Kentucky News
News about Events in Kentucky
Aggregated Kentucky News Articles
- Kentucky girl, 9, dies in freak accident after falling off her bike and severing an artery
Charlene Sipes hit a curb as she rode near her house in Hodgenville, south of Louisville on her ninth birthday. Officials said a lever on the bike's handlebar hit her neck, killing her.
Daily Mail. Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:36:15 GMT. - Going Big At The Demo Expo
The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition is charged up and powered on for October in Louisville.
By Tom Pfister, Contributor. Forbes. Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:25:49 -0400. - V-Soft HQ project delayed as company sorts out financing
A couple of big Louisville companies are owed big money on a high-profile construction project, and they have taken legal action to ensure payment.
Marty Finley. American City Business Journals. Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:24:22 +0000. - Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame: Marland Cole wants Louisville to relearn how to support education
Cole was named to the Louisville Business First 1999 Forty Under 40 class. Since then, her career has shifted in how she thinks about access in the community.
Chris Larson. American City Business Journals. Fri, 20 Sep 2019 16:56:45 +0000. - A New Golden Age For Marketing Bourbon
More than 8 million barrels of bourbon are now quietly aging throughout Kentucky. Marketers are at work to help make sure the bourbon boom continues.
By Paul Talbot, Contributor. Forbes. Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:59:41 -0400. - Kentucky judge lets PTA appeal fundraising records release
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A judge has delayed his order for Kentucky PTA to release its financial records while the private nonprofit appeals. ...
Washington Times. Wed, 18 Sep 2019 06:58:49 -0400. - AP Exchange: "Horse Soldier" shares war stories in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) - On the morning of 9/11, a member of the group that became known as the Horse Soldiers was training at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, responding to a mock terrorist attack. He had just returned from the Middle East. ...
Briana Erickson. Washington Times. Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:00:52 -0400. - Justify trainer disputes report on failed drug test
A report found Justify failed a drug test that should have disqualified him weeks before the Kentucky Derby
CBS News. Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:03:51 +0000. - Justify reportedly failed drug test before winning Triple Crown
The newspaper says it happened after he won a race leading up to the 2018 Kentucky Derby, and California's racing board sat on the test results
CBS News. Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:33:17 -0400. - 'Moscow Mitch': Democrats Push McConnell, But Kentucky Loyalists Stand By Him
Democrats criticize Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for refusing to take up election security bills. But voters in his home state of Kentucky say that won't affect their support for him.
Ryland Barton. NPR. Sat, 07 Sep 2019 07:01:00 -0400. - Kentucky Democrat Backs Down After Mitch McConnell Accepts His Debate Challenge
On Monday, a Democratic representative from Kentucky said he would run against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican who is up for re-election in 2020, if certain conditions were met. McConnell, for his part, agreed. ...
Joe Setyon. Western Journal. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:36:35 +0000. - Genscape sale latest deal to shake up energy data world
Louisville energy data firm Genscape will become a unit of the global energy research firm Wood Mackenzie in the latest deal to shake up the energy data world.
Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle. Houston Chronicle. Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:00:00 UTC.
Kentucky Population Trends and Information Resources
The U. S. Census Bureau estimates the population of Kentucky as follows:
| Date | Estimated Population | Yearly % Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2016 | 4,436,974 | 0.28 |
| July 1, 2015 | 4,424,611 | 0.26 |
| July 1, 2014 | 4,413,057 | 0.29 |
| July 1, 2013 | 4,400,477 | 0.36 |
| July 1, 2012 | 4,384,799 | 0.35 |
| July 1, 2011 | 4,369,354 | 0.48 |
| July 1, 2010 | 4,348,662 |
According to the 2010 census, the population of Kentucky was 4,339,367.
In 2008, the estimated population of Kentucky was 4,269,245, whereas
in 2006, the population of Kentucky was about 4,199,440.
For detailed, up-to-date information about Kentucky's demographics,
visit the U.S. Census Bureau's
QuickFacts about Kentucky web page. For maps of Kentucky,
visit this Kentucky Map
website.
The photograph above shows the state capitol building
in Frankfort, Kentucky.
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