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With summertime in full swing, state officials are reminding residents to use caution as they have fun on and in the water. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet says despite water quality improvements, any body of water has the potential for human health risks, but using common sense can greatly decrease the risks when boating, fishing, swimming, or canoeing this summer. The Kentucky Division of Water and the Kentucky Department […]

Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman says the Beshear administration’s Pre-K for All Initiative is an investment in the future of Kentuckians. “Prison populations are projected by third grade literacy rates,” Coleman said. “The number one indicator of third grade literacy rates is kindergarten readiness, and the number one indicator of kindergarten readiness is access to pre-k, so we can invest in our young people on the front end, or we […]

The United States Army will celebrate its 250th anniversary this Saturday, June 14, and Fort Knox is joining in on the festivities. “We invite everyone to come celebrate with us at the General George Patton Museum of Leadership, located just off post,” said Fort Knox Garrison Commander Colonel Chris Ricci. “The museum is hosting a free and open to the public Army birthday celebration event on June 14 from 10 […]

The Central Kentucky Community Foundation, with the support of the Benjamin Fund, invites you to their upcoming evening of culture, cuisine, and conversation at “Grits, Greens, and Ghosts: Culinary Stories of Black Appalachia with Author Crystal Wilkinson.” Wilkinson is a former Poet Laureate of Kentucky. “She wrote a book called Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, which talks about her upbringing in Appalachia and her ancestors, and how cooking and her family […]

State health officials are reminding residents of the importance of vaccination after an additional death from whooping cough was reported. The Kentucky Department for Public Health announced this week that two infants have died from pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, in the commonwealth in the last six months. According to a release from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, whooping cough is a very contagious respiratory illness. Symptoms […]

Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said hosting Mayor Lee Wan-Seop and the delegation from Seosan, South Korea, as the two cities sign a Friendship City agreement is the proudest he has been during his time in office. “We can’t wait to see where it takes us, what opportunities arise from it, and we’re just starting today, so lots of things are coming that are going to be fruitful, I think, for both […]

BlueOval SK External Affairs Director Keli McAlister says the company is aware that the EV market has not grown as quickly as originally projected, but with sales seeing an 11 percent increase in Quarter One the company is confident their operation is part of a “growing, emerging market.” “In a nutshell, this year it is estimated that one in four new vehicles that are sold in the United States will […]

The official state outdoor musical of Kentucky returns to the stage this weekend. The Stephen Foster Story will take to the stage at the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre this Saturday as the musical kicks off its 66th season in Bardstown. Featuring classic songs such as “Oh! Susanna”, “Camptown Races”, and Kentucky’s state song “My Old Kentucky Home”, The Stephen Foster Story “follows America’s first great composer, Stephen Collins Foster, as he paves the […]