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TARC seeks public input on new project to redesign Louisville transit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - TARC has formally launched their planning process and community conversation to determine what the organization will look like in the coming years. This project is called TARC 2025 and will help TARC create a reliable and effective transit system, according to a release. TARC 2025 will...
LMPD arrests man accused of fatally shooting someone in Russell business parking lot
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police arrested a man accused of shooting and killing someone in the parking lot of a Russell neighborhood business earlier this month. Alonzo Thomas appeared before a judge on Thursday. Authorities said Thomas shot Thaddeus Miller on July 10. Investigators believe they were fighting...
Kentucky Parents of Public School Students Check Your Mailbox For Summer EBT Program Benefits
So, the other day we received a letter in the mail and a surprise we were not expecting. Two envelopes from the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department of Community Based Services. One was a letter about the Summer EBT program and the other was an...
DROUGHT UPDATE: Who Needs Rain The Most...
Recent rain has certainly helped those of you who live in Southern Indiana. The moderate drought Seymour, Crothersville, and North Vernon has been removed along with the abnormally dry conditions surrounding it. It's a different story in Kentucky. Bardstown, Willisburg, and Campbellsville are now in moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions have spread west. On a side not, this does not include the heavy rain that we saw Tuesday night.
KY Poison Control Center urges caution amid recall of edibles
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Kentucky Poison Control Center is warning Kentuckians to not buy or consume Diamond Shruumz brand products, including chocolate bars, cones and gummies. All flavors of these products have been recalled because they have been linked to severe illness. Officials say Diamond Shruumz brand products were sold online and at a […]
What is minimum wage in Kentucky? Here's what we know about where wage rates sit
Workers making less than $17 per hour are considered "low wage," according to a new study from Oxfam, "a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice." The study, which provides a state-by-state analysis and ultimately calls for the minimum wage to be raised to $17 hourly, found...
High school teams have to work around the heat
Monday was on the front end of a heat advisory for this area of western Kentucky and southern Indiana. Temperatures and heat indexes were high enough that they would start heat safety restrictions mandated by the KHSAA. Feels like temperatures Monday afternoon were at 105 degrees, with the actual temperature in the high 90s. All outdoor activities should stop if heat indexes are over 104 ...
What hospital ranks the best in Kentucky, according to US News and World Report?
Along with being the best in the state, the hospital was named in the top 50 hospitals across the nation in three specialty areas: obstetrics/gynecology (#21), cancer care (#36) and ear, nose and throat (#37).
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