The annual Paris Storytelling Festival is held in the beautiful and architecturally significant towns of Paris and Carlisle, Kentucky, surrounded by charming Bluegrass horse farms and historical culture. The festival is geared to the old and the new, bringing together counties steeped in tradition yet open to the youth of tomorrow. Stories, music, history and…

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News   Kentucky’s Republican-majority legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of legislation with strict requirements that advocates say have forced the state’s only two abortion clinics to stop providing abortions — and lawsuits by the clinics to nullify the new law. The law, passed as House Bill 3, bans mailing…

Water main flushing and temporary water treatment change to begin later this month LEXINGTON, Ky., (April 11, 2022) – Kentucky American Water will soon perform the annual flushing of its water distribution system to support the continued provision of high-quality, reliable water service to customers. “Flushing the water lines in our system assists in helping…

With the conclusion of week 13 of the 2022 Kentucky General Assembly, the session has now entered the veto recess period. Lawmakers worked late into the night to ensure critical legislation was sent to the governor ahead of the veto period. The House and Senate passed more than 100 bills this week. The veto recess…

TOM LATEK | Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky lawmakers began their 10-day  veto recess on Thursday, and will return to Frankfort on April 13 and 14 to consider overriding any vetoes by Gov. Andy Beshear, and can pass additional legislation. Some of the high-profile bills still awaiting final action include two dealing with…

Community bank branches in Louisville, Shelby Co. and northern Kentucky transition LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 28, 2022) – Starting today, Commonwealth Bank & Trust branch locations show the Stock Yards Bank & Trust name. Former Commonwealth Bank branches in Louisville, Shelby Co. and northern Kentucky transitioned over the weekend into the new parent company. The change…

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Almost half of Kentucky’s counties are in the low-risk category in the latest federal map of the pandemic, but the state is part of the nation’s largest cluster of high-risk counties. The map by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has 24 of Kentucky’s 120 counties in orange,…

March 25, 2022 By Buck Ryan About the author — Buck Ryan, a journalism professor and director of the Citizen Kentucky Project of the Scripps Howard First Amendment Center at the University of Kentucky, can be reached at buck.ryan@uky.edu. Buck Ryan I feel the need to begin with a trigger warning. Nothing too traumatic, just the…

 By: Ben Chandler, President & CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky  These days Kentuckians are paying more for a lot of things… gas and grocery costs are skyrocketing. Families are carefully budgeting their expenses to make sure their paychecks stretch as far as possible. But even with sacrifices, many Kentuckians will have to make tough…

Community bank merger adds services, expands footprint and ensures longevity LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 7, 2022) – Two Kentucky-based community banks have officially joined as one. Stock Yards Bank & Trust has completed the previously announced acquisition of Commonwealth Bank & Trust. This marks another major merger for Stock Yards Bank following the acquisition of Kentucky…