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Emma Sears scored the lone goal from distance for Racing Louisville against the Chicago Stars after the long delay at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview on Sunday. It was Louisville’s first NWSL win of the season. “I think just as a group what we’ve realized is in any capacity that we can help create an environment where it becomes a part of our process to be adaptable to whatever we are presented with, we have found that the group’s response to it has been fantastic,” Louisville coach Bev Yanez said of...

• The Department of Government Efficiency plans to cancel grants awarded to the Kentucky State Cabinet for Health and Family Services. • The cancelled grants total roughly $121 million and were intended to support Kentucky's health care system. Gov. Andy Beshear has said he will challenge the findings of the Department of Government Efficiency, President Donald Trump's sweeping cost-cutting initiative led by tech-billionaire Elon Musk, after several grants awarded to the Kentucky State Cabinet for Health and Family Services were marked for cancellation.

A sure sign of another Kentucky Derby on the horizon is the changing of the grandstand signage at Churchill Downs.

Crews worked Thursday to swap 150 for 151 and 2024 for 2025 on the large green and gold sign affixed between the twin spires at the iconic Louisville racetrack.

The annual tradition has taken place in the weeks leading up to the Kentucky Derby every year since 1939.

The 2025 Kentucky Derby will be held on Saturday, May 3.

St. Louis Fed president Alberto Musalem said Wednesday that he isn’t convinced inflation stemming from higher tariffs on imports to the U.S. would be entirely temporary and said he’s more concerned that inflation will stall above the central bank’s 2% long-term annual target.

In a speech to business leaders in Paducah, Ky., Musalem said tariffs have both immediate and indirect inflationary impacts.

Liver disease patients waiting for a transplant have been offered fresh hope. A new mechanism for rapid liver regeneration triggered by a chemical messenger called glutamate has been discovered. Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid found the process in mice begins just minutes after acute liver damage occurs. They say their findings, published in the journal Nature, open up avenues for future treatments of serious liver damage to include a diet enriched with the amino acid glutamate. The Spanish team said glutamate supplements can promote...

• F. Scott Fitzgerald's time in Louisville, Kentucky, particularly his experiences at Camp Taylor, subtly influenced his iconic novel "The Great Gatsby." • Although Fitzgerald's stay in Louisville was brief, the city left a lasting impression, evident in his personal letters and the novel's references to landmarks like the Seelbach Hotel and the former Camp Taylor. • The Seelbach Hotel, prominently featured in "The Great Gatsby," continues to honor Fitzgerald's legacy through themed suites and architectural details that transport guests back to the Roaring 20s.

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill touted by its Republican supporters as an attempt to bring clarity to the state's near-total abortion ban FILE - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear delivers his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chamber at the State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File) FILE - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear delivers his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chamber at the State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)...

• Tickets are on sale for "Floyd Collins," which will open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York on April 21. • The musical is about a 100-year old tragedy of a Western Kentucky man trapped in a cave for more than two weeks. • Courier Journal reporter Skeets Miller won a Pulitzer Prize in 1926 for its reporting on the disaster. His character will be played by Taylor Trensch. The story of a century-old Kentucky tragedy and media sensation is making its Broadway debut. Tickets are on sale...

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• Elizabeth King was crowned the 2025 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen at the annual Fillies Ball. • King was chosen from a group of five finalists via a random spin on a wheel. • The Kentucky Derby Festival Royal Court serves as ambassadors for the festival and the city of Louisville. Amid crowns, cocktails and celebration, the 2025 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen was announced Saturday at the annual Fillies Derby Ball held at the Omni Louisville Hotel. All five members of the 2025 Kentucky Derby Festival Royal Court, which includes...