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Test scores in Kentucky show mixed results, including low performance in science

By Bruce Schreiner, The Associated Press FRANKFORT — Students in Kentucky achieved mixed results in statewide testing, with ...

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Helene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they are investigating the company that owns a plastics ...

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Video of Kentucky judge’s death shown at court hearing for the ex-sheriff charged in the case

By Bruce Schreiner and Timothy D. Easley, The Associated Press WEST LIBERTY — Video showing a Kentucky judge ...

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Federal prosecutors file new indictment against ex-Louisville police officers

LOUISVILLE (AP) — Federal prosecutors filed a new indictment Tuesday against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying ...

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What to know about Iran’s missile barrage and Israel’s ground operations in Lebanon

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series ...

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What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for a vice presidential debate

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, ...

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‘Instead of incarcerating disease, start treating disease:’ Kentuckians in recovery talk solutions

By Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern Kentuckians in recovery say the state needs to better educate youth about addiction, ...

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Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Desperate residents isolated by washed-out roads and the lack of power and cellular service ...

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‘Nowhere to go:’ New law squeezes, destabilizes the unhoused

By DAVID MAMARIL HOROWITZ, Bowling Green Daily News BOWLING GREEN — Jerry Szpyrka, an unhoused Bowling Green resident, ...

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Free, online suicide prevention training aims to reduce the more than 800 yearly suicides in the state

By Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News This story discusses suicide. Anyone who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts can call ...

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Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis

By Bruce Schreiner, The Associated Press FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s attorney general has sued Express Scripts, claiming the big ...

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Kentucky awards the first business license for its startup medical cannabis program

By Bruce Schreiner, The Associated Press Kentucky awarded the first business license for its startup medical cannabis program on ...

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Netanyahu vows to use ‘full force’ against Hezbollah and dims hopes for a cease-fire

NEW YORK (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to carry out “full force” strikes ...

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Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela’s prisons and now spreads fear in the US

MIAMI (AP) — Former federal agent Was Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from ...

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Tom Watson, longtime Associated Press broadcast editor in Kentucky, has died at age 85

By Bruce Schreiner, The Associated Press LOUISVILLE — Tom Watson, a hall of fame broadcast reporter whose long ...

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Obesity high in U.S., especially among women; in 2021-23 survey, nearly 1 in 10 reported severe obesity

By JONEL ALECCIA, The Associated Press Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion ...

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Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt left note indicating he intended to kill Trump

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf ...

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Kentucky judge allegedly killed by sheriff remembered for public service as residents seek answers

WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers was remembered for his public ...

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Kentucky sheriff charged with murder of judge found shot multiple times in his chambers

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers on Thursday, with the ...

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Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lies slandered Haitians over dogs and cats

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of ...