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  • The producer says there was a time when his co-writers thought, "Maybe this song wasn't meant to be." He also describes working with Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars. Originally broadcast April 16, 2015.
  • Kentucky’s fall forest fire hazard season officially begins Saturday. Some eastern Kentucky wildfires have already broken out.Officials with the State…
  • Poll workers in 103 of Kentucky’s 120 counties will use electronic poll books to check in voters for Tuesday's primary.Daviess County Clerk Leslie McCarty…
  • The U.S. economy gained just 74,000 jobs in December, according to a disappointing report released by the Labor Department on Friday. Economists had been expecting nearly three times as many jobs. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell slightly, to 6.7 percent. It's not that more jobs were created, though — many of the long-term unemployed just stopped looking.
  • Shares in Apple dropped more than 6 percent, after the company said quarterly profits rose only 54 percent over last year. Investors are used to Apple blowing past expectations.
  • The success of a weekend volunteer program geared toward closing achievement gaps among African American male students has sparked the creation of a new…
  • In 2009, a couple claimed that a 6-year-old boy had gone up with a weather balloon, prompting frantic rescue efforts. Turns out it was a hoax. But a Colorado man paid $2,500 dollars for that balloon at auction. In a few months, he'll chop it up and sell off the pieces.
  • Legislation that would cap the state's debt supported by General Fund appropriations was approved by the Senate State and Local Government Committee…
  • Astronomer DAVID LEVY. He's discovered 21 comets, both as an amateur and as part of a professional team. He discovered the comet that will crash into Jupiter on July 16th, and the comet is named after him. LEVY is a contributer to many astronomical magazines, and is the author of numerous books on astronomy. He has recently published "Quest for Comets: An Explosive Trail of beauty and Danger" (Plenum Press), and has another book "Skywatching" (Nature Company) forthcoming in July.(Originally broadcast 6
  • The National Museum of the American Latino in Washington won't be finished for a decade. For now, a pop-up exhibit at the National Mall highlights Latino history. (Story aired on WeSAT on 6/18/22.)
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