Associated Press

The first Saturday in May means it’s time for the 151st Kentucky Derby, America’s longest continuously held sporting event.

The licenses of a Southern Indiana funeral home and its director were revoked following an investigation that found 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains being stored at the facility, the state's attorney general announced Tuesday.

Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron directly solicited donations for his gubernatorial campaign from executives of a Kentucky drug treatment organization that his office began investigating last year, according to an attorney for the organization.

Republicans stepped up criticism of Kentucky's Democratic governor on Thursday for a lapse in appointments to the state school board, reviving a contentious issue but with a twist.

The former Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county northeast of the city, according to multiple media reports.

Another mass shooting took place in Louisville, this time in Chickasaw Park. No suspects are in custody.

An interfaith vigil is planned Wednesday evening in downtown Louisville to remember victims of a mass shooting at a bank, allowing the public to offer prayers for the injured and to begin work toward a more peaceful city, Mayor Craig Greenberg said.

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area.

The percentage of Kentucky's registered voters who aren't affiliated with the Republican or Democratic parties reached a new high at the end of 2022, Secretary of State Michael Adams said.