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Editorial Roundup: Kentucky
Ashland Daily Independent. May 16, 2024. Editorial: Vote Tuesday Kentucky will have the primary election this Tuesday. Candidates have their yard signs out, their Facebook pages updated, and have attended various functions throughout the area. In...
Maverick Kentucky congressman has avoided fallout at home after antagonizing GOP leaders
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has made a habit of antagonizing Washington's most powerful leaders in his own party, but so far it hasn't eroded his support back home in his staunchly conservative Kentucky district. Four years ago, Massie drew the wrath of...
Rock band Cage the Elephant emerge from loss and hospitalization with new album 'Neon Pill'
NEW YORK (AP) — To say Cage the Elephant's latest album had a turbulent birth would be an understatement. The band dealt with the deaths of loved ones, the pandemic and their lead singer's arrest and hospitalization. “It’s no secret that I had a medical crisis,” Matt Shultz...
Justice Department to investigate Kentucky's juvenile jails after use of force, isolation complaints
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Federal investigators will examine conditions in Kentucky's youth detention centers and whether the state has done enough to protect juveniles housed there, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. The federal investigation follows a Kentucky auditor's...
Robby Albarado is 'living vicariously' through Mystik Dan from the Kentucky Derby to the Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) — Robby Albarado had never entered the Kentucky Derby winner's circle during two decades as a jockey that included more than 34,000 races and 5,000 victories. It's bad luck in that profession to go in without winning that prestigious race, though he did not mind...
Locally owned Valhalla Golf Club touts Kentucky flavor as it prepares to host 4th PGA Championship
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's distinctive flavor becomes obvious upon entering Valhalla Golf Club. White and limestone fencing that surrounds many of the Bluegrass State's horse farms lines the road leading in, which until recently featured a couple of residing thoroughbreds...
Michael Block, who achieved cult hero status at the 2023 PGA Championship, eyes a repeat at Valhalla
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four blissful, borderline mystical days at Oak Hill last spring opened up the world for Michael Block. It also forced the PGA club pro-turned-cult hero to close his office door at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, the Southern California course where he's long served...
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan settles in at Pimlico ahead of the Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) — Mystik Dan exerted so much energy winning the Kentucky Derby by a nose in the race's closest finish in 75 years that there was no guarantee his camp would send him to the Preakness to chase the second jewel of the Triple Crown. After a bit of rest, the decision was...
Day care prices aren't getting better. So states are stepping in
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Across the country, the story for families is virtually the same: Child care is unaffordable for many, hard to find for those who can pay, and financially precarious for day care operators and their employees. The Biden administration and Congress tried to...
Kentucky governor to speak out against strict abortion ban in neighboring Tennessee
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's upcoming trip to neighboring Tennessee to speak out against that state's sweeping abortion ban is the latest sign that the Democrat known for defeating Donald Trump-backed rivals is looking to improve his party's prospects in GOP territory and...
