Kentucky’s largest utility is proposing to delay the retirement of a coal-fired power plant unit and move forward with building billions of dollars of gas-fired power generation as part of a proposed settlement agreement before the state utility regulator. The proposed settlement offered by Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities (LG&E and KU) this […]

Authorities are searching for Austin Robert Drummond, 28, who is wanted in connection with the deaths of four individuals discovered this week in northwest Tennessee. Drummond faces charges of …

Authorities are searching for Austin Robert Drummond, 28, who is wanted in connection with the deaths of four individuals discovered this week in northwest Tennessee. Drummond faces charges of …

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied some assistance for Kentucky counties affected by severe storms and tornadoes earlier this year, but the Beshear administration plans to appeal the decisions.  The federal agency denied individual assistance for Christian and Todd counties and public assistance for Leslie County. FEMA also denied requests for the Hazard Mitigation […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas police charged a 28-year-old schoolteacher in the killing of a married couple who were hiking with their children at Devil’s Den State Park, finding him in a …

Lawyers for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday questioned Auditor Allison Ball’s right to sue over an unfunded law that would have helped kinship care families.  During a Wednesday morning court hearing, held over Zoom, Beshear attorney Taylor Payne said the auditor has “zero standing” to push […]

Embattled Democratic state Rep. Daniel Grossberg wants to take his case against the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission to federal court.  Attorneys for Grossberg of Louisville filed a motion to dismiss his case in Franklin County Circuit Court earlier this month. The commission found “probable cause” that Grossberg, who has been accused of inappropriate behavior toward […]

This weekend, Kentucky politicians hoping to make an impression with voters will travel to far West Kentucky for the annual Fancy Farm Picnic.  However, Kentucky’s top Democrats will skip the event this year, meaning Republicans will largely dominate the stage at the political speaking event. But with a few Republicans also skipping this year’s event, […]

STARKE, Fla. — A Florida woman is facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder, after allegedly shooting and killing the father of her children during a pickup at a day care last week. …

LOUISVILLE — Louisville organizations plan to use $4.5 million in grant funding over the next four years to help families experiencing homelessness by reducing the waitlist for shelter space and providing transitional housing and rental assistance. Natalie Harris, the executive director of Coalition for the Homeless, which represents 40 agencies in the Louisville area serving […]

Louisville has confirmed a second case of the highly contagious measles, bringing the total cases in Kentucky to 14.  Dr. Kris Bryant, the associate medical director at the Louisville health department and a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Norton Children’s Hospital, said the latest patient is “a known contact” with the city’s first case of […]

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It looked for a while like the coal mining era was over in the Clearfork Valley of East Tennessee, a pocket of mountainous land on the Kentucky border. A permit for a new mine hasn’t been issued since 2020, and the […]

Last week’s energy auction by multistate power grid operator PJM will cause monthly electric bills to go up $2 to $5 next summer — but that’s on top of other costs, for transmission, fuel and more, that one advocate calls “death by a thousand cuts.” It’s also the latest evidence, say ratepayer advocates and policymakers, […]

More than 63 million Americans are caregivers for a family member with complex medical needs, a 20 million increase over the past decade, according to a new report. But state policies, workplaces and the American health system haven’t kept up with this surge in family caregiving responsibilities, said Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, a physician and the CEO […]

The groundbreaking Wednesday for a new neighborhood in the Floyd County seat of Prestonsburg wasn’t just a ceremony for Tom Manning-Beavin. The crews working for his nonprofit had already started digging trenches to pour concrete foundations of future homes.  “My crew leaders were talking to the city building inspector as we were leaving, coordinating the […]

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Animal protection authorities are working to rescue dozens of cats left behind in a recently sold North Las Vegas home, after neighbors reported a disturbing scene involving …

GALVESTON, Texas — Federal authorities have launched a death investigation aboard the Carnival Dream cruise ship, which operates out of Galveston, Texas. While details remain limited, a …

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — Search teams located the site of an airplane crash that killed three people near Yellowstone National Park using the last known location of the smart watch from one …

Two key Republican lawmakers in the Kentucky legislature are voicing support for a federal program helping tens of thousands of Kentucky households with heating and cooling costs as the Trump administration proposes to eliminate the funding. Sen. Brandon Smith, R-Hazard, and Rep. Jim Gooch, R-Providence, co-chairs of the Interim Joint Natural Resources and Energy Committee, […]

Gov. Andy Beshear said one reason he went to South Carolina last week was to see his 16-year-old son Will play baseball. But he spent the first two days there entering the big leagues of politics, in the state where Democrats are scheduled to cast their first votes for president in 2028. His trip gave the […]