Auditor Ball Releases Special Exam Revealing Inefficiencies and Gaps in Kentucky Department of Education

House Bill 825 (2024) required an audit of KDE to review the consistent underperformance of the body governing Kentucky's public education. The APA worked side-by-side with PCG Consulting Group, one of the nation's most preeminent education …

Kentucky harness racing includes local horses

After taking a 10-day break, the Kentucky Sire Stakes series of county fair harness racing moved to the parimutuel 5/8th-mile track at Oak Grove, Ky. Many of these horses race at the county fairs, but some do not, and the county fair horses went up …

INCONSISTENT OR OVERWORKED: A breakdown of Kentucky men’s basketball transfer Jaland Lowe’s 2024 season

Mark Pope and his staff landed four-star Pittsburgh transfer Jaland Lowe back in the beginning of April, filling the point guard void after fifth-year senior Lamont Butler exhausted his NCAA eligibility.  Lowe, a 6-foot-3, rising junior, had a breakout …

Brewco Saw Systems Expands Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Manufacturing Operations

Related Research Curran Mill Machinery, doing business as Brewco Saw Systems, plans to expand its operations in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The $1.2 million project is expected to create 20 jobs. The investment will include an additional 11,000 square …

Bills’ first-round pick Maxwell Hairston accused of 2021 sexual assault in Kentucky lawsuit

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bills first-round draft pick Maxwell Hairston was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a woman in 2021 at the University of Kentucky. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Kentucky by a woman who claims Hairston entered …

WR Denairius Gray flips from Auburn football’s 2026 class, picks Kentucky

AUBURN — For the fourth time since June, Auburn football has lost a commitment in its 2026 class. Wide receiver Denairius Gray, a four-star prospect who was the first commitment in the Tigers’ class, flipped his pledge to Kentucky on Tuesday. He joins …

Kentucky Basketball Spending Big in NIL Era

Kentucky Basketball Spending Big in NIL Era originally appeared on Athlon Sports. In today’s college basketball, talent wins games, but money, specifically NIL money, wins recruiting battles. And nobody is playing that game more aggressively than the …

Lyssa High is made a Kentucky Ambassador

2 seriously injured in Northern Kentucky dog attack

MASON COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - Two people were flown by medical helicopter to the hospital after a dog attack in Mason County. Mason County Sheriff's deputies were called to a home on Highland Drive for a dog attacking its owner Tuesday evening. While they …

Trump administration withholds nearly $87M from Kentucky schools

The Trump administration did not distribute about $6.2 billion in funding that typically goes out July 1. In Kentucky, school districts receive nearly $87 million of that funding. Funds go toward support for English-language learners, after-school programs …