Breya Jones
Breaking News Reporter, WFPL-
The Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women is joining two other corrections facilities in an education partnership with Simmons College of Kentucky. -
Gov. Andy Beshear named Laurel County-born writer Silas House as the 2023-2024 Kentucky poet laureate.
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Police identified six people, including a suspected shooter, who died in a mass shooting at an Old National Bank in downtown Louisville Monday. Several others were transported to University of Louisville Hospital with injuries from the incident.
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Activists and family members of Breonna Taylor met at Lannan Park in the Portland neighborhood on Saturday to remember her life.
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As a member of the American Culinary Corps chef Ouita Michel will use food and hospitality domestically and abroad in a cross-cultural exchange.
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Nine artists and organizations make up the 2022 Governor’s Awards in the Arts honorees. The Kentucky Arts Council oversees the annual awards.
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Six children have died from the flu this season, matching the previous record set during the 2019-2020 influenza season, according to the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
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This year’s Kids Count County Data Book shows Kentucky has improved in some metrics, though there is still room for improvement.
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With reproductive rights and abortion access taking center stage, many marginalized people are feeling left out of the larger conversation.
