Regional & State

In 2022-23, the average salary for a Kentucky teacher was $56,296, compared to the national average of $69,544.

Last year, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group ranked the Ohio River as the second most endangered river in the country.

A year after a spate of horse deaths at Churchill Downs, numerous investigations concluded with many questions unanswered. With a few new safety measures and upgraded technology, Churchill Downs said it's addressing safety concerns ahead of this year’s Kentucky Derby.

Though Kentucky Lantern had no luck in learning from Beshear who bought tickets from his allotment in 2023, other public records show that a large number of tickets from the governor’s batch may have been purchased by his political supporters in the Democratic Governors Association.

She called the judge’s order “a victory for my staff, my administration and our work.” The commission had been investigating Grimes for several years.

At a recent rally in downtown Louisville, protestors chanted “Housing, Not Handcuffs,” and called for more affordable housing in the city.

Starting in July, Robbie Fletcher will oversee education for more than 630,000 Kentucky students.

Constance Alexander's last column in a National Poetry Month series looks at creative techniques applied in the book "Appalachian Ghosts."

Currently, the University Senate “determines broad academic policies” for UK. Under the new model, faculty, staff and student representatives would largely have an advisory role. The board will take feedback from campus stakeholders before giving final review to the proposal in June.

Experts provide tips on how to avoid ticks and the disease that some spread.

A driving force behind many state parks, the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund’s financial resources dwindled recent years.

The new legislation follows a 2022 Tennessee case in which a nurse was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after a patient died from a medical error.