Regional & State Archives

Kentucky scraps REAL ID pilot program ahead of 2020 deadline

by Ryland Barton
September 19, 2019

Transportation Cabinet Secretary Greg Thomas said that the cabinet would work with the legislature “to consider implementing a network of regional offices” to issue the ID cards.

K-Count determines 4,000 homeless in Kentucky

by Rhonda Miller
September 18, 2019

The point-in-time count was conducted by community groups on Jan. 30.

Rural suicide prevention toolkit can help communities

by The Rural Blog
September 18, 2019

The toolkit has six modules that include resources and information focused on developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining rural suicide prevention programs.

Monarch butterflies begin annual migration that passes through LBL

by WKMS
September 18, 2019

Around October every year,, fourth-generation monarch butterflies in the United States make an annual 3,000-mile journey to the oyamel fir forests of central Mexico, without ever having been there themselves.

Ky. citizens own the plane and have a right to know how governor uses it

by Amye Bensenhaver
September 18, 2019

The frustration for reporters and the public, thus far, has been an inability to correlate the records documenting flights in the KSP jet to specific destinations and associated events at those destinations.

FBI historian will give Sid Easley lecture Sept. 24 at Murray State

by Constance Alexander
September 18, 2019

Douglas Charles will present the third annual Sid Easley Lecture in the Curris Center Ballroom on the Murray State University campus at 7 p.m. The presentation, entitled “The FBI in Time and Place, Then & Now,” is free and open to the public.

Lawsuit seeks to remove Republican Cameron from state AG race

by Ryland Barton
September 18, 2019

Cameron’s campaign accused Democratic candidate Greg Stumbo of being involved in the lawsuit and trying to “steal the election.” A representative of Stumbo's campaign said he had never met the plaintiff.

Grimes says Election Board made registration changes ‘in dark of the night’

by Ryland Barton
September 18, 2019

People on an "inactive list" can still vote in this November's general election, but they will be removed from voter rolls if they don't update their information in the next two federal elections.

Hoover, other lawmakers drop lawsuit against harassment accuser

by Ryland Barton
September 17, 2019

The lawmakers dropped the lawsuit before a judge weighed in on the case, which stemmed from a dispute over the accuser's discloser of her $110,000 settlement.

Pro-health groups in Ky. cheer Trump’s call to ban most flavored e-cigarettes

by Kentucky Health News
September 16, 2019

An administration official said the FDA is finalizing a plan on flavored e-cigarettes in the next several weeks that probably would go into effect a month later.

Democrats for state office speak at Hopkinsville park gathering

by Cory Sharber
September 16, 2019

Candidates for governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner addressed voters at an event billed as Jazz in the Park.

New compendium of Kentucky writer Wendell Berry’s essays published

by The Rural Blog
September 13, 2019

The two-volume set of essays from Kentucky farmer and author Wendell Berry shows the both the complexity and consistency of the writer who "has called himself an agrarian, a pacifist, and a Christian — albeit of an eccentric kind."