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.
- News Briefs
- Murray High band director resigns after district says he contracted with former teacher recently charged with raping a minor
- Christian County Jail authorized to house up to 100 ICE detainees
- EPA terminates $156M solar power program for low-income Tennesseans
- Airplane crashes into Graves County home, none injured
- Former Murray High teacher arrested for rape, sexual abuse following seven-year investigation
- Fort Campbell soldiers deploying to southern border
NPR Top Stories
Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police said Sunday.
More Regional News
-
Workers at a sprawling electric vehicle battery campus in Glendale, Kentucky will vote this month on whether to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled Aug. 26-27 for an election that will determine whether hourly employees at the BlueOval SK plant will join the United Auto Workers Union.
-
With only one Democrat speaking at the western Kentucky political event, the jabs and jeers of Fancy Farm turned inwards as the GOP candidates jockeyed for the opportunity to replace U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.
-
In this Together, the political action committee of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, raised more than $600,000 in the first half of this year, as he eyes a run for president.
-
The Republican leaders of both Kentucky’s chambers of legislature took the stage in Paducah Thursday to discuss incentive opportunities and other actions state lawmakers are considering ahead of the 2026 budget session.
-
The electric utilities’ proposal would spend billions of dollars on new power plants to supply future data centers, but is now amended to extend the life of another coal plant.
-
Southern Illinois rock band Family Bags performs on Live Lunch for the first time on Friday, August 8, to promote their self-titled full-length debut, out that day.
More NPR Headlines
-
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
-
President Trump called his escalator mishap at the United Nations "sabotage." The U.N. says the White House team triggered a safety mechanism. We asked two people who work on escalators to explain.
-
A report released Thursday found that series of weaknesses, including "outdated policies, inconsistent practices and communications vulnerabilities," slowed the response to the January fires.
-
Decker, an ex-soldier, was wanted for the murder of his three young daughters after they were found dead near a campground in June.
-
President Trump said he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.
-
Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection.