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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorses federal effort to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug won an endorsement Wednesday from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who said “the jury is no longer out” on its medical uses as an alternative to opioids that ravaged the Bluegrass State with overdose deaths.
Hadley Duvall records abortion rights ad for Biden reelection
Hadley Duvall, the Kentucky woman who rose to prominence after recording an abortion-rights ad for Gov. Andy Beshear, is back with a new ad, this time in support of President Joe Biden. The Duvall ad is going live as Republican vice presidential pick and U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio takes the stage...
U.S. 62 widening project underway in Dawson Springs
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has resumed paving operations on U.S. 62, also known as East Arcadia Avenue, in Dawson Springs this week. The KYTC says the project will widen U.S. 62 from the Dawson Springs Board of Education to the Dawson Springs City Park. The new layout […]
Central Hardin Lady Bruin soccer alumni needed for alumni game in benefit of late teammate
Whitney Ballou says her former co-worker and teammate Jessica Mills, who was killed in a crash on Lincoln Parkway in June, had deep connections to the local soccer community. “She’s been very involved from a personal training aspect all the way up to assistant coach and head coaching of some of the compete teams here in town,” Ballou said. “She has been a lot more involved as her daughter has gotten older. She’s kind of followed her through her leagues as she’s grown up, but she has affected a lot of their lives from a very young age all the way up to these girls that are teenagers in high school.”
University of Kentucky will not build hospital in southeast Lexington, state lawmakers hear
FRANKFORT — The University of Kentucky will not build a hospital in southeast Lexington because it wants to do what its network of rural hospital partners want: focus on its mission as a top-level care facility for the sickest patients, a UK vice president told a legislative subcommittee Wednesday. The proposed Hamburg-area hospital “was perceived […] The post University of Kentucky will not build hospital in southeast Lexington, state lawmakers hear appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
Crews break ground on affordable housing in Louisville's Shawnee neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday at the site of a planned 38-unit apartment complex in Louisville's Shawnee neighborhood that's expected to help families for years to come. The new Portshaw Apartments will house 38 families at first but will serve as more than just a...
El Mundo makes it official: it’s all about the Highlands moving forward
Reporting at Louisville Business First, Joel Stinnett confirms the permanent closure of El Mundo’s original 2345 Frankfort Ave. location, which ran for 28 years until a process of “restructuring” began in January, 2024. We covered it here:. El Mundo’s original location in Clifton will be restructured in...
Daycare employee claims she was fired after filing report with the state
CORBIN, Ky. (WKYT) - A former employee, who has asked to remain anonymous, says she only worked at Kids Being Kids Daycare in Corbin for seven months. In that time, she says five or six incidents involving the staff’s treatment of children were reported to the state. “She would...
First-Place Miners Bury Hoppers 11-1
With the Ohio Valley League regular season winding down, the Madisonville Miners maintained their hold on the top spot in the standings with an 11-1 victory over the visiting Hoptown Hoppers on Wednesday. Madisonville improved to 23-15 with its third victory in a row while handing the Hoptown a second...
Mark Pope will immediately be put to test with Kentucky’s non-conference schedule
The University of Kentucky men's college basketball program is experiencing a change of guard this upcoming campaign. After a long and fruitful 15-year tenure, ex-head coach John Calipari elected to leave Lexington and take his talents to Fayetteville, Arkansas. With Calipari headed for what he hopes will be greener pastures...
Minor family reacts to non-guilty verdict in Madisonville murder trial
MADISONVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — The parents of a man killed in a shooting last year are speaking out after the alleged shooter was found not guilty of their son’s murder. Raleigh Lamar was acquitted last week in the 2023 shooting death of Terrence Minor Jr. at a Madisonville apartment complex. “It just hurts. We should […]
New splash pad in Old Louisville keeps residents cool during summer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Residents in Old Louisville now have a new way to stay cool during the hot summer months. Mayor Craig Greenberg and Olmsted Parks Conservancy cut the ribbon on a new splash pad Wednesday in Central Park, which is between South 4th and South 6th streets.
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