5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (411+ words) HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. has broken ground on a $250 million manufacturing expansion in Hopkinsville that is expected to create more than 200 jobs and approximately double the company’s Kentucky workforce. Gov. Andy Beshear joined company executives and local and…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (425+ words) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Seven Counties Services has opened new adult and youth crisis centers in Louisville, creating a walk-in destination for people experiencing mental health or substance use crises and providing an alternative to hospital emergency departments and jails. The centers…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (457+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. — Bluegrass Community and Technical College has received the largest philanthropic gift in its history, a $2 million commitment that will help transform a former Amazon call center in Winchester into a regional workforce and health care training hub. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (225+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. — Voices of Hope will bring together community organizations, people in recovery and their families Sept. 5 for Hope Out Loud, its 2026 Recovery Awareness Day celebration at Gatton Park in downtown Lexington. The free event will run from 4 to 8 p.m....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (441+ words) OWENSBORO, Ky. — Boulware Mission is expanding its recovery housing and treatment services in Owensboro as the nonprofit works to meet growing regional demand for substance use treatment, mental health services and transitional housing. The expansion includes renovations to the organization’s…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Chronic health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease and metabolic liver disease have sharply increased in recent decades and are among the most urgent health challenges facing our society. These conditions often are driven by obesity, poor…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (622+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington physician Christine Ko, M.D., has been installed as the 176th president of the Kentucky Medical Association, taking leadership of the statewide organization representing physicians and medical professionals across the Commonwealth. Ko, an internal medicine physician employed by Baptist…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (397+ words) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Long John Silver’s is putting a Kentucky-based company’s spin on one of the restaurant industry’s biggest food trends, adding freshly battered fried pickles and a new Old Bay ranch dipping sauce to its menu nationwide. The Louisville-headquartered seafood…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) LEXINGTON, Ky. — The YMCA of Central Kentucky is expanding its Lexington footprint through the acquisition of Proof Fitness, a deal that will add two locations to the nonprofit organization and provide a new home for members of its longtime High…...