Good evening, Kentucky. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.
Your Weather Planner
Scattered showers in eastern Kentucky will wrap up in the late evening hours, leaving the entire region dry and quiet for the overnight. Skies will be mostly clear as temperatures dip into the 30s late.
Tomorrow's Forecast
The workweek will end on a milder and windy note. Under sunny skies, winds could gust over 30 mph. However, that wind will be from the southwest and will help to warm us up well into the 60s at the very least.
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Today's Big Stories
1. DOGE listed these Kentucky offices as closed. They were not.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has a website showing business closures and allegedly how much money it is saving taxpayers.
2. WATCH: 600-foot-high lava fountains from the eruption of Kilauea
Episode 11 of the ongoing Kilauea eruption featured 600-foot-high lava fountains. Watch the video.
3. Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows
Hackman, 95, was found dead Wednesday in a mudroom and his 63-year-old wife, Betsy Arakawa, was found dead in a bathroom next to a space heater, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office detectives wrote in a search warrant. There was an open prescription bottle and pills scattered on a countertop near Arakawa.
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4. New bill wants water fluoridation to be optional
A bill working its way through the Kentucky legislature would make water fluoridation programs optional, essentially shifting the decision from the state to local water systems.
Your Notes for Tomorrow
- Students from public universities will rally in Frankfort over DEI | Frankfort
- VA Secreatary Doug Collins and Rep. Andy Barr visit Lexington VA Health Care System | Lexington
- Dept. of Criminal Justice and Gov. Andy Beshear open the Western Kentucky Training Center | Madisonville
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