BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Even amid the coronavirus pandemic, Orchestra Kentucky is staying busy.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — With only one polling place designated for Louisville on Tuesday, voters who didn't cast mail-in ballots or show up early could face long lines in Kentucky's primary election, the latest to unfold in a pandemic that has triggered unprecedented election disruptions acro…

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Jerry Lambrich’s wish came true.

LOUISA, Ky. (AP) — It’s a job that nearly killed him.

LOUISVILLE — A shooting near a Louisville, Kentucky, skate park Sunday left one person dead and four others wounded, police said.

A survey released by Smart Asset.com shows Princeton is the most affordable place to buy a home in Kentucky.

BOWLING GREEN -- It might have been the most satisfying whinny Catherine Limkeman had ever heard from Declan, the horse she transported from Ozark, Ill., to Warren County's Rainhill Equine Facility.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky House voted Friday to create a loan program to provide struggling rural hospitals with cash transfusions lawmakers hope will spark a financial turnaround.

FRANKFORT -- After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates cleared a historic hurdle Thursday when the Kentucky House voted to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

FRANKFORT -- A proposed ballot measure aimed at amending Kentucky's Constitution to ensure it doesn't offer protections for abortion rights was advanced by a House committee on Thursday.

FRANKFORT -- Medical marijuana is getting a serious look in the Kentucky legislature.

FRANKFORT -- Faced with dangerously overcrowded county jails across Kentucky -- many of which house state inmates serving felony time -- two lawmakers are sponsoring bills in the General Assembly that would make it easier to transfer prisoners to jails with open beds and to give larger state…

FRANKFORT -- A Republican-backed bill to ban sanctuary policies by most public agencies in Kentucky started advancing after an emotional hearing Thursday. Opponents predicted the measure would spread fear among immigrants despite assurances that there's no cause for concern.

FRANKFORT -- In a follow-up to last year's school safety law, the Kentucky Senate passed legislation Monday to require that police officers be armed when assigned to schools.

FRANKFORT -- Kentucky's elections for governor and other constitutional offices would shift to even-numbered years, coinciding with presidential elections, under a proposal overwhelmingly approved Thursday by the state Senate.

FRANKFORT -- Responding to former Gov. Matt Bevin's flurry of last-minute pardons, Kentucky lawmakers have introduced bills that would put checks on gubernatorial pardon powers and ensure victims are notified before their assailants are given clemency.

FRANKFORT -- The volatile illegal immigration issue has reached into the Kentucky legislature with a Republican-backed bill aimed at preventing sanctuary policies at the local level and requiring most public employees to use their "best efforts" to help enforce federal immigration laws.

FRANKFORT -- Preparing for the arrival of Republican lawmakers who will determine the fate of many of his priorities, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday called for cross-party cooperation during a legislative session that will be dominated by work on a two-year state budget.

LOUISVILLE -- In Louisville the Ohio River has something of an image problem.

FRANKFORT -- Calling her party's victory in the Kentucky governor's race a jolt of momentum for her own bid to unseat a Republican incumbent, Democrat Amy McGrath on Friday officially filed to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in what looms as a bruising, big-spending campaign…

NEWPORT -- The first charter school application filed in Kentucky has been unanimously denied, leaving the state to likely go another year without charter schools since being approved by the General Assembly in 2017.

PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he was not ruling out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial -- but indicated he was in no hurry to seek new testimony either -- as lawmakers remain at an impasse over the form of the trial b…

LOUISVILLE -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is touting the benefits for Kentucky in the recent government spending bill signed into law last week.

FRANKFORT -- Kentucky House Democrats made history Friday by selecting state Rep. Joni Jenkins as their top-ranking leader, making her the first woman to serve as the party's floor leader in the chamber.

FRANKFORT -- Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr filed for reelection Monday seeking a fifth term in 2020, stressing his support for President Donald Trump and his ability to help shape legislation despite the GOP's loss of power in the House.

LOUISVILLE -- A U.S. Marine who died in the battle for the Pacific Ocean island of Tarawa during World War II is scheduled to be buried today in Louisville.

