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The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously running sporting event in the country. Despite its long history, horse racing is still evolving with the emergence of new technological advancements.

The largest known deposit of the critical mineral fluorspar in the United States is underneath parts of far western Kentucky and southern Illinois. Some say its applications in artificial intelligence could reawaken the region’s mining industry.

Tennessee state police are exploring using facial recognition software. The state attorney general supports a lawsuit claiming the same technology illegally violates your privacy.

Longtime Louisville & Nashville Railroad employee Charles Castner died last month at the age of 97. He co-wrote a book in 2024 on one of L&N’s most powerful steam locomotives, the Big Emma.

A Warren County deputy facing a series of department and constitutional violations was suspended after filing to run for sheriff. The sheriff then oversaw the hearing that led to the deputy’s termination. And it was legal.

The federal government is running out of a key ingredient for nuclear weapons: high-purity depleted uranium. Now they want to manufacture it in rural Tennessee.

Ford’s EV battery plant in Glendale was supposed to be the biggest economic development project Kentucky has ever seen. Now that the plant has shuttered, some former workers feel spurned, but community leaders remain cautiously optimistic.

In Kentucky, just two dedicated art house cinemas are still in operation following the recent closure of Louisville’s Baxter Avenue Theatres.

The Ohio River town of Maysville has been in talks with an undisclosed company looking to develop a proposed hyperscale data center campus that could span thousands of acres.

Eastern Kentucky is full of isolated, rural towns that have experienced decline alongside the coal industry. But some who want to stick around are trying to reverse that by revitalizing the region’s downtown spaces.