Kentucky Lantern

The move follows a request to Beshear by Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, asking for that action after President Trump issued an executive order to defer federal taxes on the fuel and allowed the fuel to be used on public roadways.

In a social media post late Saturday night, Gov. Andy Beshear said three people had died in Madison County and one in Jackson County.

Blackford fills the editor role as the Lantern’s founding editor, Jamie Lucke, retires.

Pruitt belonged to the 6th Air Refueling Wing based at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. 

Stars and Stripes reports that word came down Tuesday that athletics and other extracurricular activities, which had been canceled because of the shutdown, could resume.

The PSC’s funding will support $2,000 scholarships during the 2025-26 academic year.

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie called President Donald Trump’s action unconstitutional while Rep. Andy Barr said Trump had acted within his constitutional authority to protect “the safety and security of the American people.”

The governor’s request for individual assistance for Christian and Todd counties as well as public assistance for affected cities and counties and hazard mitigation for the entire state are still under review, Beshear’s office said.

Beshear said Kentucky “couldn’t have made it” through multiple disasters during his five years as governor without federal assistance.

McConnell cited what he called Kennedy’s “record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and eroding trust in public health institutions.”