A dozen candidates are jockeying for the GOP nomination and the opportunity to take on Beshear in November. On Friday night, voters met the top five GOP hopefuls at the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner.

OI Glass broke ground on a $240 million dollar facility in the Kentucky Transpark that is expected to create 140 full-time jobs in the region.

University officials announced Friday that a groundbreaking for the new facility will take place this summer. The new 113,000 square foot facility will be located at the former site of Tate Page Hall at the bottom of campus.

While GOP candidates were treading cautiously on a core issue for many Republican voters, professing strong support for gun rights, some prominent Democrats spoke forcefully for action after the shooting Monday in which a bank employee used an assault-style rifle to kill five coworkers.

Emergency cell phone alerts are a fundamental part of the nation’s emergency preparedness system and can help keep people safe — especially during weather emergencies and natural disasters. They depend on a chain of local officials, federal agencies and service providers.

With less than five weeks until this year’s primary election in Kentucky, the gap is tightening between the two Republican frontrunners.

A new Kentucky program providing victims of trauma with a confidential address is being called a positive step to help curb the state's high rate of domestic abuse.

Kelly Craft and political groups that support her have been flooding the airwaves in recent months, trying to build her name recognition as this year’s primary election nears.

Speakers at the event, held in honor of the five people killed at the Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, spoke on healing, love and unity. Many called on listeners to convert that pain into action.

Two weeks have passed since the shooting at the Covenant School that killed three students and three adults. For some, the traumatic impact is just beginning to surface.

Mental health professionals say one of the best things anyone can do right now is connect with other people and talk about how they’re feeling.

Many questions remain as to why an employee opened fire this week at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville. The 25-year-old gunman killed five colleagues and wounded several more, including police officers responding to the scene.