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Volleyball Travels to Alabama, Hosts No. 3 Kentucky
Los deportes de motor siguen impulsando a los turistas a invertir en las comunidades de Kentucky

Los deportes de motor siguen impulsando a los turistas a invertir en las comunidades de Kentucky

El turismo de aventura está en auge en el este de Kentucky. “Backroads of Appalachia" ha acogido más de 150 eventos este año en la región, desde expediciones de tres días en vehículos todoterrenos a recorridos en motocicleta por todo el estado. El...

Owner:  Morehead State University & American Government
Emergency Response Rushed In After Golf Cart Crash Leaves Passenger Hospitalized

Emergency Response Rushed In After Golf Cart Crash Leaves Passenger Hospitalized

A golf outing turned scary in Eddyville. Last Saturday, just before 6 p.m., A rented golf cart flipped on Holiday Hills Drive, leaving a juvenile injured and sending local authorities rushing to the scene. This marks the second golf cart accident...

Owner:  Full Spectrum Services LLP
Striking UAE pavilion wins award as Expo 2025 Osaka ends
Missing Kentucky veteran might be traveling to the eastern UP

Missing Kentucky veteran might be traveling to the eastern UP

HILLVIEW, KY— A veteran missing from Kentucky might be headed to Sault Ste. Marie. Philip Joseph, 38, was last seen leaving his residence in the Hillview, Kentucky area, just south of Louisville. A plate reader recorded the license plate on his...

Owner:  Northern Michigan University & American Government
Bahamas a top choice for travelers from 60% of US states

Bahamas a top choice for travelers from 60% of US states

More than 60 percent of US states have The Bahamas as a top five most popular destination, according to data from travel insurance company InsureMyTrip. While Mexico dominates the popularity ranking for most states, The Bahamas weaves in and out...

Owner:  Emanuel Alexiou & Anthony Ferguson
Virginia from mountains to coast: A slow road trip through peaks, islands and marshes

Virginia from mountains to coast: A slow road trip through peaks, islands and marshes

The final part of the ascent is a rocky scramble. Bearfence Loop Trail is steep but short, and after just over a mile, I’m clinging to a tree root as I pull myself up to the highest point – and from there Shenandoah National Park is spread out...

Owner:  Apollo Global Management
Kentucky Coaching Confidence Amid Losing Skid
Texas A&M/LSU in primetime on ABC highlights the Week 9 college football television slate

Texas A&M/LSU in primetime on ABC highlights the Week 9 college football television slate

On Monday, the majority of network television game times and network designations were finalized for the ninth full weekend of the college football season. All times eastern. ACC Friday, Oct. 24 California at Virginia Tech – 7:30 pm, ESPN...

Owner:  Paul Stewart
Nebraska Volleyball Loses One First-Place Vote to Texas in Latest AVCA Poll

Nebraska Volleyball Loses One First-Place Vote to Texas in Latest AVCA Poll

Nebraska volleyball maintained its foothold as the No. 1 team in college volleyball on Monday. The Huskers (16-0, 6-0 B1G) continued their No. 1 ranking in another edition of the AVCA coaches polls released on Monday, earning 57 of the 61 possible...

Owner:  Stephen Freidheim
Brittany Cartwright and Brandon Hanson split 2 months after debuting relationship

Brittany Cartwright and Brandon Hanson split 2 months after debuting relationship

Brittany Cartwright and Brandon Hanson have called it quits two months after debuting their relationship. “Little side note, I’m single. We actually did not last,” Cartwright, 36, revealed during the Oct.10 episode of her “When Reality Hits”...

Owner:  Murdoch Family
Vince Gill Celebrates 50 Years In The Business With New Curated EP Series

Vince Gill Celebrates 50 Years In The Business With New Curated EP Series

Vince Gill. Photo: David McClister Vince Gill is celebrating 50 years as a hit-making artist, and to honor the major career milestone, he’s curating a series of EPs, 50 Years from Home, to be released over the course of a year. The first EP of the...

Owner:  Sherod Robertson
The most important transfer for every Mountain West men's basketball team this season

The most important transfer for every Mountain West men's basketball team this season

This afternoon, I submitted my Mountain West men's basketball preseason ballot, which I will reveal a little closer to the conference's media day, which will be held Oct. 23 at Resorts World Las Vegas. In a sign of the times, the MW has just 45...

Owner:  Smith Family
Government shutdown enters day 13, WKU professor shares possible impacts

Government shutdown enters day 13, WKU professor shares possible impacts

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – We’re now on day 13 of the government shutdown, with no end in sight. News 40 spoke with a political science professor to break down how the shutdown is impacting day-to-day life for Americans. According to political experts,...

Owner:  Patricia & Brian Lane
Purdue, Houston lead Andy Katz's preseason men's college basketball Power 37 rankings
Kentucky man rescued after falling off 40-foot cliff in Red River Gorge

Kentucky man rescued after falling off 40-foot cliff in Red River Gorge

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man was rescued from a remote Kentucky hiking trail after reportedly falling 40 feet off a cliff and sustaining "multiple traumatic injuries." The Wolfe County Search & Rescue Team posted on Facebook that it responded...

Owner:  Allan Block
College football eams need to get used to the time travel

College football eams need to get used to the time travel

Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore gives a news interview after the team's win in an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) Now that Penn State has lost to UCLA and Nittany...

Owner:  Ogden-Nutting Family

Seasons on the Hill

October 13-19, 2025 By Jay Edwards This is a rerun from 2016. Because sometimes memories are all ya got. So you blink and now your 68 instead of 20. But you still recall the moments like they were yesterday. You remember one October day, standing...

Owner:  Bobby Burton
Rolling roadblocks expected Monday as crews conduct skid testing on I-71/75

Rolling roadblocks expected Monday as crews conduct skid testing on I-71/75

Rolling roadblocks expected Monday as crews conduct skid testing on I-71/75 NOW AT NOON -- HOSTAGES -- RETURNING HOME... AFTER TWO YEARS OF WAR -- ISRAEL AND HAMAS -- HOSTAGES RETURNING HOME AFTER TWO YEARS OF WAR. ISRAEL AND HAMAS ENTERING PHASE...

Owner:  Hearst Family
Kentuck Festival returns for second year at Snow Hinton Park

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