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Louisville congressman calls on Biden to 'step aside' as Democratic presidential nominee
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville congressman is the latest Democratic lawmaker to call on President Joe Biden to "step aside" as the party's presidential nominee. On Friday, U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey called the president an "effective leader" who has carried the nation through a global pandemic, adding that Biden is a good man who cares deeply about the American people.
Kent native Kayla Fischer enters her second season in professional soccer at Louisville
On the day of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Draft, Kayla Fischer was in scrubs completing a 12-hour nursing clinical at Ohio State University. Her mom drove down and picked her up, and the two watched the event with friends and snacks. Fischer, who first started playing...
Baptist Health breaks ground on facility designed to streamline healthcare for patients
Baptist Health, in partnership with Dallas-based Intuitive Health, has broken ground on its third dual emergency and urgent care facility. The 11,400-square-foot Baptist Health ER & Urgent Care Glenmary will be located on Bardstown Road in Louisville and is scheduled to open in the summer of 2025. The project follows the successful launch of the Baptist Health ER & Urgent Care Jeffersonville in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 2022, and the Baptist Health ER & Urgent Care Blankenbaker in Louisville in 2023.
Kentucky’s June jobless rate unchanged from April, May
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary June 2024 unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The preliminary June 2024 jobless rate was unchanged from both April and May 2024 but is up 0.5 percentage points from one year ago. […] The post Kentucky’s June jobless rate unchanged from April, May appeared first on Harlan Enterprise.
CrowdStrike disruptions hit home in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A cybersecurity update from a company called CrowdStrike caused global disruptions where we work, where we live and where we shop. Louisville was not immune to the fallout. The tech outage caused canceled flights, lines and frustrations at Louisville Muhammad Ali International. Travelers found problems on...
Travelers at Blue Grass Airport exercise patience amid global tech outage
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A global technology outage disrupted air travel on Friday. Throughout the morning, travelers at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport saw the dreaded ‘delayed’ or even ‘canceled’ next to their flights. Even though some major airlines are back up and running, the Microsoft outage has caused a rippling effect.
Murray Police to conduct sobriety checkpoints
The Murray Police Department will be conducting sobriety checkpoints to promote safety to motorists and to deter individuals from driving under the influence. South 12th Street between Glendale Road and Murray City Limits. Main Street between 8th Street and 9th Street. Wilshire Drive between Bailey Road and Vasser. Glendale Road...
Kentucky Parents of Public School Students Check Your Mailbox For Summer EBT Program Benefits
So, the other day we received a letter in the mail and a surprise we were not expecting. Two envelopes from the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department of Community Based Services. One was a letter about the Summer EBT program and the other was an...
Southern Kentucky Braces for Weekend Storms Amid Rising Temperatures
Louisville, KY – Southern Kentucky residents should prepare for a wet and warm weekend as storm activity is expected to return from Saturday through Monday. The National Weather Service (NWS) Louisville forecasts comfortable temperatures and dry conditions for today, with highs ranging from 80 to 85 degrees under partly sunny skies.
Henderson history: Two fatalities began a bad period for Tyson Foods
Few deaths would be more horrible than falling into a quicksand-like slurry of pulverized chicken guts. But that isn’t what killed James A. Dame Jr., 40, of Slaughters July 22, 1999, at the Tyson Foods complex near Robards. He was smothered by methane gas in the pit where the guts were kept. He had been trying to retrieve a fork-lift scoop that had fallen in. ...
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