Category Archives: Kentucky News
Craft touts Republican ties during campaign kickoff event
Kelly Guilfoil Craft looks onward from the stage in front of the Barren County Courthouse as she delivers her first campaign speech as a candidate for governor of Kentucky on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. ...
Sep 13, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne
LONDON (AP) - Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, has died. She was 96. Elizabeth spent more than seven decades on the throne as the U.K. rebuilt from war, l...
Sep 08, 2022
Trump ambassador, Glasgow native Kelly Craft joins Kentucky governor race
FILE: Kelly Guilfoil Craft speaks with people gathered at the Boys & Girls Club of Glasgow-Barren County after a donation was made by Craft and her husband, Joe, in early 2022. (BRENNAN CRAIN/WCLU...
Sep 07, 2022
Kentucky applications now open for U.S. Senate Youth Program
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO BY THOMAS LIN) FRANKFORT - Two students will be selected this fall to attend the United States Senate Youth Program as state delegates to the nation's capit...
Aug 31, 2022
Gov. Beshear orders flags to half-staff for overdose victims
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Wednesday, Aug. 31, in observation of Overdose Awareness ...
Aug 30, 2022
Skydiver dies after crashing into pond in southeastern WI
STURTEVANT, Wis. (AP) - A skydiver practicing for national competition has died after crashing into a pond in Racine County. Authorities say the 36-year-old man from Tennessee experienced a hard landi...
Aug 29, 2022
Two sides of dorm decorating
BY OLIVIA SANCHEZ, The Hechinger Report Bohemian or cottagecore? Indie or industrial? Retro or preppy? And, does it match what your roommate ordered? Having spent much of the past two and a half years...
Aug 29, 2022
Hopkins County man arrested for possession of child sexual abuse material
Glen C. Riddle, 40, of Madisonville, was arrested and charged with possessing matter relating to child sexual abuse. He is lodged at the Hopkins County Jail. (HOPKINS COUNTY JAIL) MADISONVILLE - The K...
Aug 23, 2022
Beshear calls special session to take up flood relief
FILE: Andy Beshear (D-KY) speaks with guests at an event held at the Barren County Extension Office in February 2022. By BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Andy Beshear says ...
Aug 23, 2022
Kentucky nurse charged with murder in death of patient
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Police say a Kentucky nurse has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of a patient. The Lexington Police Department said in a statement that 52-year-old Eyvette Hunter wa...
Aug 23, 2022