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Getty Images/iStockphotoA report by an advocacy group ranks Tennessee with two other southern states criminalizing women for allegedly endangering their fetuses. -
Kentucky Public Radio/Sylvia GoodmanDuring a forum hosted by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican challenger Daniel Cameron didn’t share the stage, but instead independently spoke to a packed room of local business leaders and elected officials about issues like Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion and whether to continue cutting the state’s income tax.
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Students at a pair of far western Kentucky high schools planned voter drives Tuesday in recognition of National Voter Registration Day. -
A new program is being introduced in several far western Kentucky school districts to help connect students, staff and their families with mental health resources in their area.
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Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones has died at age 84.Jones was a Democrat who served as Kentucky’s top executive from 1991 until 1995. He also held the office of lieutenant governor from 1987 until 1991 as a part of Gov. Wallace Wilkinson’s administration.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority is launching a study on how to reduce carbon emissions at its natural gas plant in Muhlenberg County. The federal utility is exploring a partnership with TC Energy to add carbon capture technology at the Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro.
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The Kentucky Public Service Commission approved a special contract allowing a cryptomining facility in Pike County to receive discounted electricity from Kentucky Power, even though the utility won’t have the capacity to meet existing customers’ demand in 2026.
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The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission heard from more than a dozen people about their personal and professional experiences with ibogaine, an experimental psychedelic treatment for opioid addiction.
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People who owned banned weapons before new law must apply for FOID endorsement
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Freshwater mussel populations have seen rapid declines in some rivers across the South, including Kentucky
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While Tennessee has seen deadly floods, ice storms and lingering droughts in recent years, wind was the source of destruction for every disaster in 2023, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which estimates that these thunderstorms or tornadoes caused between $2 and $5 billion in damages across the state.
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Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are poised to become the 25th site in the United States — and the first in Ohio — added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
