By Linda Blackford | Editor
Everyone who’s old enough remembers where they were on 9/11. I was driving to an assignment in Winchester, and then ran into a barbershop to see the towers come down on TV. My colleague, Tim Lambert, the editor of the Pennsylvania Capital Star, has a much more unique remembrance and he tells it on the 25th anniversary of a day that changed everything.
In other news, a county in the Bluegrass has become the first one to permanently ban data center construction.
In Louisville, the Democratic Governors Association is meeting, and its members think we’re close to a blue wave, thanks to President Trump. And unsurprisingly, former Gov. Matt Bevin is appealing his 60-day jail sentence.
It’s Friday, so have a great weekend, and thanks for reading.
Valuable agricultural land is one of the reasons Woodford County has banned data center construction. (Photo courtesy Kentucky Tourism)
By Liam Niemeyer
Woodford County has approved an ordinance this week to permanently ban data center construction, the first Kentucky county to do so and among a handful of local governments across the country to take such a strict stance against the power-intensive operations.
From left to right Democratic Governors Tim Walz, Laura Kelly, Andy Beshear, Bob Ferguson and Matt Meyer speak to reporters and content creators at a conference in Louisville, Kentucky. (Kentucky Lantern photo by McKenna Horsley)
By McKenna Horsley
LOUISVILLE — Ahead of elections that could determine control of Congress and states for the rest of President Donald Trump’s second term, Democratic governors say they are happy to talk to voters about the president’s policies.
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin smiles at his arraignment in Jefferson County Court. Judge Angela Johnson sentenced him to 60 days in jail for contempt of court. (Pool photo by Matt Stone of the Louisville Courier-Journal)
By Deborah Yetter
Saying a judge has “slammed the door shut and thrown away the key,” a lawyer for former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is asking the state Court of Appeals to order his immediate release from jail for contempt of court.
Hemlock trees in the woods that are part of the Flight 93 crash site. They were marked with spray-paint by searchers in the days and weeks after the crash. This photo is from sometime in 2006. (Photo courtesy of Tim Lambert)
COMMENTARY
By Tim Lambert
The parking lot was dotted with just a handful of cars on this comfortable August morning. It was the first week of school for many families, so visitors were a bit more sparse than usual.
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