FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear invites the public to pay their respects to former Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, who will lie in state in the State Capitol Rotunda on Monday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. EDT. Jones’ family will host a public visitation in the Rotunda from 3 p.m. to 7 […]
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 21, 2023) — Unemployment rates rose in 105 counties between August 2022 and August 2023, fell in eight, and stayed the same in seven counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. In The Green River District, the
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Democrats took their legal fight to the state’s highest court on Tuesday in challenging Republican-drawn boundaries for state House and congressional districts. The hearing before Kentucky’s Supreme Court at times revolved around a lower court ruling that the new maps did not violate the state constitution. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton C. Jones, a Republican turned Democrat who led efforts to improve health care and strengthen ethics laws during his one term three decades ago, has died, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. Jones was a prominent horse breeder whose political career began in his native West Virginia, where
Union County Public Schools said there was a minor incident involving Bus 143 on Monday morning. There were no reported injuries. In a social media post, Union County Public Schools said that a truck sideswiped the bus, damaging the side mirror. Students on the bus were transferred to other buses to take them to school.
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MADISONVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 18, 2023) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has closed the eastbound slow lane on the Audubon Parkway in Daviess County. This closure is necessary to facilitate emergency concrete repairs, which will span from the 17.16-mile marker to the 17.25-mile marker and will take effect immediately. Only the right lane will be affected. Work is
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HENDERSON, KY – Deaconess Henderson Hospital invites anyone planning to start a family, expecting a child or raising a baby to attend the first Henderson Babypalooza event from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 in the Deaconess Clinic Henderson Lobby, River Entrance. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet physicians and
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Union County Judge-Executive Adam O’Nan received the Wendell Ford Legislative Leadership Award at the Green River Area Development District meeting. The 55th annual GRADD meeting was held Wednesday outdoors on the Owensboro Riverfront. The GRADD Board is chaired by Webster County Judge-Executive Steve Henry. The City of Henderson won the Community of the Year Award
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Time for Kentucky Small Business Tax Credit is running out for 2023 tax returns FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 13, 2023) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear urged the owners of Kentucky’s small businesses, which help drive the state’s job growth and innovation, to apply for a tax credit of up to $25,000. To ensure the best chance of
The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more. And there’s still four months to go on what’s looking more like a calendar of calamities. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday
NEW YORK (AP) — With tolling bells, personal tributes and tears, Americans looked back Monday on 9/11 at anniversary observances that stretched from ground zero to small towns. People gathered at memorials, firehouses, city halls, campuses and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. “For those of us
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CORBIN, Ky. (AP) — A 3-year-old fatally shot a 2-year-old boy at a home in southeastern Kentucky, a sheriff said. The toddler was shot in the head Thursday morning by the older child, who had gained access to a handgun in the home outside Corbin, Whitley County Sheriff Bill Elliotte told news outlets. “It’s our
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear plunked down a $20 bet Thursday on two home-state college football teams — and against an arch-nemesis school — in a quick transaction signaling that legal sports wagering is off and running in the Bluegrass State. The Democratic governor placed the first sports bet at historic Churchill
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September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The most recent data indicates that 49,500 American’s died from suicide, most ever recorded. In honor of those lost to suicide, Infinite Hope will hold their second annual Remembrance Event at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 in Central Park, located at 10 S. Main St. in Henderson. Henderson
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The AARP Smart Driver Course will be offered this Friday at the Henderson County Cooperative Extension Service Expo Center, located at 3099 Zion Road in Henderson. The class will start promptly at 9 a.m. and end at 1:30 PM. The course lasts four and a half hours. There are multiple breaks, and a box lunch
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