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Timothy D. Easley/AP (Pool photo)Brett Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in the raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment. -
George Walker IV/AP PhotoTuesday’s congressional primary will determine the final matchup for the Dec. 2 general election to replace former District 7 Congressman Mark Green. Green announced an early retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives less than six months into his term, triggering this special election.
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After a shooting last weekend interrupted Eighth of August celebrations in Paducah last weekend, more than 100 people gathered at a town hall meeting Thursday evening to talk about how the community could try to prevent similar tragedies in the future. -
A Kentuckian who works a full-time job earning the state’s minimum wage would now be considered to be living in poverty by government standards, according to a report by a Kentucky research group released last month. -
The Kentucky Republican, who has about 18 months left in office, differs with many in his party over tariffs and isolationism. -
The tech industry is increasingly eyeing rural communities to warehouse servers for cryptocurrency mining and data storage. In a town in rural Tennessee, locals banded together to push back on one such project. -
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.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mayci Neeley of Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives about how her traumatic college days have shaped her relationship with her religion. -
The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort. -
The case pits conservative Christian groups against the LGBTQ+ community. -
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration. -
Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid mounting concerns that the DOJ is being weaponized to go after President Trump's perceived enemies. -
Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.
