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The Lowertown Arts & Music Festival comes to Paducah's historic Lowertown Arts District on Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11. Saturday's lineup will be headlined by West Kentucky native Kelsey Waldon, who got her start playing local hall shows and has now played some of the biggest halls in country music, including the Grand Ole Opry. Morning Edition host Daniel Hurt speaks to Waldon ahead of her performance.
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More than two dozen paintings by the late Helen LaFrance – a celebrated Black artist from far western Kentucky known for her “memory paintings” of rural life – are up for auction and a local group is hoping to buy them.
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A new KET documentary explores the current challenges and history of the Ohio River, one of Kentucky’s defining waterways.
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Kentucky is among a handful of states that lost only a small percentage of children from its Medicaid program in 2023 even as the number of kids cut from coverage soared elsewhere under annual renewal requirements that had been suspended during COVID-19.
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The 150th Run for the Roses gave thousands of visitors a classic experience at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May.
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A Paducah bike repair shop put the pedal to a different kind of metal this week, welcoming touring and local musicians into their garage space for an all ages concert.
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Bronwyn Keith-Hynes is a bluegrass fiddle player for Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway and has performed alongside bands like Old Crow Medicine Show and Leftover Salmon. Morning Edition host Daniel Hurt speaks to Keith-Hynes ahead of her local performance at Paducah Beer Werks on Saturday, May 4.
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Paducah's Lowertown Arts & Music Festival is happening on Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11. Its lineup includes Memphis-based artist Marcella Simien, who blends the classic soul sound of Memphis with Creole elements from South Louisiana, where she grew up. Daniel Hurt speaks to Simien ahead of her performance.
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The president's comments to CNN follow news that one shipment of bombs is already on hold out of concern about the impact on civilian lives.
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The House voted overwhelmingly to set aside a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to remove Johnson as speaker
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Republicans tried for the kind of headline moments they've scored in similar hearings with elite college presidents. But the testimony from K-12 public school leaders offered few surprises.
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President Biden had said he wanted the power to effectively "shut down the border" when migration numbers surge. But this rule is an incremental shift.
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The White House wants a twenty-fold increase in geothermal energy production to fight climate change and it's counting on the oil and gas industry for help.
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President-elect Prabowo Subianto was once banned by the U.S. for rights violations. But the U.S. earlier gave him military training. How will both countries deal with each other once he takes office?