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Walker – who was the first African-American to hold the post of poet laureate in the state – spoke with WKMS ahead of two programs he’s scheduled to be a part of in western Kentucky.

With the filing deadline come and gone, the candidates are set for the Oct. 7 special primary election.

A Republican legislator from Alabama made the case for state-supported early childhood education Wednesday during a meeting of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s Pre-K for All Advisory Committee in Kentucky.

School Freedom Fund targets Barrett for opposition to private school vouchers

Though Kentucky is home to several major EV industry developments, the Bluegrass State’s drivers have been even slower than most to make the shift. In a press release from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a lobbying group of car manufacturers, their data showed that Kentucky ranks 39th in the electric vehicle market. In 2024, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported it had just 14,410 registered passenger vehicles that were fully electric. That’s less than 1% of the state’s personal automobiles.

A small town in rural Tennessee will soon be the site of a privately-run Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Just published this week: A portrait of the lucrative drug-treatment industry; a memoir of a female firefighter; debut fiction from an Emmy-winning TV writer; and a brand new Karin Slaughter thriller.

Rates of the world's deadliest cancer appear to be low in sub-Saharan Africa. But that statistic is masking the scope of the disease, doctors say.

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb says Metropolitan Police Department officers must follow local policies that govern their policing, even as Trump vows to crack down on crime.

Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now, Presidents Trump and Putin will meet Friday in Alaska to discuss another war involving Crimea.

President Trump's executive order extends a reprieve from the threat of rising tariffs between the world's two largest economies.

Awdah Al Hathaleen was shot during a clash with an Israeli settler. His West Bank village hoped No Other Land, the Oscar-winning film about settler violence that he worked on, might help protect them.