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WKMS has a roundup of results from the 2026 Election for Kentucky's westernmost counties from federal, state and local races.
- News Briefs
- Tennessee GOP newcomer Charlie Hatcher to take Andy Ogles’ seat in Congress
- Longtime KET CEO and executive director dies
- Analysis finds SEEK formula funding is expected to go down at nearly all Ky. school districts
- McCracken County Extension Office to hold event Oct. 14 to trade Bradford pear trees for native plants
- Beshear relaxes rules on red-dyed diesel to help farmers
- Former Graves County teacher facing grooming charge again after judge previously dismissed case
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A federal panel will meet to consider the arch for final approval on Thursday, and the government said it may begin construction later that same day. Critics hope a judge will intervene last-minute.
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Republicans will still hold a dominant supermajority in Frankfort next year, but Kentucky Democrats were able to knock off nine GOP incumbents in suburban legislative districts. -
Lucy VanMeter defeated incumbent Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Will Moynahan, overcoming intervention in the race by Gov. Andy Beshear. -
In a surprising upset, Democrat Zach Dembo beat Republican Ralph Alvarado to flip a U.S. House seat. -
GOP Congressman Andy Barr beat Democrat Charles Booker to become Kentucky’s junior U.S. senator as Sen. Mitch McConnell’s 42-year career comes to an end. -
Voters approved a ballot measure to amend Kentucky’s constitution, limiting the clemency powers of governors in the final three months of their term. -
View results from the 2026 Election across Illinois.
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Some Americans squeezed by high prices are relying more on their local libraries for things like books, streaming services and high-priced items like musical instruments and sewing machines. -
A new Democratic majority in Congress could pressure the president to end the war in Iran. But it will be harder for them to directly affect fuel prices, which are tied to a complex international oil market. -
The American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The Vatican said the encounter was brief. -
Wong was sentenced for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement. -
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anna Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, about what polls captured (and underestimated) after Democrats performed stronger than expected in midterm elections.
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Voters in dozens of states considered 146 statewide ballot measures this midterm cycle, on topics spanning LGBTQ rights, wealth taxes, abortion, redistricting, guns and more.
