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The 49th annual Country Ham Festival took place in Cadiz this past weekend, honoring the western Kentucky area’s connection to the dry-cured delicacy.
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During the Biden administration, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration created a safety rule long-sought by black lung associations. Days before it could be enforced, a lawsuit froze enforcement and little has changed since.
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The shooting death of hard-right activist Charlie Kirk has spurred a wide array of reactions on social media, and Tennesseans are being disciplined or fired for their posts online.
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Public anger is growing over rising electricity prices nationwide. In West Virginia, Appalachian Power customers have been paying hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden costs.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday over whether they should allow taxpayer dollars to fund public charter schools.
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The festival benefitting A Soldier’s Heart, Bluegrass & Muddy Waters began in 2015 as a one-day event. Since then, it has transformed into a three-day festival featuring live music and family activities, along with food and craft vendors and a beer garden.
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The bimonthly event at West Kentucky Community & Technical College puts artists together onstage, where they take turns performing and discussing songs. This installment features Steven Green, Wyatt Espalin and Mark Donham.
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A Tennessee law that criminalizes housing immigrants without legal status could apply even if the person being housed has citizenship.
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Under a plea deal, Balmer was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, far less than he could have faced if the case went to trial. He declined to address the judge about the crime.
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More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say.
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President Trump presented the award to Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday.
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Writer John T. Edge has spent much of his career telling stories about a changing American South filtered through the lens of food and culture. Now he's talking about his troubled family's history.
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The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection of tensions between hardliners and pragmatists.
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This week's new titles include memoir, comics journalism and speculative fiction, horror and humor. Susan Orlean tells her own story in Joyride, and Pulitzer-winner Adam Johnson has a new novel.