The Latest Breaking News from Kentucky

Kentucky’s first woman chief justice says she’s never given much thought to gender

Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since the floodwaters have receded

A fascinating video captures a Kentucky restaurant owner’s unorthodox method for combating floodwaters.

Additional evacuations could happen in western Kentucky this week

After days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky, residents are closely monitoring waterways for signs they are cresting or even receding in hopes that widespread cleanup can finally start

Climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe

Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in their own Land, which explored the motivations and resentments of working-class conservatives in Louisiana, was named one of six books to help understand Donald Trump’s win by the New York Times when he was first elected president, in 2016. (Another was Hillbilly Elegy, by now…

The historic Buffalo Trace Distillery has temporarily closed after deadly flooding ravaging Kentucky swept into its facilities, forcing the popular bourbon company to turn away the public and staff

Oklahoma’ Sen. Markwayne Mullin began his diatribe by alluding to the historical shooting of Kentucky Congressman William Taulbee by news reporter Charles Kincaid in 1890

Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms that killed at least 18 people

Flooding in the US south and midwest has claimed 18 lives and submerged homes and roads. Rescue teams are working to protect communities as water levels rise.