The Latest Breaking News from Kentucky

Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the south-central US state said Thursday. The world has been hit by extreme weather events in recent months, incidents that scientists say…

The death toll is expected to rise as local officials examine the damage of the floods.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Though Kentucky’s trigger law has been blocked for nearly a month and abortion has remained legal, one of the country’s largest providers of financial aid for individual abortions only this week resumed its donations to the state.

In 2021, there were big achievements in Kentucky college football.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Jessamine County Republican Party is calling for the resignation of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after he supported passage of what they called “dangerous and unconstitutional legislation” on guns.

The now-viral TikTok shows a Kentucky native filming her father opening a card from her boyfriend Brian

Kentucky governor Andy Beshear is considering taking executive action to allow patients dealing with chronic pain as well as veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to access medical marijuana. That is if the general assembly doesn’t advance the legislation.

Abortion will remain legal in Kentucky under a judge’s ruling issued Friday

Abortion providers challenging Kentucky abortion bans raised ‘substantial questions’, judge says