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2024 Kentucky Football Foes: Ole Miss
Well, here’s an episode I’ve seen before. Two years ago, the Kentucky Wildcats and Will Levis were 4-0 four weeks into the season before a trip to Oxford, Mississippi. They carried a top-10 record into the game, but everybody had their doubts, and any time you asked a UK fan, “Whatdya think bout the Ole Miss game?” they’d say, “I dunno...[shake their head]...I dunno.” In short, they were favored, but everybody thought winning there would be too good to be true. And it was.
Eastern Kentucky Faces Thunderstorms and Showers Starting Sunday
Jackson, KY – A brief area of high pressure should keep eastern Kentucky dry today, with warm but not overly humid conditions. An active weather pattern is expected to set up on Sunday and continue throughout the week, bringing daily chances of showers and thunderstorms. According to the National...
Sunday Thunderstorms Expected Across the Southwestern Ohio Valley
Wilmington, OH – Residents in the Ohio Valley can expect a change in weather starting Sunday as showers and thunderstorms are forecasted to hit the region. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Wilmington, OH, reports that while the area remains dry today, wet weather will arrive by Sunday, affecting portions of eastern Indiana, southwest Ohio, and northern Kentucky.
Beshear’s PAC has raised $493,000, but given little so far to help other candidates
FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear’s political action committee raised $493,000 in its first six months, but so far it has made few contributions to fulfill its purpose of helping “good people” win closely-contested elections across the country. Through June 30 the Beshear PAC, named In This Together, has donated only $24,800 to candidates it has […]
Bam Adebayo might be lock for gold medal. Kentuckians with best chance at Paris Olympics
After the spectacle of the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the real fun begins. From basketball star Anthony Davis to track and field standout Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, these U.S. Olympians with ties to the commonwealth have the best chance to leave Paris with a gold medal: ...
Teacher becomes instant father to 4 after adopting student, his siblings
DANVILLE, Ky. (CNN) - A Kentucky teacher went from being part of a family of two to a family of six pretty quickly when one of his students said he needed to be adopted. Justin Padgett answered the call. He and his wife, Kasey, not only took in the boy,...
FIRST ALERT: Ben Beddoes tracks showers and storms returning to finish the weekend
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Partly to mostly cloudy skies will be with us for this evening as we start out very warm with temperatures in the 80s. Partly to mostly cloudy skies will continue into the overnight as we see a mild night with low humidity. Lows will be in the mid to upper 60s.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear blasts Trump-Vance presidential ticket to Iowa crowd
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear drew standing ovations from the crowd Saturday at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration event. Beshear said the upcoming election would be vital to protecting Americans’ rights and keeping former President Donald Trump out of office. “Women’s rights are on the line, our economic recovery is on the […]
UK set to host Football Fan Day
Kentucky football fans will get their first glimpse at the Wildcats since their abbreviated Blue-White scrimmage this past spring when Kentucky Football Fan Day kicks off on Aug. 3 in the shadow of Kroger Field. The annual event, sponsored by Central Bank and open to the public, will offer UK fans the chance to attend an open practice from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. CT at the Joe Craft Football ...
Making genetic progress in the Fescue Belt
“In Kentucky and Tennessee, we’ve been fortunate to have some cost-share dollars that have been going into a genetic improvement program that each of the states has done independently,” said Dr. Darrh Bullock,University of Kentucky extension professor, Lexington. Bullock gave his presentation “Genetic Improvement Programs in the Fescue Belt: Do Incentives Raise the Bar or Just the Price?” during the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Symposium June 11 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Fish and Wildlife agency to offer hunter education course
In conjunction with National Shooting Sports Month in August, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) is offering its special statewide “Hunter Education Day” on Aug. 3. The department will offer nearly 30 in-person hunter education classes and live-fire range days at locations across Kentucky. The department’s training class includes hunter ethics, wildlife […] The post Fish and Wildlife agency to offer hunter education course appeared first on Harlan Enterprise.
No need to further victimize children through legislative ineptitude or gubernatorial stubbornness
Gov. Andy Beshear and Auditor of Public Accounts Allison Ball squared off earlier this month in a legal dispute over the auditor’s access to iTWIST, a database maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that “track[s] the state’s efforts to assist its most vulnerable citizens” and that was available to the ombudsman attached […]
Capitol Theater hosts Olympic watch party for Opening Ceremonies
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Olympic season is here, and the Capitol Theater in Bowling Green decided to host a watch party for the Opening Ceremonies. The idea came from director Courtney Stevens, who has a special connection to the Olympics. “She was a torch bearer way back in 2002,...
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