Kentucky Government News

KY 74 in Bell County will be closed to all but local and emergency traffic May 28 to Aug.

This and other complex words will be fair game this week in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, one of the top spelling bees in the country.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell talked about the political career of fellow Kentuckian John J. Crittenden, a member of the U.S. Senate in the 1800s.

Health officials, health care workers and drug control professionals are talking about the problems surrounding Kentucky babies who are born addicted to drugs.

People should know that both of Kentucky's U.S. senators voted against the Marketplace Fairness Act that passed the Senate by an overwhelming 69-27 vote.

During a recent fiscal court meeting, Brock rightfully commented that "We are blessed" when it comes to the new budget - something many surrounding counties in the coalfields cannot say at this time.

Graham, a retired teacher from Frankfort, replaces former state Rep. Carl Rollins who resigned to lead the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority and the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp.

Three students were recognized during the regular Bell County School Board meeting Tuesday.

Franklin Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd denied a request by Gov. Steve Beshear to dismiss a Tea Party lawsuit challenging the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange.

Tiersa Davis Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 21, 2013 4:41 PM EDT Updated: May.

In the documentary Bert Combs, Governor from the Mountains , the late Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky's most eminent historian, said that Combs dragged Kentucky into the Twentieth Century against its will.

With the sunset sky reflecting off the water boaters and fishermen enjoy the Henderson riverfront Wednesday evening.

Several people charged in connection with a Northern Kentucky cockfighting ring made court appearances today.

The Lagoon Bridge, now under construction near Kentucky Lake, is the first phase of the replacement for the Eggners Ferry Bridge over the Tennessee River.

Daviess County Coroner Jeff Jones says the man died Monday evening after being taken to a hospital.

Almost a month to the day after it closed, the Dorena-Hickman Ferry in western Kentucky expects to resume service Tuesday.

Motorists traveling from the Nashville area toward Henderson on westbound Interstate 24 will find the Kentucky welcome center near Hopkinsville open during the busy Memorial Day travel weekend, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

Kentuckians don't have to worry about an onslaught of noisy cicadas this year, though experts say they're about to emerge in the Northeast.

Mike Lawrence/The Gleaner Rust shows through a steel beam on the northbound twin bridge span.

This article caught me off guard as I read it in a Fox News.Com report stating political leaders in Kentucky had called a local retailer, the Urban Outfitters, to advise them to halt the sale of flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses because they look like real prescription pill bottles.