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There are places you eat at, and then there are places you remember, and Home Plate Restaurant in Brandenburg, Kentucky falls so firmly into the second category that you’ll be talking about it on the drive home. This isn’t just a restaurant with a baseball theme slapped on the...
After three terms as mayor of Radcliff, J.J. Duvall is preparing for a new job: judge/executive of Hardin County. Duvall, a Democrat, defeated Republican incumbent Keith Taul in the election. He now has two big jobs ahead over the next couple of months: helping Radcliff's mayor-elect, Terry Owens, transition into the mayor's office and getting ready for his own new role.
You know that moment when you open the freezer and find nothing but ice cubes and a lonely bag of peas? It happens to the best of us. Feeding a family these days can feel like a part time job. Grocery prices keep climbing, and your cart seems to shrink every week.
A Kentucky school district with a virtual academy saved by state lawmakers in 2025 has now logged a third straight year of poor academic performance. Cloverport Independent’s elementary, middle and high school levels all received the state’s lowest ratings in 2024, 2025 and into 2026, though some grade levels showed modest gains this year. FULL STORY: KY lawmakers saved a virtual school. Now it has 3 straight years of bad scores Here are five key things to know from our reporting: Enrollment imbalance: Cloverport Independent has 230 in-person K-12 students, while 2,073 students attend its Kentucky Virtual Academy — about 90% of the district’s total enrollment. Latest scores: In October, 2026 results showed Cloverport elementary students remained at a “red” rating, the state’s lowest, while middle and high school levels rose slightly to “orange.” Superintendent’s response: Keith Haynes said many virtual students “were not experiencing success in traditional schools and came to us with significant academic deficits,” and told families he doesn’t believe the state’s accountability model “adequately accounts for our context.” How it stayed open: The 2025 General Assembly passed legislation barring enrollment caps on virtual academies, overriding a Kentucky Department of Education rule that would have limited virtual
KENTUCKY — Strong to severe storms are expected to move into Kentucky Wednesday afternoon and evening along a cold front. A few storms are expected to pop up between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. near the Indiana border before moving east and forming a line. The main concern is damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph, along with a low-end 2 percent tornado risk, though nothing significant is expected.
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — At least three Kentucky school districts have turned to license plate-reading cameras from Flock Safety to help secure their campuses. In Hardin County, the sheriff’s office and Elizabethtown Police Department manage 20 automated license plate reader cameras on Hardin County Schools campuses. “In over 30...
MURRAY — Although the points-allowed average may not show it, Calloway County’s defense is a huge reason its football season is still continuing in the Kentucky Class 4A State Playoffs. It was the defense that made several key stops in last Friday night’s 31-28 upset win over the...
