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Flooding threat persists with many waterways expected to crest in coming days.

The lawmakers behind Senate Bill 4 say that it lays the ground for a risk-based AI governance framework to protect Kentuckians and foster innovation in state government.

An update released Friday confirmed that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear will not be at Saint Jerome Church on Aug. 3. Beshear, a rumored vice presidential nominee if President Joe Biden isn't at the top of the Democratic ticket, has attended Fancy Farm just once as sitting governor.

Bronze renderings of John Prine, who immortalized Muhlenberg County in his song “Paradise,” and Don and Phil Everly, two of the biggest stars in early rock and roll, now stand in the city’s new Festival Square.

The storm system produced dozens of tornadoes in multiple states, killing 81 Kentuckians and causing severe damage. Since then, communities across the region have been in a state of recovery for more than two years.

The deaths include a 67-year-old woman in Mercer County, 62-year-old woman in Hardin County, 48-year-old woman in Hopkins County and a 34-year-old man in Jefferson County.

Public library programs – outside of remotely viewed and recorded programs – have bounced back across the board from the COVID-19 pandemic era, according to the latest Kentucky Department of Library & Archives data.

Tammy Blackwell serves as director for the Marshall County Public Library System in far western Kentucky. She was recently elected as the new chair of the The Kentucky Public Library Association. She hopes to advocate for the state’s public libraries and promote the ways those institutions are evolving to meet the needs of their patrons.

A geologist-turned-lawmaker is the driving force behind a bill that would change the Kentucky state rock, mineral and gemstone.

Sen. Danny Carroll, a Republican from Benton and a self-professed “nuclear geek,” sponsored the legislation. “It's important for us to lay a solid foundation to make sure we don't get left behind,” Carroll said.