In Kentucky, nearly one in five youths from ages 6-17 are obese, according to new county-level data on measures of child well-being in the Commonwealth.

Last week, when Kentucky announced it would become the first state to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, state lawmakers endorsed the idea that people who utilize health services do so ...

Imagine this: A young father in rural Kentucky, working two part-time jobs, gets a traffic ticket for expired vehicle registration. He can’t pay the fine in full, so he’s assessed additional court ...

An exterior shot of the Kentucky Department of Education at 300 Sower Boulevard in Frankfort, Kentucky, on February 7, 2025. Tasha Poullard [email protected] In our In the Spotlight stories, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Shirley Howard’s feet ...

We are a long way from a final budget document approved by both houses of Congress. But what we have seen in the first steps so far — the budget resolution passed by the U.S. House on Tuesday — has ...

JACKSON, Ky. — Shirley Howard’s feet splashed into nearly a foot of water when she stepped out of bed on a summer morning last July amid a torrential rainfall. A devastating flood swallowing up ...