Beneficial rain chances ramp up into Wednesday and Thursday

It was a summer-like Tuesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky, even by early fall standards as mostly sunny sunny skies allowed afternoon highs to jump into the low 80s across Southern and Eastern Kentucky with mid-80s across most of the Bluegrass. These readings were a good 6 to 8 degrees above average for late September but we’ve got some welcome...

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Uber Eats will start accepting SNAP benefits beginning next year

(CNN) – Uber Eats is taking steps to make sure more people have access to fresh groceries. The company announced it will allow customers to use food stamps for food orders beginning next year. Uber says it is making the change as a way to reduce barriers to fresh groceries for those who are most vulnerable. And that won’t be...

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What to expect for traffic impacts during the Bowling Green International Festival

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Lanes around Circus Square Park will see traffic impacts in preparation for the Bowling Green International Festival. Drivers will begin seeing lane closures and parking removal as early as Friday, officials say. On Saturday, plan ahead to celebrate on festival day and prepare for street closures adjacent to Circus Square Park. These will include portions of...

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Congress is moving into crisis mode as time runs short to avoid a government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is rushing headlong into crisis mode Tuesday with a government shutdown days away, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it means halting pay for the military and curtailing federal services for millions of Americans. There’s no clear path ahead as lawmakers return with tensions high and...

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Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House. Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling in a civil lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general, found that the former president and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing...

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Kentucky high school students return World War II dog tag

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WLEX) – Two high school students helping with community cleanup in Woodford County ended up doing more good than they ever intended. The juniors recently helped clean up debris and trash from the area near where a World War II veteran once lived. But what seemed like trash is truly a treasure – a World War II dog...

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Almost half of Ky. ‘abnormally dry’

Kentucky’s recent dry spell has resulted in nearly half of the state being designated as abnormally dry, according to the latest weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report, which was released on Thursday. Nearly half (45.66%) of Kentucky is now considered “Abnormally Dry,” which is which is labeled as D0 on the drought scale that goes up […]

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A police officer who was critically wounded by gunfire has been released from the hospital

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky police officer who was critically wounded by gunfire while conducting a traffic stop has been released from the hospital. The family of Louisville Metro Police Officer Brandon Haley shared the news of his discharge in an update posted Monday to the police department’s Facebook page and said he would continue to receive outpatient services....

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Homeless count survey results released; more than 400 FCPS students considered “displaced”

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- It’s being called a growing crisis: homelessness affecting students in the Fayette County Public School system. Community leaders addressed that crisis Tuesday, while releasing the results of a homelessness street survey completed last month. The street survey was conducted on August 30th and it shows that around 2,410 people are homeless in Lexington. But out of those,...

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Case McCullough, 6 months

Case McCullough, age 6 months, went home to be with the Lord on September 23, 2023 at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital while surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 6, 2023 in Middlesboro, Kentucky to Jacob and Elizabeth McCullough. Left to cherish his memory, his daddy and mommy Jacob and Elizabeth McCullough, big […]

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Former Gov. Brereton Jones lies in state at Kentucky Capitol

Well-wishers from around the state came to the Capitol Rotunda on Monday to pay their final respects to former Gov. Brereton C. Jones, who died Sept. 18 at the age of 84, following a lengthy illness. Jones served as Kentucky’s 58th governor from 1991-95, and before that as Lt. Governor from 1987-1991, under then-Gov. Wallace Wilkinson.  […]

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More affordable housing units open in northern Lexington

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and other city leaders cut the ribbon on more affordable housing Tuesday. The ceremony officially opened the Kearney Ridge Apartments on Kearney Ridge Boulevard in northern Lexington. The complex includes more than 250 one-, two- and three-bedroom affordable apartments for low-income families. “This is a community. I mean, there are people living...

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