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Graduation event held for first Kentucky State Police Youth Academy participants
23 young people from across Kentucky comprised the inaugural Kentucky State Police Youth Academy. A graduation ceremony for the group of 15-to-18-year-olds followed the week-long experience this month on Trooper Island in west Kentucky.
The History Of The KY FFA Leader Training Center
Kentucky FFA Executive Secretary Matt Chaliff shares the history of the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg. Chaliff took time during the recent groundbreaking ceremony to talk about how the center began and how FFA members and leaders have developed the facilities since the beginning.
Another Kentucky House candidate disqualified for error in filing papers
A judge has removed Democrat Richard Henderson as a candidate for the state House in Shelby County because of errors in his candidacy filing papers. The action July 30 by Shelby Circuit Judge Michelle Brummer at the request of Shelby County Judge-Executive Dan Ison leaves Republican incumbent Jennifer Decker unopposed in the Nov. 5 election […]
Public invited to discuss improving foster care at August town halls
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WAVE) - The public is invited to virtual town halls hosted by the Citizen Foster Care Review Boards to discuss ways to improve outcomes for Kentucky families and children in the foster care system. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend one of the regional meetings throughout the month...
The yard sale frenzy along the longest such stretch of roadway is about to start up again in Kentucky
An early August tradition is making its way back to Kentucky communities north and south. The annual U.S. Highway 127 Yard Sale officially begins Thursday. Albany Kentucky native Al Gibson is a tourism commission and chamber of commerce member and local newspaper publisher. “You can find just about anything along...
Previewing Fancy Farm with the Western Ky. picnic's political chair
The 144th Fancy Farm Picnic takes place this weekend, bringing people from across the region together to eat barbecue and hear (and jeer) politicians. The function is well-known as the kickoff to Kentucky politics' general election period and frequently features statewide elected officials. The picnic's political chair, Steven Elder, speaks with WKMS Morning Edition host Daniel Hurt about this year's picnic, including who is slated to speak, issues the picnic faces as political realignment has led to partisanship concerns, and the history of the event.
Woodford Reserve Just Dropped a Limited Blended Malt Whiskey
Woodford Reserve is a Kentucky distillery known for its premium bourbon, but the latest release doesn’t fall into that category at all. The new entry in the annual Distillery Series is a blended malt whiskey called, appropriately, Blended Malt—and we have the details.Taste Test: This New Bourbon From Old Forester's Former Master Taster Is Her Best Yet As defined by the TTB, the organization that regulates alcohol in the U.S., malt whiskey must be made from a mashbill of at least 51 percent malted barley and aged in new charred oak containers (which are virtually always barrels). That differs from a...
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