Ryland Barton

The commissioner of Kentucky’s troubled Department of Juvenile Justice will resign at the end of the year. Vicki Reed helmed the agency amid a series of violent incidents including assaults, rape, riots and a brief escape.

Kentucky is one of just a few states that have off-year elections. Today, voters will choose the next governor as well as down ballot races like secretary of state and attorney general.

Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones has died at age 84.Jones was a Democrat who served as Kentucky’s top executive from 1991 until 1995. He also held the office of lieutenant governor from 1987 until 1991 as a part of Gov. Wallace Wilkinson’s administration.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up during a news conference in Covington on Wednesday.It’s the second time the 81-year-old Republican publicly suffered from an apparent medical episode in a little over a month.

The conservative legislator from western Kentucky has been a key player in conservative measures that have passed out of Frankfort in recent years.

Much of Kentucky woke up to hazy skies and unhealthy air quality due to wildfire smoke rolling in from Canada on Wednesday.

Kentucky is one of the few states in the nation with a race for governor this year.A crowd of Republicans lined up to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who easily won the nomination, but Attorney General Daniel Cameron ultimately prevailed.

With less than five weeks until this year’s primary election in Kentucky, the gap is tightening between the two Republican frontrunners.

Kelly Craft and political groups that support her have been flooding the airwaves in recent months, trying to build her name recognition as this year’s primary election nears.

Some leading elected officials in Kentucky shared thoughts and prayers after the country’s latest mass shooting took place in downtown Louisville. Others called for solutions.