McConnell says the bill would close an unintended loophole from his 2018 bill to legalize hemp, but industry leaders fear a ban could decimate the hemp industry.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on religion in public schools. The trial highlighted tensions between science and religion, sparking a broader cultural conflict.

July 10 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, when science and religion was put on trial in a small town in rural Tennessee. Paducah Film Society is screening “Inherit the Wind,” a film inspired by those events at Maiden Alley Cinema Thursday evening.

Passengers traveling out of Paducah’s airport could soon have two new destinations to fly to under a proposal its board of directors recommended in a meeting Tuesday.

Tuesday's verdicts and recommended prisons sentences end the trial that begin in Warren County on June 24.

Six 21st century learning centers run by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Appalachia will close permanently if the Trump administration doesn’t restore $87 million in frozen federal education funding to Kentucky.

A jury in Bowling Green has handed down guilty verdicts Tuesday on all counts for two men on trial for the murder of Bardstown mother Crystal Rogers.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg's comments on the city's mask ban come after a group of masked white supremacists marched through downtown over Independence Day weekend.

Responding to criticism about Tennessee’s applications for private-school vouchers, Gov. Bill Lee said this week the state doesn’t need to know whether students were enrolled in private schools before seeking the funds.

Ron Patterson just completed his first week at the reins of Racer Nation. Much of it, he said during an interview on Thursday, has been “a whirlwind” of activity centered on connecting with the campus community and getting acclimated to his new home.