Austin Horn
Reporter at Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky politics @heraldleader. Email me: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Austin Horn
Kentucky is holding no major elections in the year 2025. That was evident this past week as several of the Commonwealth’s most prominent politicians appeared to be laser-focused on the future, whether that’s next year or all the way to 2028. Most notably, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear launched a podcast. It attempts to answer two questions many Democrats are asking in the aftermath of their 2024 election flop. First, how can Democrats regain a foothold in the popular longform audio space?
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2 weeks ago |
kentucky.com | Austin Horn
A Louisville-area restaurant owner has gone viral for his unique approach to fending off dirty floodwater from his Ohio Riverfront restaurant: fighting water with water. Andrew Masterson, co-owner of Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille in Prospect, flooded his own restaurant with clean water to ward off the mud and detritus mixed in with the flooded Ohio River.
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2 weeks ago |
kentucky.com | Austin Horn
In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. It may seem counterintuitive. Water is everywhere, except your faucets, bathtubs and washing machines. That’s been the case for a handful of communities in Kentucky as of mid-Monday due to the historic floods seen in Central and Western Kentucky after an unprecedented and soggy four-day rain marathon.
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2 weeks ago |
kentucky.com | Ryan Hermens |Austin Horn
More rain is coming. That’s unwelcome news for many in Kentucky already overwhelmed by the days-long deluge of rainfall that has soaked their backyards, flooded their sewer systems and turned placid creeks into roaring rivers. Here in Central Ketucky, Franklin County is bearing the brunt of four consecutive days of rain and thunder storms. On Friday, a 9-year-old boy died after being swept away in floodwaters on the way to his school bus stop.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Austin Horn
Keep the umbrellas close, Kentucky: More rain is coming. That’s unwelcome news for many in the commonwealth already overwhelmed by the days-long deluge of rainfall that has soaked their backyards, flooded their sewer systems and turned placid creeks into roaring rivers. Here in Central Ketucky, Franklin County is bearing the brunt of four consecutive days of rain and thunder storms. On Friday, a 9-year-old boy died after being swept away in floodwaters on the way to his school bus stop.
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