The Latest Breaking News from Kentucky

LGBTQ biases played a role in controversy around Kentucky teacher's whiteboard message, he says

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky music teacher who resigned after writing a message on a classroom whiteboard encouraging students to "be yourself" said Tuesday the resulting controversy stemmed from LGBTQIA+ biases.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

Kentucky Derby Watch: Latest odds show the 2022 favorites are pretty much settled.

What’s one clear sign that the Kentucky Derby is getting near? The Las Vegas odds sheet goes from fine print to large type.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2022

Now-deceased man IDed in 1980s slayings of 3 motel clerks

Indiana State Police have identified a now-deceased man as the suspect who raped and killed three women in Indiana and Kentucky in the late 1980s who worked as motel clerks

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

3,948 new coronavirus cases in Kentucky's weekly report

3,948 new coronavirus cases in Kentucky's weekly report

WEKU · Apr 4, 2022

Vicinity Motor Inks Distribution Agreement With Central States Bus Sales

Vicinity Motor Corp (NASDAQ:VEV) has signed a distribution agreement with Central States Bus Sales Inc, a school and commercial bus dealer in the U.S. Under the new agreement, Central States will distribute Vicinity vehicles throughout the entire central region. The distribution agreement covers seven states extending from Kentucky to Nebraska. The company has also…

Benzinga · Apr 4, 2022

Why you really wouldn't want to have blue blood

Blood is red and there is no debating that, right? Wrong. Crabs, lobsters, spiders and octopuses all have blue blood. There are even tales of the blue people of Kentucky.

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2022

Kentucky regulators recorded calls without consent with Baffert after Medina Spirit test

The tension between trainer Bob Baffert and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has been increasingly heightened since he was notified May 8 last year that his then Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, tested positive for an anti-inflammatory that is legal except on race day.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 3, 2022

Rams 2022 Draft Prospect Profile: Luke Fortner (G/C, Kentucky)

The Rams are likely going to select an IOL in the 2022 NFL draft and Luke Fortner out of Kentucky could be a name to keep an eye on.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 3, 2022

Appeal filed for ex-clerk who refused marriage licenses

Attorneys for a former Kentucky clerk who wouldn’t issue marriage licenses to two same-sex couples have appealed a federal court ruling that she violated the couples’ constitutional rights

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022

Chicago officials join Merrick Garland in Washington to announce gun conspiracy charges

A new indictment alleges that Chicago native Brandon Miller, a soldier at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, conspired with soldiers Jarius Brunson and Demarcus Adams to buy guns in Kentucky and Tennessee and supply Miller’s associates here.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 1, 2022