The DGLF stated that, "The funds are part of more than $4 million recently awarded across the country for recipients to use the funds to purchase books, technology, equipment or materials to help extend a brighter future for K-12 students."

“We want to build a prosperous Kentucky, and we will launch an accountability system that is meaningful and useful to all of our learners,” Fletcher told the panel.

State budget officials confirmed the financial triggers were satisfied, clearing the way for lawmakers to reduce the individual income tax rate to 3.5% from 4%, effective in January 2026, said Sen. Chris McDaniel.

A Kentucky man who faked his own death by hacking into a death registry to avoid paying child support was sentenced to over 6 years in prison Monday, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Kentucky.

The 2024 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway is 18 days away, and the local community is venturing out to the house to see what one lucky person will soon get to call home.

An Army soldier has pleaded guilty to charges that accuse him of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities, including dozens of documents addressing topics ranging from rocket systems to Chinese military tactics.

The proposed legislation would have added parts of Arizona, Utah and Nevada to the program and would have covered downwinders in New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Guam. Residents exposed to radioactive waste in Missouri, Tennessee, Alaska and Kentucky also would have been covered.

The Paducah Branch of the Kentucky Career Center, at 416 South Sixth Street, will be hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13.

Complaints filed with the US Department of Labor and a Kentucky regulator between 2020 and 2023 show that workers alleged they were given insufficient water breaks and weren’t provided adequate safety gear.