Justin Hicks

Kentucky is the only state with a citizen science program to track the spread of invasive insects. The insect researcher who started it says it’s a great way to get people interested in science — and helps him stretch a tight budget a lot further.

Keven Dawson Jr.’s family described him as a loving father and veteran who went to work at Givaudan Sense Colour just before his 50th birthday — but never returned.

Federal prosecutors rested their case Thursday, the fourth day of testimony in the retrial of Brett Hankison, a former detective accused of blindly firing shots into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in March 2020.

A week after flooding caused by tropical storm Helene devastated parts of the Southern Appalachian mountains, the water has receded but the muck remains.

Kentucky Public Radio analyzed years of state fair entries. It turns out the most popular baking contest is the classic chocolate chip cookie. So what does it take to bake the perfect cookie?

When floods hit eastern Kentucky in 2022, hundreds of families lost their homes. Flush with federal aid, the state is responding by becoming a housing developer on former strip mines.

Here’s the live results from the Associated Press for the 2024 Kentucky primary election races we’re watching.

Kentucky Public Radio has an interactive guide with everything you need to know to head to the polls for the primary election on May 21, 2024.

Tens of thousands went to Churchill Downs for the biggest event of the year: the Kentucky Derby. Our reporters were there meeting people and taking photos.

Kentucky and Indiana residents report damage after tornadoes moved through the region Tuesday.

The first site to supply new homes to survivors of the 2022 floods is almost ready near downtown Whitesburg. It’s the first of seven high ground housing sites designed to house a total of more than 500 families.

The Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage Project is undergoing a long federal permitting process to store electricity from the grid in the form of water.

Many Kentucky residents may have to vote somewhere new in this year’s elections. That’s because dozens of counties have consolidated polling places — a move that’s raised concerns about ballot access.

The once-thriving city of South Park View was demolished by the airport roughly 20 years ago. But it still lives on in Kentucky’s registry of cities. Now, it’s finally being put to rest.

An entire city in Jefferson County is slated to disappear, thanks to a relatively new Kentucky law. The municipality of Poplar Hills went defunct years ago and now the state is trying to get rid of it and other so-called “ghost cities.”

New data from the 2020 Census was released last week with detailed information about people’s age, sex, race, and the kind of households they live in. Researchers say the information is important to help lawmakers tailor effective policies.