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Education

KY school district cancels class for bus driver shortage. Should there be more state funding?

Lack of state funding for school transportation is hurting school districts, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy says.

Updated September 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM

Education

KY middle school softball players find hidden camera in a bathroom, police say.

Updated September 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM

Education

Equity Scorecard shows wide achievement gaps between Fayette schools, students

Updated September 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM

Education

How to explain being a futures trader to your friends and family

Updated September 25, 2026 at 12:39 PM

Education

Fayette elementary school cut child from run club. Attorney says it’s against policy.

September 25, 2026 at 10:57 AM

Education

KY teacher placed on leave after distributing word puzzle with racial slur

Updated September 25, 2026 at 7:09 AM

Crime

First KY teacher prosecuted for grooming gets charged again after dismissal

Updated September 24, 2026 at 3:21 PM

Education

Performance management has a compensation problem

Updated September 24, 2026 at 1:18 PM

Education

Fayette schools, UK illegally withheld public records, attorney general finds

Updated September 24, 2026 at 10:42 AM

Education

KY superintendent surrenders license in connection to 2021 ‘man pageant’

Updated September 24, 2026 at 9:25 AM

Education

Kentucky auditor ‘nearing completion’ on Fayette schools’ exam amid money crisis

September 23, 2026 at 12:13 PM

Education

KY judge strikes law keeping Fayette school board chair, a teacher, from serving

Updated September 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM

Education

Want to follow Fayette County schools’ financial corrective action plan? Here’s how

Updated September 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM

Education

Sweating it out. Lexington high schools’ air conditioning on the fritz, students say

September 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM

Education

UK approves $337M for hospital expansion. What will it go toward?

September 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Education

Fayette County principals warn about dangerous game played by high school students

September 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM

Education

FCPS approves Interim Superintendent Bradford’s contract. Here’s what it says

September 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Education

Fayette County schools hires KY school boards association for superintendent search

September 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Education

Fayette County school board passes $751.6 million general fund budget. What was cut?

September 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM

Education

One of Kentucky’s biggest figures in coal thinks data centers will bring lots of jobs

September 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM

Education

Where dedication pays: Jobs with the biggest earning upside

Updated September 21, 2026 at 9:12 AM

Education

Beshear appoints familiar Democratic allies to UK board of trustees

Updated September 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM

Education

Fayette County schools refused to pay company working on magnet programs, lawsuit says

Updated September 19, 2026 at 8:22 AM

Fayette County

Section of major UK campus road to have sidewalk, lane closures starting Monday

September 18, 2026 at 1:38 PM

Education

US moves up in PISA test score rankings because other countries are doing worse

Updated September 18, 2026 at 9:12 AM

Education

KY school district cancels class for bus driver shortage. Should there be more state funding?

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Fayette County principals warn about dangerous game played by high school students

FCPS approves Interim Superintendent Bradford’s contract. Here’s what it says

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Section of major UK campus road to have sidewalk, lane closures starting Monday

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