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Tractor Supply Co. ends DEI efforts after backlash from conservative customers
Tractor Supply, a rural lifestyle retail chain with locations across the country, including many in the Bluegrass State, is altering its company initiatives after backlash from conservative consumers. According to a statement released on Thursday, the company said the "hard-earned dollars" of consumers should go to communities "we all love," therefore, they...
Celebrate 155 years of Sunrise with 4th of July Freedom Run, anniversary giving opportunity
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (KT) – Sunrise Children's Services has served the children of Kentucky since 1869. A new giving campaign and Fourth of July event are opportunities to support a critical resource for the bluegrass state's most vulnerable population. 155 years serving Kentucky kids. Sunrise Children's Services, the child...
Publix just confirmed its third Northern Kentucky store. It's likely eyeing at least 4
Publix Super Markets announced another store opening in Northern Kentucky, this time in at a roughly 20-acre development in Independence. It's the third store the trendy Florida-based company has confirmed in Northern Kentucky – one each in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties. The Enquirer reported in June the company purchased land for...
Kentucky Owner Faces New Setback In Effort To Win New License For Now-Silent AM.
The Federal Communications Commission says a Kentucky broadcaster is not entitled to an open-ended license term after he failed to pay several years of annual regulator fees. The FCC in 2020 canceled the license for “Gospel 710” WEKC, Williamsburg, KY after it didn’t receive the annual fee from Gerard Parks, who also failed to file the paperwork seeking a reconsideration of its decision for 18 months — well outside the 30-day response deadline.
Despite ‘rough’ debate, Beshear still backs Biden in presidential election
FRANKFORT — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said that as long as President Joe Biden remains a candidate in the presidential election, Beshear will continue to support him. Beshear, 46, a two-term governor in red-state Kentucky, has been floated as a potential Democratic nominee should Biden step aside. However, the governor on Monday pushed back at questions about getting into the race now.
Kentucky Society of CPAs selects new chair for 2024-2025
Olivia Davis, a senior lecturer at the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics and associate director of Von Allmen School of Accountancy in Lexington, has been selected as the 2024-2025 chair of the Kentucky Society of CPAs. Davis became a certified public accountant (CPA) in 2006 and...
Local Pharmacist Appointed to State Cannabis Board
Booneville has a say in the future of medical marijuana in the Commonwealth. The Kentucky Board of Pharmacy appointed local pharmacist and owner of Booneville Discount Drug, Matt Carrico, to a four-year term on the Medical Cannabis Board of Physicians and Advisors. The appointment will be confirmed by the state...
Kentucky Farm Bureau names 2024 Kentucky Farmer of the Year finalists
LOUISVILLE, KY (July 1, 2024) – Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) today announced the finalists for 2024 Kentucky Farmer of the Year. This annual KFB award recognizes an individual whose efforts strengthen the state’s agriculture industry and demonstrate service and leadership, both on and off the farm. The finalists...
Kentucky Second Only to Alaska in an Unusual Category
I talked with some friends this weekend who are planning a vacation to Alaska which will include a viewing of grizzly bears doing there thing...in a CONTROLLED environment, of course. That will include a chance to watch them going after salmon in one of Alaska's many rivers. I've always wanted...
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