While slavery was abolished long ago in the United States, some states, including Kentucky, allow involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump Administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans. That freeze caused a lot of concern and confusion about what it meant for Americans. The Office of Management and Budget released a memo Monday night ordering all federal agencies to assess their programs and activities to ensure they comply with President Trump’s recent executive orders directing assistance be temporarily frozen.

During the six and a half years Savvy Shabazz spent incarcerated in nine Kentucky institutions, he worked for as little as 63 cents a day. Now, he and others are pushing for an amendment to modernize Kentucky’s Constitution,

Kentucky’s statewide minimum livable wage is $19.40 for a single adult without children, according to MIT’s calculator. The living wage is calculated to be hourly figure an individual needs to make to afford the basic necessities.

From small drug treatment centers to huge programs to feed children, Kentucky is dependent on federal funding for sustenance of every kind.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The WKYT Kentucky Sport, Boat & Recreation Show returns to Lexington this week. The event kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday at Central Bank Center. You can check out boats, RVs, jet skis, fishing equipment and more. There will also be food vendors, a beer garden, a kids’ zone and the Team Zoom dog show.

A Lexington man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves to 12 years in federal prison, for wire fraud and other charges related to

Chocolate iced cream filled long johns sit on a tray at Jeff’s Donuts, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Lexington, Ky. The Louisville-based doughnut shop has 22 varieties of long johns on its menu, which you can get filled or unfilled.

Dozens of people gathered on the streets of downtown Lexington to protest new executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, including one against birthright citizenship.

Kentucky basketball lost its only game last week. How did the loss to Vanderbilt affect the projected NCAA Tournament seed for Mark Pope's team?

A growing doughnut chain based in the Louisville area is expanding farther out into Kentucky. Jeff’s Donuts on Monday announced the grand opening of its first Lexington location at 1080 S. Broadway at 6 a.m. Wednesday. Located near the University of Kentucky campus and downtown Lexington, the new store will be open 24/7.

Donors are needed to recoup an estimated 1,000 plus units that were lost earlier this month due to winter weather.