Since last spring, some Kentucky food pantries have seen their lines double in size. Some senior citizens even sleep in their cars to get food. Take a closer look at the situation and what’s being done about it. kentucky.com/news/state/ken…

Worthwhile story from Rick Childress: "...the money from the loans has taken several months to get them, they said, forcing them to dive into long-held savings and other funds just to be able to keep construction going." kentucky.com/news/state/ken… via Lexington Herald-Leader

“A lot of times you’ll see on movies or in books, they’ll portray Appalachia as a place that you have to escape, you have to get out.” kentucky.com/news/state/ken…

Months after the floods, some are living in state parks and debris hangs in trees. As more Americans are displaced from climate disasters, Kentucky shows the added difficulties when they strike in rural areas. wapo.st/3JVPY06

🇺🇸 Eastern Kentucky Strip Mine To Be Replanted As Forest ▫Rick Childress ▫is.gd/gSSENW 🇺🇸 #frontpagestoday #USA Lexington Herald-Leader

Hadley Duvall’s ad about abortion rights helped Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear win reelection — and she’s ready to campaign again in 2024. wapo.st/3GvukgJ

And photos by fellow Kernel alum Arden Barnes.

Inauguration Day (and night) in photos by Arden Barnes kentuckylantern.com/2023/12/12/pho…

Governor Andy Beshear puts human faces to his budget proposals in State of the Commonwealth address. By McKenna Horsley Photos by Arden Barnes kentuckylantern.com/2024/01/03/bes…

.Kentucky Gymnastics Raena Worley received her first 10 for her floor routine during Kentucky’s annual Excite Night meet against Georgia. Kentucky defeated Georgia 197.950-195.650, a new school record. Herald-Leader Sports Caroline Makauskas

Excite Night 2024 = history. For the first time since the '90s, UK gymnastics recorded a perfect 10.000. And the Wildcats did it twice. Read all about it: kentucky.com/sports/college…

.Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com in Frankfort 📸: Arden Barnes

.Dolly Parton visited the Lyric Theater in Lexington alongside First Lady Britainy Beshear and Governor Andy Beshear to celebrate the expansion of her #ImaginationLibrary program to all Kentucky’s 120 counties. For Kentucky.com Monica Kast

Turns out, in order to write about Dolly Parton all I had to do was leave Tennessee and move back to Kentucky kentucky.com/news/local/edu…

Six years ago, the Alice Dunnigan sculpture debuted at the Newseum! Arden Barnes and I attended for the Kentucky Kernel. I was already fascinated by Alice, but I didn’t yet know I’d spend the next six years writing about her—for a book that will hopefully be on your shelf someday!

Kentucky and Bucknell are underway at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Herald-Leader Sports Lexington Herald-Leader

Kentucky leads Bucknell 47-31 at the half. Herald-Leader Sports Herald-Leader Sports

Kentucky defeats Bucknell 100-72 Herald-Leader Sports Lexington Herald-Leader

The winter storm has arrived in Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington Herald-Leader HLpublicsafety