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Train derails in Rockcastle County, nearby residents evacuated UPDATE: Governor Beshear declares Sta

A CSX train derailed in Rockcastle Wednesday afternoon a little after 2, leading to a half-mile evacuation involving about 12 homes.

WEKU · Nov 22, 2023

What it means to be a Kentucky Song Farmer

Sam Dick travelled to Lawrenceburg, Kentucky to understand what it's like to be a Song Farmer

WEKU · Nov 22, 2023

Fayette Education Foundation free book project running ahead of projections

The Fayette Education Foundation continues its effort to see more and more books in the households of young learners. The Lexington education advocacy group is working with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

WEKU · Nov 22, 2023

City of Lexington encouraging safe disposal of cooking oil this holiday season

The Thanksgiving holiday often brings with it all kinds of leftovers. The City of Lexington has a suggestion for a different kind of leftover. The annual Gobble Grease Toss will be held Friday for those families that fry up turkeys this week.

WEKU · Nov 21, 2023

Central Kentucky food bank serves 7000 households Thanksgiving food baskets

Central Kentucky’s best-known agency for meeting hunger head-on along with hundreds of volunteers is working to see a Thanksgiving table ripe with traditional food items in thousands of households.

WEKU · Nov 21, 2023

Maysville has new drivers’ license office; Transportation Cabinet to pause some services at beginn

The Maysville office is one of 32 regional drivers’ licensing offices around the state. Another development will be statewide. When 2024 rolls around, folks will have to wait four to ten business days to transfer a vehicle or get a new license plate at their county clerk’s office.

WEKU · Nov 20, 2023

UK group to study use of flavored tobacco products in ‘at-risk’ communities

The University of Kentucky is kicking off a five-year study that will examine tobacco-related health disparities due to the use of flavored tobacco.

WEKU · Nov 20, 2023

Work continues on two major transportation projects in eastern Kentucky

The first is the U.S. 4-60 reconstruction project

WEKU · Nov 20, 2023

Lexington affordable housing head says need for additional units remains significant

The man who oversees the City of Lexington’s affordable housing program says there continues to be a tremendous need for more units. Affordable Housing Manager Rick McQuady presented an update to a City Council committee last week.

WEKU · Nov 20, 2023

Kentucky will use $2.2 million to combat domestic violence

The $2 million in funding is being awarded from the federal Violence Against Women Act grant program.

WEKU · Nov 20, 2023