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  • Summer severe weather in Central Kentucky is creating various problems including Power outages. Brittle trees may just increase concern.
  • Kyle May and others wanted to raise money to purchase gender affirming clothing and other items for transgenders, but their plan to hold a drag show in Prestonsburg in March was cancelled after death threats. So, they decided to hold the show virtually, and between donations during the show and afterwards, raised $4,000.
  • On Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke's latest trip to Capitol Hill, he is quizzed about the latest inflation numbers -- and about what the Fed plans to do with interest rates.
  • Listeners responded to Monday's interview with author Toni Morrison about her new novel, A Mercy. Morrison talked about her realization while writing the book that many white Americans have ancestors who were slaves. Not all listeners were surprised by that revelation.
  • Colombian emigre Edmar Castaneda came to the U.S. as a teenager and fell in love with the music of Charlie Parker and Chick Corea. So he decided to use a traditional instrument of Colombia's cowboys to play his own form of pan-Latin jazz.
  • After tackling the science of death and theories of the afterlife, Mary Roach takes on the nitty gritty of sexual research. Her latest book takes a curious, funny look at what we do and don't know about coital mechanics.
  • The director of the wildly acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire says the Mumbai he discovered during his movie shoot is a city on the move. And in India, he found, life is a study in contradiction and connection.
  • The federal Drug Enforcement Administration is announcing the results of a year-long investigation into the way foreign drug cartels get illegal and deadly drugs into the U.S.
  • Kentucky House Bill 115 adds the definition of “electronic detection dog” and “police dog” to the statute for assault on a service animal which is a Class D felony.
  • Several big names in corporate America announced layoffs Monday. Pfizer, Caterpillar, Sprint Nextel, Home Depot and Texas Instruments said they were cutting thousands of positions. So far this year, nearly 200,000 jobs have been eliminated.
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