Posted: 12:47 PM President Barack Obama flew to Kentucky Friday to personally thank the two-dozen Navy Seals killed Osama Bin Laden. You can watch his address to the troops here.
Posted: 12:01 PM Republicans say terrorists should beware following the death of Osama bin Laden in a raid on his Pakistan compound. You can watch the address here.
Posted: 11:31 AM President Barack Obama is returning to the problem of jobs and the economy following an emotionally charged week dealing with the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. You can watch his address here.
Updated: 6:27 PM Today marks the 60th annual National Day of Prayer. I hope you'll take time today to pray for our nation, our President and the brave men and women protecting out country. You can watch messages from Tony Dungy, Darrell Walltrip and Joni Eareckson Tada here.
Posted: 10:44 AM President Barack Obama delivered the news late last night that America has waited nearly ten years to hear, that the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks was finally dead. You can watch the President's speech here.
Updated: 12:06 AM President Barack Obama is pushing for an end to the $4 billion in tax breaks that oil and gas companies get every year. But Republicans say ending those tax breaks would be a mistake. You can watch the battling political addresses here.
Posted: 7:59 AM Today Christians around the world are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But can you imagine how the disciples and His followers must have felt immediately following His crucifixion? Everything they believed in was hanging on that cross. Their hopes and dreams died with the Savior. At least that’s what they thought.
Posted: 2:42 PM Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns says lawmakers who are serious about creating jobs need to cut spending and the bureaucracy that burdens small businesses. You can watch the weekly address here.
Posted: 2:17 PM President Barack Obama says part of the answer to soaring gasoline prices is ending dependence on foreign oil and investing in renewable energy sources. You can watch his weekly address here.
Updated: 8:30 AM Easter is the cornerstone of our Christian faith. No one will argue that Jesus Christ walked upon this earth and died on the cross. But without His resurrection, our faith is dead. I want to share a couple of videos that capture the pain and suffering that Jesus endured on the cross.
Updated: 12:05 PM Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. It marks Jesus Christ triumphant return to Jerusalem and the beginning of His final journey to the cross.
Updated: 12:05 PM We’re going to hear a lot of partisan rhetoric in the days and weeks ahead. So the best way to decide which budget, or what parts of each budget, are best for America is to look at them side by side.
Updated: 12:04 PM Senator Tom Coburn is criticizing President Barack Obama's approach to the debate over deficit reduction. You can watch the GOP address here.
Updated: 12:04 PM President Barack Obama is drawing sharp contrasts between his deficit-reduction plan and a House Republican budget that he calls "wrong for America." You can watch the President's address here.
Updated: 12:03 PM This year’s theme in the Commonwealth is “Playground Earth: Get Outside, Kentucky!” The Governor also announced a photography contest, “Capture the Earth” for Kentucky’s middle school students.
Updated: 5:51 PM Florida Governor Rick Scott had a change of heart and agreed to implement a statewide prescription monitoring program. The move comes after strong criticism from Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers.
Posted: 2:21 PM President Obama is expected to sign a funding plan today that reduces the budget by more than $38 billion dollars for the second half of the year. You can watch Senator Rand Paul's criticism of the budget plan here.
Posted: 12:47 PM Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says the answer to solving America’s debt crisis isn’t raising taxes -- but cutting government spending. You can watch his floor speech here.
Updated: 7:20 PM President Barack Obama coupled a call for $4 trillion in long-term deficit reductions with a blistering attack on Republican plans on taxes, Medicare and Medicaid on Wednesday, laying down markers for a roiling debate in Congress and the 2012 presidential campaign to come. You can watch his speech and the Republican response here.
Posted: 3:21 PM Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell calls on the President to come up with an “action plan” to deal with the nation’s budget crisis.
Updated: 1:54 PM Rand Paul and two other Republican Senators announced a plan today to reform Social Security. The proposal includes raising the retirement age to 70 and cutting some benefits for the wealthy.
Posted: 12:03 PM A top House Republican says the government's spending problem has gotten so bad that the future is uncertain and the nation's ability to create jobs is limited. You can watch the address here.
Updated: 11:48 AM President Barack Obama praised last night's 11-th hour budget deal, saying it is "the biggest annual spending cut in history." You can watch the address here.
Posted: 11:29 AM House Speaker John Boehner says it took "a lot of discussion and a long fight," but White House and congressional budget negotiators reached a deal late last night to avoid a government shutdown. You can watch what some of the key players had to say about the agreement here.
Posted: 2:51 PM With a possible government shutdown only hours away, the rhetoric on Capitol Hill is heating up as Republicans and Democrats pull out all the stops in the latest round of the “Blame Game”. You can watch the videos here.
Updated: 05/19/2013 - Funeral arrangements have not yet been made for a Morehead State student killed in a car crash this weekend.
Updated: 05/20/2013 - On Sunday, life got a little easier for a southern Kentucky boy with cerebral palsy thanks to help from his church.
Updated: 05/19/2013 - A Kentucky Marine killed in action during the Gulf War is now part of a memorial in his hometown of Versailles.
Updated: 05/19/2013 - Church members and people in the Whitley County community raised money to get a handicap accessible van for a 12-year-old boy with cerebral palsy.
Updated: 05/19/2013 - A man is the Laurel County jail tonight on domestic violence charges, authorities say they found him hiding under his victim's home!
Posted: 05/19/2013 - Two people are dead after a two-car crash in Nelson County last night.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - The Metro-North commuter rail line says crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals damaged in a derailment and crash in Connecticut.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - Russian NTV television is reporting that the U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying and ordered to leave the country has flown out of Moscow.
