MAYFIELD, Ky.—On the day before Thanksgiving, Mayfield Consumer Products in western Kentucky posted photos online showing smiling employees lining up at a buffet table ready to enjoy a special pre-holiday meal together in the factory canteen. On Friday night, the candle-making plant where workers had celebrated two weeks earlier lay in ruins, flattened by a…
Kentucky Governor Fears 50 Fatalities as Major Storms Rip Through Multiple States
December 11, 2021
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A major storm system ripped through multiple U.S. states on Friday, hitting a candle factory in Kentucky with more than 100 employees still inside the building at the time the tornado struck. The series of U.S. storms started early on Friday and are already blamed for multiple deaths and injuries across parts of the Midwest…
At Least 70 Dead in Kentucky as Major Storms Rip Through Multiple States
December 11, 2021
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A major storm system ripped through multiple U.S. states on Friday, hitting a candle factory in Kentucky with more than 100 employees still inside the building at the time the tornado struck. The series of U.S. storms started early on Friday and are already blamed for multiple deaths and injuries across parts of the Midwest…
Why Wildlife Is Returning to Eastern Kentucky
December 10, 2021
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The past 20-plus years of mass media reporting on the environment has been dominated by predictions of cataclysmic catastrophe and mayhem, although during my life, I’ve seen a very different story. Growing up in Eastern Kentucky, deer were few, with no bear, coyotes, turkeys, mountain lions, bald eagles, and certainly no elk. Today, all of…
Ointment Led to Medina Spirit’s Failed Test After Ky Derby: Bob Baffert Attorney
Urine testing of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has shown that a steroid present in the colt’s system came from a topical ointment and not an injection, according to an attorney for trainer Bob Baffert. Medina Spirit tested positive for the steroid betamethasone after winning the May 1 race and is facing disqualification. Baffert had…
Ointment Led to Medina Spirit’s Failed Test After Kentucky Derby: Bob Baffert Attorney
Urine testing of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has shown that a steroid present in the colt’s system came from a topical ointment and not an injection, according to an attorney for trainer Bob Baffert. Medina Spirit tested positive for the steroid betamethasone after winning the May 1 race and is facing disqualification. Baffert had…
Two Veterans Reunite 77 Years After Meeting on Way to Boot Camp
Two veterans from World War II were reunited on Nov. 16 in Barren County, Kentucky, after more than 75 years of separation. They grew up in the same county, but their paths had never crossed until traveling by bus to boot camp in May 1944. The two young men quickly became friends, challenging each other…
Former Kentucky US Rep. Larry Hopkins Dies at 88
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Former U.S. Rep. Larry Hopkins, who served as a state lawmaker before representing central Kentucky in Congress for more than a decade, has died. He was 88. Milward Funeral Home in Lexington confirmed the death, but did not release further information. Hopkins was elected to Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District in 1978 and served until…
New Bat-Friendly Bridge Replaces Old Kentucky Bridge Home to Thousands of Endangered Bats
A newly rebuilt bridge that doubles as a habitat for bats was completed in Kentucky—and as of August, some 1,100 endangered gray bats have moved in. Inspection of the once-dilapidated bridge in 2018 revealed cracked, flaking concrete and rusted steel; but also that the infrastructure had become a roosting ground for thousands of gray bats….
Yarmuth Announces His Retirement at End of Term
House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) has announced that he will retire at the end of his current term, ending his fifteen-year career in the lower chamber of Congress. “It’s been an incredible journey since my first campaign in 2006 until now. I will continue to fight for Louisville in Washington for another 15…
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