Kentucky

Service providers say they're still waiting to see more details about President Donald Trump's July 24 executive order. They say some parts align with their organizations' best practices. But others cause deep concern.

Twenty-four states with Democratic governors and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against the administration, and soon after, another lawsuit was filed by the advocacy group Democracy Forward on behalf of several education organizations across the country, three school districts in Alaska, and Cincinnati Public Schools.

A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America's first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in far western Kentucky.

Kenton County dismissed felony rioting charges for 11 people who participated in a July 17 protest on the Roebling Bridge. The remaining four still facing those charges were involved in a controversial arrest in which an officer punched a protester multiple times.

The 33rd annual All-Star event, dubbed the "Y'all Star Game," will be a multi-day celebration coinciding with America's 250th birthday.

A surge in cases from July to August has been common since the pandemic came to the United States in 2020.

Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison was sentenced in federal court Monday for his actions during the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment.

Early Friday afternoon, the White House's Office of Management and Budget told WVXU it had completed its programmatic review for grants used to fund 21st Century Community Learning Centers and will be releasing funds to states.

Bookshelves have become battlefields in recent years. Challenges to materials and calls for book bans have climbed to levels previously unheard of across the country as culture wars stoked by political differences have brought the fight into both school and public libraries.

Covington Police arrested more than a dozen people at anti-ICE march across Roebling Bridge Thursday.