Hannah Saad

Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources on Thursday confirmed the first documented case of chronic wasting disease in the Commonwealth.

A special examination of the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund by the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts’ office found that nearly $240,000 in inappropriate payments were made from the account in Fiscal Year 2023.

After winning re-election in Kentucky, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear reflected on his campaign Wednesday and outlined some of his goals for the next four years.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear will reprise his role as the lone statewide elected Democrat in Frankfort during his second four-year term in office.

Reporters from across Kentucky Public Radio's network profiled each of this year's races so readers and listeners across the commonwealth are fully informed when they go to ballot box on Nov. 7.

Kentucky's agriculture commissioner promotes farming and horticulture and is also in charge of inspecting about 60,000 gas pumps across the state.Current GOP Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles term-limited. Former GOP state Rep. Jonathan Shell is facing economic development consultant Sierra Enlow in the race.

Identity politics and culture war talking points were again at the forefront during the annual Fancy Farm picnic in far western Kentucky Saturday, as the state’s fall campaign season unofficially kicked off in the small Graves County community.

Kentucky’s Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts announced Thursday it will conduct a “special examination” of the Public Protection Cabinet’s oversight of the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief and Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Funds.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office asked the FBI on Thursday to investigate over $200,000 in donations to Democratic Governor Andy Beshear’s reelection campaign and the Kentucky Democratic Party connected to London, Kentucky Mayor Randall Weddle.

Republican lawmakers questioned the efficacy of the state’s relief funds for victims of the 2021 tornado outbreak in western Kentucky and 2022 flooding in eastern Kentucky during a legislative meeting on Wednesday.