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Crowds packed three separate meeting rooms at West Kentucky Community & Technical College in Paducah Wednesday for the Public Service Commission’s hearing on nuclear power generation, part of a series of meetings taking place across the state this spring. Several people used the opportunity to publicly criticize a pair of nuclear projects underway in the area.
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The GOP-controlled Kentucky General Assembly has backed adding a statue of longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell to a prominent location in the state Capitol. However, not everyone loves the idea.
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that would opt Kentucky into a federal scholarship program for K-12 students. House Bill 1 would allow students to receive scholarships for private school tuition funded by donors receiving a federal tax credit starting in 2027.
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Technical Sergeant Ashley Pruitt, of Bardstown, was one of six airmen killed in the crash. The KC-135's crew was supporting Operation Epic Fury when the crash occurred.
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A Murray State University biology professor has been credited with the discovery of a new species of parasitic fly.
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Meteorologists with the National Weather Service say a cold front moving through western Kentucky, Tennessee and southern Illinois on Sunday is likely to bring strong wind gusts and a chance for tornadoes in some areas.
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Sharnecce Currie-Jelks has made an impact on the court in just her first season with the Murray State women’s basketball team. The junior forward, who transferred from Indiana University, started every regular season game for the Racers. She’s currently leading all NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball players in double-doubles, averaging 18.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game.
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One of Kentucky’s most unusual historical stories –the mysterious “meat shower” – reportedly took place 150 years ago this month. A Paducah resident is turning the strange Kentucky story into a reason to bring people together – minus the meat falling from the sky.
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In cities where ICE operations have surged, community members are walking kids to school.
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Israel passes a controversial law allowing the death penalty for Palestinians who kill Israelis.
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The Army has launched an administrative review after two AH-64 Apache helicopters on a training run hovered near the hillside home of Kid Rock as the outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump saluted their crews.
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A Florida airport was cleared to be renamed after President Donald Trump on Monday, hours before the president revealed plans for a Miami skyscraper planned to house his presidential library.
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No. 1 seeds UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are in the Final Four for the second straight season, just the second time the same teams have reached the sport's final weekend in consecutive years.
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Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy.