Kentucky
Flooded Kentucky Grows Weary After Another Natural Disaster
HAZARD, Ky. — Firefighters and National Guard crews have swarmed into eastern Kentucky after days of deadly flooding, rescuing by the hundreds people who found themselves trapped in the perilous water. Also preparing to send a delegation: the tiny community of Bremen, Ky., nearly 300 miles away. When Bremen was shredded last year by one […]
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He Built a Home to Survive a Civil War. Tragedy Found Him Anyway.
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. RICHMOND, Ky. — The doorbell rang in the night, waking C. Wesley Morgan. He rolled out of bed and walked into the foyer, looking through the arched glass entryway into the dark. Nobody. These phantom rings had […]
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Kentucky Derby Horses List: Expert Picks, Odds and Who Could Win
Follow for live news updates on the Kentucky Derby. The horses in the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times. The morning-line odds were set by Mike Battaglia of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Ethereal Road […]
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Gov. Andrew Beshear of Kentucky Vetoes Transgender Sports Bill
Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would prevent transgender girls and women from playing on girls’ sports teams in middle school and high school. The State Legislature, which is dominated by Republicans, could override the veto with a simple majority in both chambers, and analysts expect lawmakers to do so […]
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As Biden Pleads for More Covid Aid, States Are Awash in Federal Dollars
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has been toting oversize checks around his state in recent weeks, handing them out to city and county officials for desperately needed water improvements. The tiny city of Mortons Gap got $109,000 to bring running water to six families who do not have it. The people of Martin County, […]
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Murderer Pardoned by Kentucky’s Former Governor Is Sentenced Again
Among them was Mr. Baker, whose family hosted a fund-raiser for Mr. Bevin that raised more than $21,000 in 2018, according to The Courier-Journal, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for its reporting on the pardons. Mr. Baker will receive credit for the two and a half years he previously served in state prison, […]
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Why Tornado Warnings Weren’t Enough to Prevent Tragedy
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Morgan Jackson, a cashier at Casey’s General Store, a gas station in Mayfield, Ky., checked the weather all day Friday as her phone bleeped with loud alerts, friends and family called to compare notes and customers chatted […]
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Tornadoes Tear Through South and Midwest, With at Least 70 Dead in Kentucky
Several tornadoes touched down in Kentucky, one of them traveling for more than 200 ruinous miles. At least 70 people had been killed in the state, a toll that was likely to rise. While the destruction was spread throughout western Kentucky, much of the estimated death toll came from a single building, the Mayfield Consumer […]
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The Searing Beauty, and Harsh Reality, of a Kentucky Tobacco Harvest
I step into the tobacco field as the first rays of sunlight begin to pierce the early-morning fog. The men of the cutting crew are already hard at work harvesting the tall burley tobacco plants that have taken root in the soil over the past few months. The sound of hatchets resonates across the field: […]
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