The Latest Breaking News from Kentucky

Today’s Interview: Recovery expert: Kentucky has an alcohol problem

An interview with Jason Merrick, a vice president with Addiction Recovery Care, about Alcohol Use Disorder in Kentucky

WEKU · Apr 9, 2023

Kentucky boat registrations due by April 30

Kentucky boat owners have a deadline coming up: they have to renew their registration with a county clerk’s office by the end of this month.

WEKU · Apr 9, 2023

Kentucky parent who lost son offers consolation to Pulaski County family

The death of a Pulaski County high school football player after an injury in practice last week is bringing back terrible memories for another Kentucky family.

WEKU · Apr 9, 2023

Flight data recorders found after deadly Black Hawk crash

The military says “black boxes” have been recovered from two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters that crashed last week in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers aboard

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Kentucky bourbon-makers toast bill phasing out barrel tax

In the years it takes Kentucky bourbon to mature in new oak barrels, producers face two certainties: They lose a portion of the aging whiskey to evaporation and pay a tax on the containers

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Economy and Society, April 4, 2023: Ballotpedia launches database of asset management companies that contract with state pensions

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia · Apr 4, 2023

Colts 2023 NFL draft profile: QB Will Levis

Here's our scouting report on Kentucky QB Will Levis for the Colts.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 4, 2023

MAGA rule will be ruinous for earth

MAGA seems intent on driving this country and our world all too literally to hell in a handbasket

Salon · Apr 4, 2023

Diehard Prohibitionist Mitch McConnell's State Just Became the 38th To Approve Medical Marijuana

Under the new Kentucky law, state-licensed dispensaries will begin serving qualifying patients in 2025.

Reason · Apr 3, 2023

Abortion bills gain no ground in Kentucky with ban in place

Abortion-rights supporters in Republican-leaning Kentucky thought they had finally achieved a breakthrough when voters in November defeated a measure aimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023