March unemployment in Kentucky is down slightly from the previous year. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state unemployment average for March was 4.2 percent. That is the same as the average reported in February, and down .5 percent from the March 2025 average of 4.7 percent. Kentucky’s unemployment average for March came in under the national unemployment rate, which the U.S. Department of Labor says at 4.3 percent is […]
Governor Andy Beshear highlighted a company expanding operations in Bullitt County during his Team Kentucky Update Thursday. The governor said transportation and supply chain management provider Averitt will be building a new regional campus in Bullitt County, with construction set to begin immediately. “The expansion will include an investment that will exceed $113 million,” Beshear said. “It’s going to allow the company to add 64 associates over the next four years, and […]
May is Community Action Month, and the Central Kentucky Community Action Council is joining more than 1,000 agencies dedicated to supporting individuals and families. CKCAC Executive Director Bryan Conover says Community Action Month is a time to reflect on the resiliency of neighbors and the power of local partnerships. “At Central Kentucky Community Action Council, we aren’t just providing a service,” Conover said. “We are providing hope. Whether it’s through […]
More overnight ramp and lane closures are in effect this weekend as part of the prep work for the summer closure of Interstate 65 in downtown Louisville this summer. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Five says the ramp from First Street to southbound I-65 and lanes on southbound I-65 between St. Catherine Street and Arthur Street will be closed Friday from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Lanes on I-65 North between […]
Absentee voting has begun in Kentucky ahead of the May 19th primary election. Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith says that as of the close of the absentee ballot request window on Tuesday his office had processed 729 requests for mail-in ballots, more than 250 more than the previous presidential election and setting a new record for the county. Smith is reminding all voters with mail-in ballots that the deadline […]
Uncork and unwind this weekend at the tenth annual E-Town Wine Fest, returning to Freeman Lake Park Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. “It is a wonderful opportunity to visit Freeman Lake Park,” said City of Elizabethtown Events Manager Beth Pyles. “You can taste several different wines from, I think this year we have 16 different wineries that will be coming to join us. It’s a great event to come […]
Fire crews in Elizabethtown are returning to their station Thursday after a bite from a brown recluse spider prompted the closing of it last week. According to a statement from the city, a firefighter received the bite on April 29 and was seen at an occupational health clinic the next day. The firefighter was released after being seen by a medical professional. After discovering the bite came from a brown recluse, shifts […]