As an Ohio-based religious education group works to implement “moral instruction” in Kentucky public schools under a new law, the state’s attorney general offered guidance this week to districts considering the program.
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Agents said the kneeling was an act of deescalation. The Bureau investigated them at the time and found no causes for discipline. The FBI Agents Association decries the lack of due process.
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The Hopkinsville Art Guild is preparing to host its first ever “Art Loop” this weekend in Christian County.
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As lawmakers prepare Kentucky’s biennial budget for the 2026 legislative session, the state budget director says the Commonwealth will need to set aside over $115 million more than in previous years to keep giving its residents in need food stamps and – because of the federal reconciliation bill passed earlier this summer – potentially hundreds of millions of dollars on top of that.
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Continuing their winning streak, Joe and Kelly Craft partnered with Central Bank to buy the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s championship ham for a $10 million donation.
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Lately there’s been a lot of splashy economic news about Kentucky with promises of new manufacturing jobs at major companies and politicians are lining up to take credit for a promise of economic prosperity.
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A rural town in Ohio County will be home to Kentucky's first medical cannabis dispensary. While more than 11,000 patients are certified to purchase the product, supply chain issues make it uncertain when medical marijuana will land on dispensary shelves.
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Murray State University announced Tuesday that one of the university’s biggest benefactors has died.
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Rock and roll is alive and well atop the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, as Twenty One Pilots' Breach hits No. 1.
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President Trump linked Tylenol to autism despite little medical evidence. How are Americans meant to make important decisions about their health at this confusing moment?
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President Trump says an old drug that acts like a vitamin can reduce autism symptoms in many children. The science doesn't support that claim.
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In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.
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As she reflects on her career in a second memoir, Sally Mann warns of a "new era of culture wars" after police pulled several photographs she took of her children decades ago off the walls of a museum.
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A judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal. But he stopped short of ordering the government to reinstate them, predicting the Supreme Court would overturn it.