Kentucky
state, United States
Recent News
Sep. 25, 2024, 2:39 PM ET (AP)
Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge pleads not guilty in first court appearance
Sep. 24, 2024, 1:21 PM ET (AP)
Tom Watson, longtime Associated Press broadcast editor in Kentucky, has died at age 85
Sep. 20, 2024, 6:50 PM ET (AP)
Tiny Kentucky town is rocked as their sheriff is jailed in the killing of a prominent judge
Sep. 20, 2024, 6:21 PM ET (AP)
Human remains in Kentucky positively identified as the Kentucky highway shooter
Sep. 20, 2024, 3:28 PM ET (AP)
Correction: Courthouse Shooting-Kentucky story
Kentucky, constituent state of the United States of America. Rivers define Kentucky’s boundaries except on the south, where it shares a border with Tennessee along a nearly straight line of about 425 miles (685 km), and on the southeast, where it shares an irregular, mountainous border with Virginia. Flowing generally northwestward, the Tug and Big Sandy rivers separate Kentucky from West Virginia on the east and northeast. On the north, Kentucky’s boundary follows the Ohio River to the Mississippi, meeting the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois en route. The Mississippi River then demarcates Kentucky’s short southwestern border with Missouri. ...(100 of 7938 words)