The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...

The Kentucky State House Committee for Postsecondary Education recently met to discuss Senate Joint Resolution 55 aimed at combatting the horrific rise of antisemitism on college campuses in Kentucky.

Former Tulane wing Kam Williams announced Friday he is transferring to Kentucky. The 6-foot-8 freshman averaged 9.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in 33 games (28 starts) for the Green Wave this season. "Not ...

Six Russian tourists, including two minors, died on Thursday when a submarine carrying dozens of passengers sank off a major resort town on Egypt's Red Sea coast. The governor of Egypt's Red Sea ...

ALL GROUPS must complete online reservation requests forms. A reception for the exhibition Tangents to Heaven will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 2:00–4:00 PM (CT) at the Kentucky Museum ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Republican-backed bill touted as an attempt to bring clarity to Kentucky's near-total abortion ban was vetoed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who said it would do the ...

PADUCAH — Easterseals West Kentucky announced Tuesday, March 25, that Danny Carroll, President/CEO, informed the Board of Directors of his intention to retire from the organization after 15 years of ...

When a Wisconsin shipyard won the contract to build a new class of Navy frigate in 2020, the project was meant to address an embarrassing reality: The U.S. is now the global laggard in building ...

About 68 feet of the bow was taken from the unfinished USS Kentucky (BB-66) and used to replace the crumpled bow of the Wisconsin. The modification made the Wisconsin several feet longer that the ...

Also attending will be about 65 to 70 Navy veterans who served on the battleship USS Iowa, hull number BB-61, which served from World War II through the 1980s and is now a museum ship at the Port ...