FRANKFORT -- Combative to the end, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin unleashed a spree of attacks against his successor just days before handing over power, displaying the abrasive side of a personality that at times overshadowed his one term in office and contributed to his downfall.

LOUISVILLE -- Gov.-elect Andy Beshear faces a budget shortfall that could exceed $1 billion as he prepares a two-year state spending plan to submit to lawmakers in early 2020, according to a memo from outgoing Gov. Matt Bevin's administration.

FRANKFORT -- Gov.-elect Andy Beshear selected his former rival, state Rep. Rocky Adkins, to serve as his senior adviser as his administration continued taking shape Monday.

LEXINGTON -- As hip-hop artist Devine Carama was checking out of Macy's department store in Lexington on Black Friday with 30 coats that he will donate to children in need this Christmas, he said two families approached him and said "it was put upon their hearts" to help out.

FRANKFORT -- From an early morning breakfast to two balls in the evening, Gov.-elect Andy Beshear and future first lady Britainy Beshear are welcoming all Kentuckians to attend the free events planned for the Dec. 10 inauguration of Beshear and Lt. Gov.-elect Jacqueline Coleman.

CALVERT CITY -- The parking lot at what was once the Gerdau steel rolling mill on Shar-Cal Road in is full of contractor vehicles. The mammoth steel building at the site is being converted for use as a massive computer data center by Core Scientific, a firm that specializes in artificial int…

LONDON -- Setting likely themes for his 2020 reelection bid, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that his leadership role in Congress allows Kentucky to "punch above its weight" in national politics.

FRANKFORT -- Gov.-elect Andy Beshear announced his first round of high-level appointments Thursday, selecting four of his close assistants in the attorney general's office to move with him to the governor's office next month.

LOUISVILLE -- A Kentucky radio host returned to the airwaves after a hiatus to announce he won't enter the race to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020.

FRANKFORT -- Republican Gov. Matt Bevin conceded to Democratic archnemesis Andy Beshear on Thursday, putting an end to Kentucky's bitterly fought governor's race and setting the stage for divided government in a GOP stronghold.

GHENT -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Gov. Matt Bevin "had a good four years," but he says a review of Bevin's narrow reelection defeat is unlikely to change the outcome.

LOUISA, Ky. (AP) — It’s a job that nearly killed him.

LOUISVILLE — A shooting near a Louisville, Kentucky, skate park Sunday left one person dead and four others wounded, police said.

A survey released by Smart Asset.com shows Princeton is the most affordable place to buy a home in Kentucky.

Logan’s Roadhouse — which has eight Kentucky locations, including Paducah — has fired all of its employees, and its parent company, Craftworks, has temporarily closed all restaurants until further notice as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

LOUISVILLE — Gov. Andy Beshear said Kentucky is making plans to convert hotels into hospitals to provide additional beds, if the spread of the deadly coronavirus warrants it.

FRANKFORT — The Kentucky House passed a bill Tuesday seeking to amend the state constitution to specifically state that women do not have a legal right to an abortion.

Kentucky has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday.

Kentucky continues to lead the nation in child abuse and neglect, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. is limiting the sale of sanitization and cold- and flu-related products as the country grapples with COVID-19, the flu-like illness that follows infection by the novel coronavirus.

FRANKFORT -- For more than 65 days, Kentucky House Majority Floor Leader John "Bam" Carney has battled a severe case of pancreatitis and infection in the intensive care unit at Norton Hospital in Louisville.

BOWLING GREEN -- Kentucky is seeking $45,000 in fines from an Indiana man who is accused of using children to sell candy in Bowling Green.

BOWLING GREEN -- It might have been the most satisfying whinny Catherine Limkeman had ever heard from Declan, the horse she transported from Ozark, Ill., to Warren County's Rainhill Equine Facility.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky House voted Friday to create a loan program to provide struggling rural hospitals with cash transfusions lawmakers hope will spark a financial turnaround.

COVINGTON -- A Kentucky technology engineering firm plans to add at least 83 jobs with a $5.3 million expansion of its headquarters.

With the threat of coronavirus increasing in the United States, Kentucky's interim education commissioner reminded district superintendents Thursday that the decision to shut down schools might be out of their hands.

