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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2016) – Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for August 2016 was 4.9 percent from a revised 5 percent in July 2016, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state judge has denied Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s request to block an expert witness’ testimony about the University of Louisville’s accreditation.

CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — The for-profit college ITT Technical Institute says in a federal filing that it will stop operating Friday.

DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai is recalling about 41,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because a software glitch can stop the vehicles from accelerating.

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Four new members have been inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, and a charter member of the Hall of Fame has been honored with a lifetime achievement award.

GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Officials at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area are looking for volunteers on National Public Lands Day to help clean up trails.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The public is invited to take part in a day-long celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the Kentucky Heritage Council/State Historic Preservation Office (KHC) on Friday, Oct. 14 in downtown Frankfort.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 14, 2016) – Gov. Matt Bevin today joined local officials and company executives to celebrate Constellium-UACJ opening its $150 million aluminum auto-body sheeting plant in Warren County with 65 employees, a number expected to grow along with the facility.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and P&L Railroad plan lane restrictions at the intersection of US 60/Beltline Highway/Irvin Cobb Drive and KY 284/Bridge Street in PADUCAH starting Wednesday, Sept 21, 2016.

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A complicity to murder charge against a former police officer has been dropped in the middle of a trial over the cold-case slayings of two western Kentucky brothel workers.

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — A federal agency is stepping in to prevent a Revolutionary War soldier’s grave from sliding into the Cumberland River in eastern Kentucky.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Communities across Kentucky will compete for $100 million in state funding to pay for projects to train Kentucky’s workforce.

FRANKFORT – State Rep. Rick Nelson has pre-filed a bill designed to boost efforts to create jobs in Southeastern Kentucky where the economy has been rattled by a sharp drop in coal employment.

JAMESTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Russell County woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she used methamphetamine and caused a crash that killed her 3-year-old daughter.

Beshear, Sexual Assault Prevention Advocates Hold Summit to End SAFE Kit Backlog