By Linda Blackford | Editor
Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend! We’re almost there, the silly season is almost over, the debates are mostly done, the last stretch is here. The ads, well, they may continue until Nov. 3. Either way, we have plenty of elections news from this past week, and some other interesting stories as well.
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Democrat Zach Dembo, left, and Republican Ralph Alvarado, right, debate ahead of the 6th Congressional District election. (Screenshot via Fox56 feed)
By McKenna Horsley
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The candidates in Kentucky’s close 6th District Congressional race debated each other over rising grocery and gas prices, the war in Iran, data centers and the Epstein files during a televised debate Thursday evening.
Charles Booker, right, speaks during a debate with U.S. Rep. Andy Barr at the WKYT studios in Lexington, Ky., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Courtesy pool photographer Ryan Hermens)
COMMENTARY
By Linda Blackford
Debates sure aren’t what they used to be.
Do you remember gathering around the TV (how quaint!) to watch two candidates try to politely (how delightfully old-fashioned!) out-argue each other on substantive points of public policy?
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Startup proposes massive nuclear power plant campus in Lewis County
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