Louisville KY

In 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn made a daring escape from enslavement. In 2026, the Frazier Museum brought their story back to Louisville. The Frazier Museum’s newest exhibit “Louisville to Liberty: The Blackburns’ Journey” follows both the Blackburns and the archeology that brought them to life.

This is Part 1 of "Breathless," a Courier Journal special report on the burden of asthma on Kentucky families. This project was supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 's 2026 National Fellowship, the Fund for Reporting on Child Well-being and the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism. Asthma is putting people in the hospital for days or weeks at a time, pulling children out of the classroom, keeping adults out of work, trapping people in their homes, and driving a preven

A Frankfort distillery won big at the World Travel Awards Caribbean & The Americas Gala Ceremony . Whiskey Thief Distilling Co. , which operates a distillery at 283 Crab Orchard Road, in Frankfort, Ky. and has a tasting room at 610 Nanny Goat Strut in Louisville's NuLu neigbhborhood, was voted North America’s Leading Distillery Tour 2026 and North America’s Leading Whisk(e)y Distillery Tour 2026 at the World Travel Awards , held Oct. 11 in Jamaica. Whiskey Thief took first place in both categori

Multiple storm rounds threaten Kentucky Wednesday and Thursday, with strong winds and frequent lightning.

Taylorhurst Shopping Center, the 63,164-square-foot retail strip at the northwest corner of South Hurstbourne Parkway and Taylorsville Road, has new owners. Cincinnati-based Last Mile Investments has acquired the East Louisville property and is already lining up repairs and upgrades for the long-running neighborhood center. Before the sale closed, Taylorhurst carried...

Louisville's downtown wharf is about to get spookier, with the Belle of Louisville Riverboats rolling out two separate Halloween-themed cruises this October — one built for trick-or-treating families, the other steeped in the steamboat's own haunted reputation. The kid-focused outing sets sail on October 25 aboard the Mary M. Miller, while an adult-oriented ghost cruise departs October 30 on the historic Belle of Louisville herself.

Two top officials from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration are facing off in the Democratic primary to replace the term limited governor next year — with one of those candidates jumping out to an enormous fundraising lead. Rocky Adkins, who served as Beshear’s senior advisor until he announced...

Areas west of Interstate 65 face heightened flooding concerns as slow-moving rain arrives October 14.

A strong late-October warm signal emerges, but Halloween temperatures remain uncertain.

Temperatures near 90 degrees give way to thunderstorms, gusty winds and possible weekend frost.