Michael Pape, a Murray State graduate who served for over two decades as field director for former Kentucky Congressman Ed Whitfield and currently serves as chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural utility service, is the featured speaker at this year’s Harry Lee Waterfield Distinguished Lecture in Public Affairs taking place Tuesday evening.

After three years, a high-profile lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s near-total abortion ban has been canceled as the state's attorney general exercises a new appeals process.

For corn farmers across Kentucky, April means it’s time to till fields and plant acre after acre of the row crop. This year, though, the growing season has come with an undercurrent of stress, with small agricultural producers across the U.S. under financial strain stemming from the country’s war with Iran.

Hundreds of western Kentuckians heard from three Democratic candidates running for Kentucky’s open U.S. Senate seat at a forum hosted Monday by the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce.

Severe weather is likely to impact western Kentucky, western Tennessee and southern Illinois later on Monday and into Tuesday.

GOP lawmakers clashed with the Kentucky Supreme Court in the final days of the legislative session over how far their impeachment powers stretch and whether the judiciary has any say in the matter.

Looking for a read that's complicated, gutsy and entertaining? Maureen Corrigan recommends Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke; American Fantasy, by Emma Straub; and Enormous Wings, by Laurie Frankel.

Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper.

Lawyers made arguments in hearings for two separate lawsuits against President Trump and the Kennedy Center's board this week. Both lawsuits want to halt plans to close the performing arts venue for two years for renovations.

The British government pledged to increase security for Jewish communities after a string of arson attacks and a double stabbing. But members of the community lashed out at the government.

Representation is growing in part through stars and developers from the diaspora. PlayStation's Saros, out this week starring the British actor Rahul Kohli, is poised to be a hit.

It's a very treatable form of cancer if caught early, yet younger adults rarely get screened. Patient advocates want more people to talk to their doctors about risk factors and number two.