4.5% remains higher than surrounding states, national average

Economists were pleasantly surprised Friday when a report showed the U.S. added more than 370,000 new jobs. That’s despite high inflation and increased interest rates. Essentially, the new numbers show

After more than 50 years in Murray, a family-owned restaurant has closed its doors.

Those on the front lines of food pantries and food banks in the Ohio Valley are trying to meet the ballooning demand, though they expect to see more hunger and need in the months ahead.

The Graves County candle and home fragrance product manufacturer that lost a facility where several people tragically died during December’s tornado outbreak is set to expand its operations in another part of the county.

The board of Paducah’s Barkley Regional Airport voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend Tennessee-based Contour Aviation as its next air service provider.

It’s been six months since a devastating and deadly storm ripped through western and southern Kentucky, producing 20 tornadoes, killing 81 people, injuring hundreds more and roiling an entire region. The event was heartbreaking, and took most people by surprise. Tornadoes aren’t unheard of in Kentucky, but few were expecting one of the longest tornado systems in the country’s history to materialize on the night of Dec. 10 — not exactly twister season.

A small Hopkins County town once famous for its restorative waters is still in the early stages of healing after a deadly EF-4 tornado destroyed much of its historic downtown area and a majority of its residences in December.

Heaven Hill, one of Kentucky’s leading bourbon distillers, broke ground Monday on a new facility in Bardstown, the center of the state’s spirits industry.

Hopkinsville recently amended an ordinance to allow alcohol sales on Sunday for the first time in 63 years.