The Latest Breaking News from Kentucky

States and families wrestle over compassion in transgender youth care bans in Tennessee, Kentucky

Questions over which side was being more compassionate emerged as a key tension in a federal appeals court, which heard arguments on whether to block transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care in Kentucky and Tennessee

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

More than $27 million awarded to help victims of crime in Kentucky

The grant funding comes from the federal Victims or Crime Act.

WEKU · Sep 1, 2023

That complicated "Justified" ending

What do those final six minutes mean for the FX series, for Raylan Givens and for us as fans?

Salon · Aug 31, 2023

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up again, this time at a Kentucky event

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again while talking to reporters in Kentucky

Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze momentarily at an event in Covington, Ky. McConnell also froze in July at a news conference on Capitol Hill, going silent before being escorted away.

WEKU · Aug 30, 2023

McConnell briefly freezes at event in Kentucky - Roll Call

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell briefly froze while answering reporters' questions in Kentucky on Wednesday.

Roll Call · Aug 30, 2023

Megaconferences Are the Future of College Football

College athletics is already consolidating power, so SI’s Pat Forde and Richard Johnson took it a step further.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 30, 2023

Head of UK's Applied Energy Research sees a changing power landscape

Kentucky has a long history of coal-fired power plants, but the electricity generation landscape is expected to change in the decades to come.

WEKU · Aug 29, 2023

After man’s heroic effort to reverse overdose, Cook County Sheriff receives donation of 2,000 naloxone devices

A Kentucky-based pharmaceutical company made the donation after seeing a local TV news segment where Matthew McFarland saved someone from overdosing last month at a West Side gas station.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 28, 2023

EV advocacy group looking for adjustments to charging station taxes

Proponents of electric vehicle operation in Kentucky are hoping to see some modification in a related tax measure. The tax on EV charging stations is slated to go into effect in 2024.

WEKU · Aug 28, 2023