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Sharron McClerkin serves as a presidential communications officer for the White House Communications Agency, facilitating communications with the president’s office at home and abroad. He assumed this role in 2018.
Thanksgiving Day will offer some special holiday programs on WKU Public Radio.
This is the third national effort Cameron has joined seeking to block federal vaccine mandates in recent weeks.
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The National Farmers Union says farmers are underpaid because of food supply chains that are uncompetitive and fragile.
Tewes Poultry farm, a family business in Erlanger, will sell about 2,500 free-range turkeys this Thanksgiving.
Sen. Whitney Westerfield, a Republican from Crofton and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he was “stupefied” that police can’t get search warrants for some DUI cases.
Stack said that ultimately, society will need to "normalize the expectation" that getting the COVID-19 vaccine is "something all of us have to do," just like we have to follow the rules of the road when we drive an automobile.
Alison Lundergan Grimes, a onetime Democratic rising star and subject of a ProPublica series, is accused of using state resources for her political advantage.
The Wisconsin-based company dropped Christian County from consideration on Oct. 4.
Like much of the nation, Kentucky’s unemployment insurance system couldn't handle the record number of claims early on in the pandemic. The backend of the system dates back to the 1970s.
The university has been under state oversight since its former president, M. Christopher Brown, resigned amid growing concerns about KSU’s financial health and several lawsuits accusing officials of misconduct.
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There have been no positive cases of chronic wasting disease in the region, but officials have taken proactive measures after a case was found in Tennessee.