Murray State University’s Board of Regents swore in new members and elected officers during a special called meeting Monday. The board’s newest regents are Dr. Matthew Price, the medical director of LifeHouse Pregnancy Care Center in Murray, and G.L. Ovey, Jr., the former Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 56th Judicial Circuit. Virginia Gray, the senior manager of government…
Click here to view the video. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Just two days before the start of the school year, the Jefferson County school board adopted a policy to implement Senate Bill 150—but with some exceptions. What You Need To Know The Jefferson County Board of Education passed a policy to comply with Senate Bill 150…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — When people in Louisville are desperate for help, they call 911. But there are times when those calls for help are put on hold. Leslie Spillman called 911 when her house caught on fire, expecting an immediate response. “I run to the hallway and I see flames coming out of the…
WUKY | By Josh James Regional grid operator PJM, which oversees about half of Kentucky, says high temperatures are putting two-thirds of the country at risk of overstretching their power resources this summer. The good news: PJM’s Kentucky footprint does not fall within that high risk category. The not-so-good news: the Kentucky grid operator does foresee…
BY CHRIS HUGHES KENTUCKY LEXINGTON, Ky. — A University of Kentucky researcher has been named to the Biden administration’s inaugural cohort of Cancer Moonshot Scholars in an effort to spur cancer research and advances in treatment. What You Need To Know Laurie McLouth, a researcher at UK’s College of Medicine, will join the class of Cancer Moonshot Scholars…
The 143rd Fancy Farm picnic is right around the corner. Here’s what to expect this year. Politicians will make their pitches Saturday to a crowd of thousands gathered in the rural western Kentucky community of Fancy Farm for the 143rd edition of its annual picnic. The event that began in 1880 with a few families…
It’s hot. And some apparently don’t mind it that way. The latest heat wave is fueled by human-caused climate change from burning fossil fuels, but despite the settled science, the overwhelming evidence and the billions of dollars in increases for disaster preparation and recovery that climate change is costing the country, Republicans have grown more skeptical of…
Plans to overhaul Jefferson Community and Technical College’s downtown campus include adding a new science building, parking garage and green space between First and Second Streets. The first phase of the Jefferson Rising project would transform within three years an area that largely consists of a JCTC parking lot north of the Broadway corridor. That…
Click here to view the video. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Commissioner of Education Jason Glass will step down on Sept. 29, one year before the end of his four-year contract. During his tenure, he worked to ensure that the voices of students were also heard. What You Need To Know Education commissioner Jason Glass is leaving…
Kentucky Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron is looking to separate himself from the last GOP governor, apologizing for former Gov. Matt Bevin’s feud with educators, in an effort to reclaim lost territory with teachers — whose voting clout helped vault the incumbent Democratic governor into office. Speaking to a group of school administrators last week,…
