Lexington’s seven mayoral candidates participated in their last scheduled forum yesterday evening at the Central Library. The hour long question and answer period covered topics ranging from reducing violence to jobs to budgetary challenges.

Kentucky cattle producers are hoping to see more of their beef show up at local grocery stores.  That ‘farm to table’ initiative began earlier this spring.

Kentucky Thoroughbred Association Director Chauncey Morris says the equine industry is, quote, “in a very good place now.”

One of the best examples of the success of the horse industry in the commonwealth is the just completed Kentucky Derby.  Morris says 85 percent of the horses in the big race were Kentucky bred.

The Ohio Valley is not immune from the national surge of tick-borne illnesses reported earlier this week by the CDC. and  some officials say it’s possible to stop that trend with better funding. 

The number of tick-related illnesses such as Lyme disease starting surging around 2012. 

During that time, the number of cases in Kentucky and West Virginia more than doubled. Michael Shardien is a health policy specialist in Kentucky.

This week in Kentucky politics, Gov. Matt Bevin weighed in on the potential state takeover of Louisville’s public school system. The leader of Kentucky’s House of Representatives called for an investigation into a statewide broadband internet project. And a Republican state Representative abruptly dropped out of her reelection campaign, saying that this year’s legislative session was the “nastiest” in history. 

National Day of Prayer observances were held Thursday across central Kentucky. 

At Lexington’s Bluegrass Care and Rehabilitation Center, Administrator Shannon Spencer admits sometimes residents in a nursing facility can feel ‘left out’ and prayer helps them feel included.  “A lot of our residents here at the center, that’s the last thing that they have, that they are holding on to, is spirituality.  So, being able to bring in the National Day of Prayer, bringing it to the residents and allowing them to participate, that right there speaks volumes,” said Spencer.