FRANKFORT -- The Kentucky Senate approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday to limit when a governor can issue pardons, a rebuke of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's decision to sign a flurry of controversial pardons for convicted murderers, rapists and child pornographers in his last days in office.

FRANKFORT -- Local governments would have more latitude to raise tax revenue to meet demands for services under a proposed constitutional change advanced by a House panel Thursday.

Every year since 2007, Kentucky had finished dead last in a ranking of state animal-protection laws.

FRANKFORT -- Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear does not like Republican Senate President Robert Stivers' efforts to undo his remake of the Kentucky Board of Education.

Organizations spent more than $2.5 million trying to influence Frankfort legislators during the first month of the Kentucky General Assembly, according to state lobbying records.

Democrats held onto one of two party strongholds after a special election on Tuesday and a Republican took over a longtime blue seat.

GLASGOW -- The first people to explore and map the depths of Mammoth Cave and give guided tours were enslaved African Americans in the 19th century, and current Mammoth Cave National Park Ranger Chuck DeCroix wants to make sure their legacy is carried forward.

Jefferson Family Court Judge Derwin Webb has been publicly reprimanded by the Kentucky Supreme Court for an error in private practice that caused a former client to be married to two men at the same time.

FRANKFORT -- A politically divisive proposal to revamp Kentucky's public assistance programs and tighten enforcement to prevent fraud won passage in the Republican-run state House on Friday.

A bill that would broadly protect medical professionals from penalty for declining to perform procedures that violate their conscience, such as abortions, won support from a Senate committee Thursday.

MORGANFIELD -- A couple died in a house fire in western Kentucky, officials said.

NEW YORK -- It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, but early signs suggest the vaccine is working OK.

FRANKFORT -- The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would make it easier to transfer state inmates serving felony time in dangerously overcrowded jails to other jails that have open beds.

FRANKFORT -- After years of setbacks, medical marijuana advocates cleared a historic hurdle Thursday when the Kentucky House voted to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

FRANKFORT -- A proposed ballot measure aimed at amending Kentucky's Constitution to ensure it doesn't offer protections for abortion rights was advanced by a House committee on Thursday.

Lawmakers filed nearly a dozen "unfriendly" floor amendments last week to the bill seeking to legalize and tax sports betting in Kentucky.

ASHLAND -- Tyler Boyles' accomplishment of a dream resonated well beyond himself.

FRANKFORT -- A key Kentucky lawmaker said Friday that former Gov. Matt Bevin's four last appointments to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees were out of compliance with state law.

FRANKFORT -- Medical marijuana is getting a serious look in the Kentucky legislature.

GREENUP -- A former Kentucky teacher seen on video dragging an elementary school student has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.

FRANKFORT -- A House panel overwhelmingly approved a bill that would legalize medicinal marijuana in Kentucky, boosting a proposal that has long struggled to gain traction in the legislature despite increasing public support.

LOUISVILLE -- A large rock slide on a rain-saturated mountain caused a fiery train derailment Thursday morning in eastern Kentucky that briefly trapped two crew members and caused a chemical leak into a river, authorities said.

FRANKFORT -- Looking to protect people with diabetes from being overwhelmed by high drug costs, a House committee approved a bill Thursday to cap out-of-pocket costs for many Kentuckians relying on insulin.

FRANKFORT -- Gov. Andy Beshear has had his opportunity to present and pitch his two-year budget proposal for state government.

HENDERSON -- Opioid abuse and addiction is a significant problem in western Kentucky. It affects families, workplaces, schools and more.

FRANKFORT -- A black history month celebration at the Kentucky Capitol today will highlight contributions that African Americans have made to the U.S. military and the nation's defense.

HENDERSON -- Two women and five animals have been found dead at a home in western Kentucky, authorities said.

FRANKFORT -- Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman has given birth to a healthy girl.

FRANKFORT -- A bill to give Kentucky schools the opportunity to install cameras on school buses, to catch illegal passing while children are embarking or disembarking, passed the state House Thursday.

FRANKFORT -- A bill to ban physical discipline of students in Kentucky passed the state House on Friday, but not before one legislator recounted being paddled by another legislator while he was in school.