August 12, 2026

August 12, 2026

Severe storms cause widespread damage and cause some Kentucky school districts to delay the first day of school, Louisville holds its final public meeting on proposed data center regulations, Senator Rand Paul gives his timeline for Senator Mitch McConnell’s return to Congress, and cyclospora cases has more people turning to Kentucky farmers markets for their produce.

August 11, 2026

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul voices support for delaying a proposed federal hemp ban as Congress considers a short-term government funding bill, Congressman Andy Barr discusses housing affordability during a visit to Bowling Green, a Louisville institution is about to get a facelift, and a data center developer says its planned northeastern Kentucky operation could be twice as big as previously planned.

August 10, 2026

Louisville's mayor calls for the federal government to restore SNAP benefits to their previous levels, the U.S. Senate makes a move that could have an impact on Kentucky’s $330 million hemp industry, a major drop in blood donations leaves one of the state’s biggest blood suppliers unable to fill all of its hospital orders, and a new documentary looks back on the crash of Comair Flight 5191.

August 7, 2026

State lawmakers get first look at technology that could cut down on injuries to inmates and officers, Kentucky State University leaders discuss a new law changing the school to a polytechnic institution and the challenges it’s presenting, and a new monitoring network that is tracking conditions that can trigger landslides in eastern Kentucky.

August 6, 2026

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell’s office says he’s back home after being discharged from a rehabilitation center, Governor Andy Beshear signs an executive order involving data centers, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is decertifying an organ procurement organization serving Kentucky, and a judge rules on Kentucky's Medicaid work requirements.