Christian County remains the center of Kentucky’s current measles outbreak, with 20 of the state’s 49 confirmed cases as of Sept. 21. Cases also continue to rise in neighboring Trigg County, which has reported 10.
The appointments come at a critical time for Kentucky’s flagship state university in the wake of Beshear’ social media post last spring saying he was losing confidence in the leadership of UK President Eli Capilouto.
Kentucky’s tobacco industry has shrunk dramatically over the past two decades, leaving the farmers who remain to reckon with not only an economic shift, but the loss of generations of tradition and community.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the local brewery's Hoptoberfest, which has popular activities like the stein-holding competition and the beard contest.
Gov. Andy Beshear is redirecting $2.5 million in state housing funds to erase an estimated $250 million in medical debt for more than 130,000 Kentuckians, a move one Republican lawmaker says was not what legislators intended.