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State offers driver’s permit appointments across state

4 days ago | westkentuckystar.com | Tom Latek

Now that a new Kentucky law has taken effect allowing 15-year-olds to earn their driver’s permits, officials are hosting events across the state on Saturday, May 17, to help meet the increased interest from young Kentuckians wanting to apply for a permit. The state is offering more than 1,500 written permit test appointments at 20 testing locations across the state.
Mammoth Cave could be more mammoth under new bill

4 days ago | westkentuckystar.com | Tom Latek

Kentucky’s most well-known national park could be getting bigger, as U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Louisville, and U.S. Congressman Brett Guthrie, R-Bowling Green, have introduced the bicameral Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act. This bill would give the park the ability to acquire an additional 551.14 acres of land from the Nature Conservancy.
UK, UL set for rare November tipoff; ACC reduces league slate to 18 games

1 week ago | westkentuckystar.com | Russ Brown

For Kentucky and Louisville fans, the 2025-26 college basketball season will get off to a rip-roaring start, tipping off 2 1/2 weeks before the schools' season-ending football showdown on Nov. 29 in L&N Stadium. In a significant change, the annual hoops rivalry has been set for Tuesday, Nov. 11 in the KFC Yum! Center, the earliest meeting since a Nov. 27, 1993 clash won by UK 78-70 in Rupp Arena.
UK NOTEBOOK: Former LexCath standout Potter commits to Cats

1 week ago | westkentuckystar.com | Keith Taylor

Kentucky coach Mark Pope is getting closer to finalizing his roster for next season. Reece Potter, a 7-foot-1 center transfer from Miami (Ohio), announced his commitment to Kentucky on Monday. Potter played at Lexington Catholic and played at Miami for the past two seasons. Potter averaged 6.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 56 games at Miami. He started 11 games and shot 45 percent from the floor.
Coleman, other AGs object to California green agenda on automobile industry

1 week ago | westkentuckystar.com | Tom Latek

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has joined more than two dozen of his counterparts from across the country in calling upon the U.S. Senate to block what they term California’s attempt to push its unreasonable green agenda on the nation’s automotive industry.
Overdose deaths in Kentucky decline 30 percent in 2024

2 weeks ago | westkentuckystar.com | Tom Latek

Overdose deaths in Kentucky have now dropped for the third year in a row, highlighted by a rather significant 30.2 percent decrease in 2024 compared with the previous year. In 2023, Kentucky reported a 9.8 percent decrease compared with 2022. In 2022, there was a drop of 2.5 percent from 2021, marking the first year Kentucky saw a decrease in overdose deaths since 2018.
Cats to play Purdue in exhibition game at Rupp Arena

2 weeks ago | westkentuckystar.com | Keith Taylor

Kentucky will host Purdue in an exhibition game on Oct. 24 at Rupp Arena. New NCAA rules now allow college programs to play each other in exhibition games beginning this season. The contest will be Kentucky’s first against a Division I opponent. Purdue has competed in charity contests against Creighton and Arkansas during the past two years. Kentucky and Purdue have played eight times, with the Wildcats owning a 6-2 edge.
The Singing Bridge, a Frankfort landmark, will have to be replaced

2 weeks ago | westkentuckystar.com | Tom Latek

Months of engineering analysis and structural assessments show the U.S. Highway 60X “Singing Bridge” on Bridge Street in downtown Frankfort is unsafe, and the only option to keep the community connected is to replace the iconic Kentucky River crossing, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC). Preliminary design for a replacement of the 132-year-old bridge, which has been closed to the public since August due to significant structural deterioration, is now under way.
Coleman delivers keynote speech at Rx and Illicit Drug Summit

3 weeks ago | westkentuckystar.com | Tom Latek

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman delivered a keynote address at the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit on Tuesday where he highlighted Kentucky's new youth-focused drug prevention effort. The Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, now in its 14th year, began under the leadership of Operation UNITE and Kentucky’s 5th District Congressman Hal Rogers, R-Somerset.
Drivers reminded to be focused in National Work Zone Awareness Week

3 weeks ago | westkentuckystar.com | Tom Latek

With cones and barrels once again marking the start of road construction season, state officials are urging drivers to reduce distractions, slow down and drive safely on Kentucky’s highways this week, which is National Work Zone Awareness Week, and every week of the year. “We’re reminding Kentuckians to stay focused behind the wheel and stay alert when driving through work zones,” said Gov. Andy Beshear. “We all share the road with the men and women working to build and maintain our roads.