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Officials say a contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans to start a project to pave portions of KY 662 ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War.

The Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon and Marathon are this weekend, as well as the festival parade, which means road ...

Sunny with a high of 61 °F (16.1 °C). Winds NW at 8 mph (12.9 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 47% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 3 to 7 mph (4.8 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low wi ...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Health professionals in Eastern Kentucky are weighing in following a second measles related death, according to CBS News. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) - Less than 24 hours after picking up a commitment from Alabama transfer Mouhamed Dioubate, the Kentucky Men’s Basketball team added another piece to their roster for next ...

Several Kentucky counties broke three-day rainfall records during recent storms. Widespread river flooding is ongoing across Kentucky this week, as a number of waterways reached major flood stage.

AND ALONG ALL OF THE OHIO RIVER BASIN. THE OTHER RIVERS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND KENTUCKY, WE’RE TALKING GENERALLY 5 TO 12IN OF RAIN CAME DOWN OFFICIALLY IN TOWN, ABOUT 7.5IN OF RAIN. SAME THING ...

The Kentucky Humane Society (KHS ... "We like to give back, whenever we can," KHS CEO Alisa Gray said. "We just want to be here for our Kentuckians and their animals. And thank to all that ...

This story has been made free as a public service. Please consider subscribing to support local journalism. Rain that has battered Kentucky over the past several days will begin to move east Sunday, ...

at 1 1/8 miles Tuesday at Keeneland in an attempt to qualify the gray Liam’s Map colt for the Kentucky Derby (G1) May 3 at Churchill Downs. Caldera, in his most recent start, was unable to ...