Zacharie Lamb

Kentuckians and Tennesseans are celebrating the Eighth of August this week. The regional holiday – similar to Juneteenth – celebrates the emancipation of Black Americans from slavery.

As tuition and other post-secondary education costs continue to climb, pay for student workers at many Kentucky public state universities is going up too. But, some students say it’s still not enough to help cover living expenses.

A Webster County Grand Jury indicted 57-year-old Sheriff Donald Jones of Sebree on two charges, one of them a Class D felony, on Wednesday.

As recovery efforts continue in Mayfield nearly eight months after a devastating tornado hit the area, the city’s finances are undergoing an audit at local officials’ request.

Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Mike Berry and Gov. Andy Beshear announced a $75 million dollar boost to Kentucky’s tourism industry Monday. The funding infusion is aimed at combating a decline in visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A recent report from the National Education Association ranked each state in the nation in categories ranging from average teachers’ starting salaries to average education support professionals’ earnings. Kentucky ranked in the bottom ten states for both categories.

Counties in western Kentucky are forming long-term recovery groups made of local volunteers to help rebuild at the community level after December’s deadly tornado outbreak.