The Latest Breaking News from Kentucky

FOCUS is a nonprofit organization that works with industry, business, and government officials to improve the economic development of its five-county region.

The commonwealth failed to meet certain fiscal requirements that would have ushered in another reduction under a Republican plan to phase the tax out.

Sightings of birds, which appear to have come from Yucatán in Mexico, reported in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and the Carolinas

Republican state lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear held separate news conferences at The Red Mile Thursday as the track began taking sports bets.

An uptick in coronavirus cases is being seen in many counties across the Commonwealth. A health official in southeast Kentucky says COVID is not the only disease drawing attention.

Senate minority leaer’s post ends in 2024, while his senate term ends in 2026

The number of incumbents running in this year’s state executive elections—20—is the fewest in the past four cycles for these offices. These are the 36 executive positions that voters decide in three states—Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi—in the year prior to each presidential election.

The sites are located in Morehead, Richmond, Berea, and Somerset.

A southern Kentucky university recently received the largest gift in school history – 25 million dollars. Leslie Ryser is the University of the Cumberlands’ executive vice president for Institutional Advancement. She said the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation has been a university partner for more than 40 years.