Kentucky lawmakers took the first step Wednesday toward placing new restrictions on the governor's pardoning powers. A bill with bipartisan backing would establish windows of time around gubernatorial elections when the governor could not pardon or commute sentences.

The Railbird Festival  is back! This year the festival will be held August 22-23rd at the grounds at Keeneland. You can find the full  2020 lineup below! Who are you the most excited to see?

This year's Railbird Festival will be headlined by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit and Maren Morris and will also feature The Head and the Heart, Young the Giant, The Decemberists, Tanya Tucker, Trampled by Turtles, Colter Wall, Whiskey Myers, Shovels & Rope, City and Colour, The Dead South and Cat Power. See the full lineup below. Weekend passes go on sale this Friday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. via railbirdfest.com. A limited number of two-day general admission tickets will be available for $135.

A key Kentucky lawmaker said Friday that former Gov. Matt Bevin’s four last appointments to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees were out of compliance with state law.

Wild Fig Books and Coffee is closing at the end of the month and owners say gentrification is to blame. Wild Fig is the only African-American owned bookstore in Kentucky and has become a neighborhood gathering place on North Limestone for the past five years.

Nick Richards had 16 points, including two go-ahead free throws with 1:11 remaining, and Immanuel Quickley and Keion Brooks each made two more in the closing seconds to help No. 12 Kentucky escape Mississippi 67-62.