Nationwide, deaths associated with alcohol, drugs and suicide, called "deaths of despair," took the lives of 186,763 Americans in 2020, a 20% increase from 2019.
The fair features livestock and home exhibitions, carnival rides, beauty pageants, truck and tractor pulls, the demolition derby, a petty zoo and live music.
Of Kentucky’s neighboring states, abortion is enshrined in Illinois — where an influx of out-of-state abortion-seekers is expected — and remains legal, but heavily restricted in Indiana, Ohio and Virginia.
