Derek Operle

Character actor Harry Dean Stanton would be 100 years old this week and fans in his home state of Kentucky still celebrate him each year with a festival.

A new law that requires highway lighting along Kentucky’s state roadways to be shielded from spilling onto farmland is drawing praise from DarkSky KY, a recently formed chapter of the international organization dedicated to restoring the nighttime environment and protecting communities from the harmful effects of light pollution.

A $100 billion data center campus will be built on federally-owned land in far western Kentucky.

A Kentucky environmental advocacy group is appealing its rejected bid to halt the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process for Global Laser Enrichment’s planned, first-of-its-kind Paducah laser uranium enrichment facility.

Murray State University’s Board of Regents met for a special called meeting Tuesday morning to appoint a new treasurer after school leaders say Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services Laura Foltz was put on leave last week.

A lawsuit recently filed in the Trigg Circuit Court alleges that a 6-year-old child in the local public school system was repeatedly sexually abused by an older student while riding a bus during the 2025-2026 school year.

As severe storms moved through western Kentucky late Wednesday night, some residents felt a rumble that was more than thunder.

The U.S. Army announced deals Wednesday that could give energy vendors up to $2.2 billion dollars to construct, operate and own nuclear microreactors on five bases across the country – including at Fort Campbell.

The U.S. Army announced deals Wednesday that could give energy vendors up to $2.2 billion to construct, operate and own nuclear microreactors on five bases across the country – including at Fort Campbell.

Prosecutors say that an Ohio woman accused in the fatal shooting of a Weakley County sheriff’s deputy could face the death penalty, if convicted.