Kentucky Lantern
Streamer Hasan Piker files $72.5 million defamation case against Kentuckian Scott Jennings
Progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has filed a defamation lawsuit against Kentuckian and conservative political commentator Scott Jennings seeking $72.5 m…
Ahead of Election Day, control of Daviess County Public Library stays at forefront of politics
OWENSBORO, Ky. – On Oct. 1, incumbent Daviess County Judge-Executive Charlie Castlen was at the Rooster Booster forum when he brought up “the major unspoken is…
Commentary: Kentucky’s status as a bellwether depends entirely on Fayette County
A week before Election Day, several pundits and prognosticators have predicted that Kentucky’s 6th District congressional race could be a kind of national bell…
Commentary: A tale of a law, a lawsuit and many missed opportunities for Kentucky children
At 2:30 Saturday morning, I woke up troubled by the October 23 hearing in the Kentucky Court of Appeals that I had attended. One thought kept returning: We sho…
Even with a GOP supermajority, some of KY’s legislative races have competitive spice
Kentuckians won’t just vote on who to replace the outgoing U.S. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell in the general election on Nov. 3. In addition to a constitutio…
Trump’s DOJ to send election monitors to Kentucky’s two largest counties on Nov. 3
Kentucky election officials say they have been alerted by the U.S. Department of Justice that election monitors will head to the state’s largest cities for nex…
Jefferson Family Court judge to be suspended for 30 days
Louisville Family Court Judge Lauren Adams Ogden will be suspended for 30 days after the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission found she violated multiple rules…
Early voting to begin in Kentucky this week ahead of November election
For the November general election, early voting in Kentucky begins Thursday. All registered voters may cast ballots Thursday, Friday and Saturday through in-pe…
Commentary: What happens when Kentuckians have the chance to work through their differences?
Earlier this year, 30 Lexington residents, selected at random, spent more than 30 hours together talking about something that most of us don’t think about at a…
Not a ‘David and Goliath race’: Dems challenge long-standing Republicans in KY House races
John “Drew” Williams has put around 140,000 miles on his car since he began running as a Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. James Comer la…
Kentucky Court of Appeals hears latest arguments in Kinship Care dispute
The judges will deliberate and try to rule within 40 days.
Court upholds Kentucky’s ban on child sex dolls after constitutional challenge
A Union County judge has rejected a man’s constitutional challenge of Kentucky’s ban on child sex dolls. Kenneth Moore, 50, was charged in August 2025, accordi…
UK to open skilled nursing facility at Hamburg campus in Lexington
The University of Kentucky’s healthcare arm will open a skilled nursing facility at their new campus at Hamburg in Lexington, working with Louisville-based Sig…
Alvarado, Dembo spar over Iran war, data centers and Epstein in central Kentucky debate
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The candidates in Kentucky’s close 6th District Congressional race debated each other over rising grocery and gas prices, the war in Iran, dat…
Commentary: Like it or not, Kentucky now has a school voucher program
Many of us still recall the fight to defeat KY Amendment 2, which would have allowed public funds to go to private schools. Kentuckians overwhelmingly rejected…
‘Clear political stunt’: Beshear rejects Ball’s nominees for executive ethics commission
A day after submitting nominations for an appointment to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, Republican Auditor Allison Ball says Democratic Gov. Andy Besh…