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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.”
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...
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