Regional & State

Democratic Rep. Attica Scott’s bill to ban no-knock warrants, Breonna’s Law for Kentucky, will get its first hearing in the House Judiciary Committee this week.

LBL’s recommendation to scale down operations at The Homeplace met swift backlash from community members, natives of Between the Rivers, and the Friends of Land Between the Lakes, the recreation area’s nonprofit partner that staffs and handles programming at the farm.

Once a month, Feeding America delivers enough food for 850 local families, and a team of volunteers help Aaron McNeil House sort, pack and load the food on distribution day at the fairgrounds.

According to a count from the Southern Poverty Law Center, 168 Confederate symbols came down in 2020, but 704 monuments are still standing.

The legislature and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron are expected to appeal, perhaps directly to the state Supreme Court, bypassing the Court of Appeals.

The theme is inspired by a desire for all of us to see 2021 as a better year than the one before.

Reps. Myron Dossett and Lynn Bechler voted in favor of the ban. Rep. Walker Thomas voted against it.

The National Weather Service of Paducah aims to promote severe weather safety with a week-long educational campaign.

The state House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would bar people and entities outside the commonwealth from making open records requests for Kentucky records.

A last-minute substitute to a bill "relating to financial institutions" contains major changes that diminish the public's right to know under the Kentucky Open Records Law. It's already passed in the House of Representatives.

The bill's sponsor said he doesn’t oppose solar energy as a whole, and wouldn’t want his bill to prevent smaller solar installations on individual farms.

The decision caps off nearly two months of closed-door meetings of the Kentucky House Impeachment Committee.