Kentucky

Far from Hollywood, Lexington’s annual Harry Dean Stanton Fest paid tribute to the character actor and Kentucky native this weekend, days before what would have been his 100th birthday.

A Kentucky distillery is harnessing the flow of the Mississippi River to aid in the aging of its bourbon and whiskey aboard the only floating barrelhouses in the United States.

Senate Bill 5, sponsored by Sen. Jason Howell, would create a legal pathway for school boards and districts to purchase “Kentucky-grown agricultural products.”

Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall on the southern Jersey Shore tonight, but the storms won’t reach western Kentucky. Four Purchase Area Red…