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Dozens of ‘Flash Dads’ Cheer On Students Arriving at Schools in Kentucky–For 7 Years Giving High Fives and Support

If you're a student at a Louisville elementary school, Wednesday might just be your favorite day of the week. Perhaps because of its reputation as...

Man Finds Surprise of a Life in His Field: 700 Coins from Civil War ‘The Great Kentucky Hoard’

A man in Kentucky recently found a buried cache of gold coins from the Civil War period rumored to be worth millions of dollars. Consisting...

Man Loads His Truck with Grill and Food to Help Tornado Victims in Kentucky

Following the recent flurry of tornados in Mayfield, Kentucky, it was "all hands to the grills," as non-profits and individuals alike fired up their...

Ford Announces ‘Transformative’ $11.4 Billion Investment in New Electric Vehicle Plants in Tennessee and Kentucky

Ford just announced it is spending $11.4 billion to build two new factories in Tennessee and Kentucky to manufacture batteries and its electric F-series...

Kentucky Tattoo Parlor is Creatively Covering Up Hate Tattoos For Free

The tattoo parlor, Gallery X Art Collective in Murray, Kentucky, has offered to cover up any racist, hateful, or gang-related tattoos free of charge.

26-0 Vote Passes the ‘Breonna Law’ Banning No-Knock Police Raids in Kentucky

Louisville Kentucky Metro Council passed the Breonna Law - a ban on no-knock police raids after one such raid killed resident EMT Breonna Taylor.

The Kentucky House Just Approved Free Community College Tuition Plan

Kentucky lawmakers overwhelmingly voted for a plan that would guarantee free community college or vocational training to high school graduates in the state. More than...

Kentucky State President to Share Salary With School’s Lowest-Paid

Raymond Burse hasn't held a minimum-wage job since his high school and college years. Yet, the interim president at Kentucky State University decided that...
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Kentucky Facebook Users Rally to Help Homeless Woman Find Shelter in Cold

Over the years, a homeless woman known as Dorothy with her carts filled with plastic bags became a familiar fixture to Lexington residents. She had...
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Men Surprise Kentucky Kids With Santa’s Secret Hands

A group of Central Kentucky men never thought it would get this big. Starting with a notion to raise a few thousand dollars to...
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Kentucky Man Buys Out K-Mart Store, Donates it All to Charity

A business owner realized, "It's time to give back," after years of seeing needy people selling their stuff in his jewelry-exchange business. Rankin Paynter, who...
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Kentucky Church Reverses Ban on Interracial Couples

An eastern Kentucky church under a firestorm of criticism since members voted to bar mixed-race couples from joining the congregation overturned that decision Sunday,...
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Woman Whose House Burned Down Wins $80,000 In Kentucky Lottery

A woman whose home was destroyed by a fire last month won $80,000 in the Kentucky Lottery a few weeks later. At first, she panicked,...

Good News in History, April 6

59 years ago today, the first commercial communications satellite, Intelsat I, was placed in geosynchronous orbit. The tiny 2-foott device (nicknamed Early Bird for...

Get Ready for the Solar Eclipse Over North American Coming Soon

A solar eclipse is coming on April 8th, 2024, and unlike when it drifts across the Indian Ocean or somewhere equally remote, this year's...

Good News in History, March 22

54 years ago today, native Mexican or "Chicino" residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation...

Hero Firefighters Rescue Driver Trapped in Semi-Truck Dangling Off Bridge (LOOK)

Dramatic footage from downtown Louisville, Kentucky, last week showed a semi-tractor trailer truck dangling over the water, after nearly plummeting off the Clark Memorial...

Good News in History, February 26

2,771 years ago today, the Neo Babylonian king Nabonassar assumed the throne of the great city, which isn't necessarily good news in itself, but...

Cicadas Are Coming: Rare ‘Dual Emergence’ Could Awaken a Trillion Bugs of 2 Species – First Time in 221 yrs

No one alive today will see it again—the convergence of two cicada broods that will practically shake the Midwest with their chirping. The appearance of...

Mysterious Secret Santa Motivated Students to Raise $8,000 Just to Give it All to Those in Need

A Phoenix elementary school teacher organized a "Secret Santa Club" to teach children about the value of kindness and giving, using a hit CBS...