Updated: 8:05 AM The Lexington Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has awarded over $300,000 grant to twelve Kentucky based organizations funding lifesaving, screening patient navigation, treatment support and treatment programs.
Posted: 8:02 AM The Kentucky State Board of Agriculture today approved Dr. Bradley A. Keough of Franklin County as the new deputy state veterinarian at the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Dr. Keough brings to the position 15 years of experience in veterinary medicine and more than 30 years of experience in the United States military.
Updated: 12:59 PM A coroner says blunt force trauma to the head and face killed a woman found dead inside a Frankfort apartment.
Updated: 12:51 PM Jacob and Sophia top the list of most popular American baby names - again. It's Jacob's 14th straight year at the top and the second year for Sophia.
Posted: 7:03 AM Gov. Steve Beshear has announced $1 million in funding for a new regional kitchen and senior citizens center in Menifee County.
Updated: 7:30 AM Former state Treasurer Jonathan Miller will join two other state officials on a three-day Washington trip this week in hopes of getting the federal government to allow industrial hemp farming in the state.
Updated: 1:53 PM The state is reporting that the economic impact of the tourism industry in Kentucky reached $12.2 billion in 2012.
Posted: 6:12 AM More than two years after the state banned texting while driving and cellphone use for drivers under 18, police have issued fewer than 1,000 citations.
Updated: 6:40 AM After problems with online testing last week, the Kentucky Department of Education is moving to pencil-and-paper tests.
Updated: 6:18 AM Outdoor burning has been restricted in some Kentucky counties in an effort to keep ozone levels lower.
Posted: 7:43 PM The Kentucky Health Benefits Exchange, approved by Governor Steve Beshear last year by executive order, is being challenged by tea party activists.
Posted: 11:18 AM This year, more than 1,500 area residents will come together to be part of the Stop Diabetes® movement at the Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes on Saturday, June 1, 2013 (Registration is 7:30-8:30 a.m., Welcome begins at 8:30 a.m., Walk kicks off at 9 a.m.) at Keeneland Race Course.
Updated: 4:07 PM Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was joined by most of Kentucky's federal delegation in a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration seeking clarification on the industrial hemp issue.
Updated: 10:08 AM Police were forced to search the temporary county courthouse Monday morning after someone spray-painted the words "Bomb in Build" on the outside.
Updated: 4:16 PM A special legislative election in central Kentucky could be the first test of Kentucky's new military voting law passed earlier this year to help ensure soldiers deployed to foreign counties get to cast ballots back home.
Posted: 4:58 PM WKYT is working to learn more about a deadly crash in central Kentucky that killed a toddler.
Updated: 10:50 PM Interstate 64 is closed because of a deadly crash. The crash happened just before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday in the westbound lanes near mile marker 56 in Franklin County.
Updated: 6:43 AM Governor Steve Beshear today ceremonially signed House Bill 172, a measure to encourage schools to keep emergency medication on hand for children who can suffer severe, life-threatening allergic reactions.
Updated: 6:48 AM The Council on Postsecondary Education has capped tuition increases at public colleges and universities at 3 percent.
