shooting and 2019 safety law.

• SRO growth: Numbers rose from...

Kentucky lawmakers are adopting a pessimistic economic outlook that factors in Iran-related energy shocks and inflation risks, prompting warnings to...

• Driver slammed into two utility poles on Liberty Road just after 3:15 a.m., sending one into the roadway and requiring replacement of a telephone...

Kentucky's FY2026 budget shows a smaller state scale but higher per-resident spending than Georgia.

• Total expenditure: Kentucky $55.9 billion vs...

Craig Greenberg and Shameka Parrish-Wright debated data centers, public safety, and economic development in their recent Louisville Forum exchange, giving voters a preview of policy contrasts before the Nov. 3 election.

Three local teachers with combined 92+ years shaping students across rural counties join the Kentucky Teachers Hall of Fame.

• Catherine Cleary: 23+...

The University of Kentucky Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory’s new NPDN Core Accreditation in its 50th year formalizes rigorous standards for sample...

A new Lexington police recruit class graduated Friday in a ceremony at Immanuel Baptist Church.

A fire erupted at Owensboro Grain Company along the riverfront around 2 p.m., with flames visible in one building.

• Road closure: 2nd Street shut...

Two people were shot early Friday at a Lexington home in the 600 block of Ohio Street.

• Officers responded just after 2 a.m.; injuries were not...

LG&E and KU issued an RFP for at least 50 MW of firm, dispatchable thermal generation resources to support load growth and expand their energy...

Survivors and families of the 2023 Old National Bank mass shooting in Louisville will see their lawsuit proceed to a November 2027 trial after a...

A 44-year-old man died from multiple blunt force injuries to his lower body after a workplace accident at Siskin Steel and Supplies on Port Road in...