A drag show that was set to be held in Prestonsburg has now been cancelled after the event owner received death threats and claims that people were going to harm those in the LGBTQ+ community who attended the show.
Experts at UK’s Markey Cancer Center say the commonwealth had the highest colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates in the country 20 years ago and the second-lowest colorectal cancer screening rate.
The 2023 legislative session of the Kentucky General Assembly only has a few days left, and lawmakers are prioritizing bills that they want to make it to the governor’s desk.
The vote was 9 to 1 for House Bill 551 Wednesday morning in the Senate Occupations and Licensing Committee. It’s the first time the Senate has taken up the issue of sports betting.
On Monday, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will provide EKY communities with $297,994,000 through the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.
In 2020 and 2022, bills legalizing medical marijuana passed the House only to die in the Senate. This session, Senate Bill 47 was filed by Senator Stephen West, R-Paris, and would create a medicinal cannabis program.
While covering the cleanup this week, a viewer asked us why KU doesn’t bury all of their lines, saying the storm impact on power lines would be much smaller. We asked KU this same question, and you might be surprised with their answers.
This week marks three years since Kentucky’s first confirmed COVID-19 case. We quickly saw one case turn into tens of thousands. Even though the number of deaths, hospitalizations, and cases have dropped, one Kentucky doctor says we should still be cautious.
Some of the Kentucky lawmakers on the committee who voted for the bill committee there were against gambling in principle, but want to see it regulated.
After Friday’s severe winds, several power outages were caused by trees falling onto power lines. As power crews work to restore electricity, could this change tree-cutting policies down the road?
Friday’s severe weather brought thunderstorms and high winds ripping through the Bluegrass, which resulted in downed trees, power outages, property damage, and five fatal incidents.
Senate Bill 115 originally would have banned drag performances within a thousand feet of places like parks, schools, and even homes. House Bill 470 would ban healthcare providers from doing anything to help kids transition.
The move comes just months after current Governor Andy Beshear signed executive orders relating to medical cannabis, one of which allows for the limited use of it by qualified people in the state.