Richmond Register

03/01/2025

Eastern Kentucky University held its annual STEM Goes Red event in partnership with the American Heart Association on Friday, Feb. 28th, 2025. This event invited around 100 young women who were either juniors or seniors in high school from the count…

Eastern Kentucky University held its annual STEM Goes Red event in partnership with the American Heart Association on Friday, Feb. 28th, 2025. This event invited around 100 young women who

03/01/2025

”Racsim means we got to fight back.”

03/01/2025

President Donald Trump says he wants an “immediate” ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make peace or lose American support. Trump says he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin, who laun…

President Donald Trump says he wants an “immediate” ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make peace or lose American support. Trump says he

02/28/2025

He calls it, with irony, his “great escape.”

02/28/2025

College sports in Kentucky often got professional league attention even before name, image and likeness (NIL) laws expanded student-athletes’ opportunities for prosperity in the Bluegrass.

02/28/2025

A key price gauge declined last month, a sign that inflation may be cooling though stiff tariffs threatened by the White House threaten that progress. Yet data released Friday by the Commerce Department also showed that Americans cut their spending …

A key price gauge declined last month, a sign that inflation may be cooling though stiff tariffs threatened by the White House threaten that progress. Yet data released Friday by

02/27/2025

California Democrat Rep. Sam Liccardo is proposing legislation that takes aim at President Donald Trump's meme coin. Liccardo’s bill, which he plans to introduce Thursday, would block the president, members of Congress, and other senior officials, a…

California Democrat Rep. Sam Liccardo is proposing legislation that takes aim at President Donald Trump's meme coin. Liccardo’s bill, which he plans to introduce Thursday, would block the president, members

02/27/2025

FRANKFORT — A bill that some Kentucky academics argue could erode faculty tenure in the state’s public universities passed the House Tuesday.

02/27/2025

FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s Senate is moving to add harsher penalties for retailers who sell va**ng products to minors.

02/27/2025

Schools and colleges across the U.S. face a Friday deadline to end diversity programs or risk having their federal money pulled by the Trump administration, yet few are openly rushing to make changes. Many believe they’re on solid legal ground, and …

Schools and colleges across the U.S. face a Friday deadline to end diversity programs or risk having their federal money pulled by the Trump administration, yet few are openly rushing

02/27/2025

The Food and Drug Administration is reinstating some of the hundreds of staffers it fired last week. That’s according to agency employees who spoke with the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The FDA callbacks are the latest example of the …

The Food and Drug Administration is reinstating some of the hundreds of staffers it fired last week. That’s according to agency employees who spoke with the Associated Press on condition

02/27/2025

March has been proclaimed as Children’s Champions Month several times by the Madison County Fiscal Court and the City of Richmond, and this year is no different as once again the court and city commission both read a proclamation at their latest mee…

March has been proclaimed as Children’s Champions Month several times by the Madison County Fiscal Court and the City of Richmond, and this year is no different as once again

02/27/2025

Ronnie Agee, 38, was arrested on Feb. 24th just past midnight following a drug complaint at Quality Inn in Berea.

02/27/2025

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, claims American taxpayers could receive a $5,000 refund from the federal government — despite no apparent support in Congress, which controls the nation’s purse strings.

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, claims American taxpayers could receive a $5,000 refund from the federal government — despite no apparent support in Congress, which controls the

02/27/2025

The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas. Normally, most U.S. cases are brought into the country by people who have traveled overseas, wher…

The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas. Normally, most U.S.

02/27/2025

FRANKFORT — A bill to make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky passed the House on Wednesday with bipartisan opposition.

02/27/2025

The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world. That’s according to an internal memo obtained by The …

The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world.

02/27/2025

FRANKFORT — Recently installed U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear met Wednesday for a few minutes in Frankfort as Noem visited the state after widespread flooding.

FRANKFORT — Recently installed U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear met Wednesday for a few minutes in Frankfort as Noem visited the state after