MOREHEAD — In a warehouse in Rowan County sits an experiment that Tom Manning-Beavin and his nonprofit have been brainstorming for years — a wooden rectangular frame he calls one of their “boxes.”  When the Frontier Housing CEO explains the concept, he hearkens back to when he played with Lego bricks growing up. Just like […]

In a matter of a few days, nearly $1,000 has been donated to the Shelby County Public Library to replace 16 LGBTQ+ books a local church had recommended to check out and never return. “The response to the missing books has been overwhelming and mostly positive for the library,” said Pamela W. Federspiel, the library’s […]

The Trump administration has refused to fund a study that was to have measured toxic air pollution in West Louisville.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied an appeal of the EPA’s cancellation of the grant that was paying for the study, a spokesperson for Louisville’s air pollution regulator said. The Lantern previously reported the Louisville […]

As conservative lawmakers work to restrict online access to abortion medication, a new report shows how popular it has become for women who live in states that have outlawed abortion. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin led a team that analyzed 15 months of prescription data from Aid Access, one of the largest […]

SHEPHERDSVILLE — Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep. James Comer said that while he supports President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting moves in Washington, D.C., he hopes similar efforts will not be replicated in Kentucky. Trump mobilized National Guard troops and asserted control of police in the nation’s capital on Monday under what he declared a “crime emergency.” He […]

BEREA — A safer era for Madison County and the region is just three months away, according to the governor’s top man for overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons previously stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot. Craig Williams, a Berea resident and Vietnam veteran, has been leading the way to decommission the toxic gasses […]

As Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie asserts strong positions in opposition to President Donald Trump, he increasingly looks like the future of the Republican Party. Americans who appreciate political courage, including Trump supporters, are celebrating Massie’s push for release of the “Epstein files,” the records of the criminal investigation into the late pedophile and child […]

People who get their flu shot while attending the Kentucky State Fair will receive a $20 Kroger gift card from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans.  The Kentucky State Fair is Aug. 14-24 at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville. The Kentucky Association of Health Plans will have a flu vaccine clinic in the Healthy […]

LOUISVILLE — The University of Louisville announced an expansion of the U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and Secretary Elaine L. Chao Archives with the political figures Tuesday.  McConnell, the longest serving party leader of the U.S. Senate, graduated from the university in the 1960s and later established the McConnell Center, a nonpartisan academic program, for UofL students. […]

For years, state lawmakers have taken the lead on regulating kratom — the controversial herbal supplement used for pain relief, anxiety and opioid withdrawal symptoms. Some states have banned it entirely. Others have passed laws requiring age limits, labeling and lab testing. At least half of the states and the District of Columbia have enacted […]

LOUISVILLE — Ford Motor Company will invest nearly $2 billion to convert a longtime auto manufacturing plant in Louisville to build electric vehicles from a new platform adaptable to multiple vehicle types, aiming to launch a mid-sized EV pickup truck by 2027.  Ford President and CEO Jim Farley told an audience of plant workers, local […]

About two-thirds of Kentucky community college students surveyed last year say they have experienced depression or anxiety while 1 in 5 reported engaging in “self-injurious behavior.” In response, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System is launching a Mental Health Strategy for its roughly 100,000 students. KCTCS President Ryan Quarles told the Lantern that since […]

When Siri Fiske founded the Mysa Microschool in Washington, D.C., in 2016, there wasn’t a widely accepted term for her small, one-room schoolhouse model. Now, the school is referred to on its website as one of the first microschools in the nation, and Fiske has seen a growing microschool movement since the COVID-19 pandemic. In […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear’s super PAC reported another $824,800 in contributions on Friday bringing the total it raised in the first six months of this year to $1,443,000. The largest of the contributions by far was $225,000 from Andrew Nathan Schwartzberg, a real estate developer based in Maryland who focuses on affordable housing […]

LEXINGTON — Republican candidates for Kentucky’s open U.S. Senate seat set the tone for their campaigns ahead of next year’s primary during the state party’s Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday night.  While the thorny primary was at the center of the evening, the influence of outgoing U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell on the party was clear. Speakers […]

FANCY FARM — Just how MAGA is Kentucky? More pertinently, how MAGA are Kentucky Republicans? And most proximately, how MAGA are the people who will vote in the state’s May 2026 Republican primary for U.S. senator? Senate candidate Nate Morris may provide the answer to the last question, at least. The wealthy Lexington businessman says […]

LOUISVILLE — Medicaid is becoming a flashpoint in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, as Democratic candidates attack President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Republicans mirror their congressional counterparts on support for the GOP megabill.  Cherlynn Stevenson, a former Kentucky House Democratic caucus chair, was in Louisville Thursday morning to highlight how Medicaid cuts will […]

Apple announced Wednesday it would spend $2.5 billion to fund the expansion of glass manufacturing for iPhones with Corning, a Harrodsburg-based company. Apple said the glass for all iPhones and Apple Watches would be made at the Corning facility. Apple CEO Tim Cook joined President Donald Trump in sharing the news Wednesday at the White […]

Sallie Bingham, whose family owned the Louisville Courier Journal for nearly seven decades before its 1986 sale made national headlines, has died in New Mexico. She was 88. Bingham, who grew up in Louisville amid the wealth and influence of one of the nation’s most prominent newspaper families, had lived in Sante Fe, New Mexico, […]

A lack of competition for state road paving contracts in Kentucky has driven up costs by millions of dollars through the first six months of 2025, according to an analysis by a free market think tank.   The Kentucky Forum for Rights, Economics and Education estimates that single-bid contracts awarded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet have […]