Evening Briefing in Bluegrass

Good evening, Kentucky. We wrap up the day for you with the top stories you need to know and the weather forecast.

Your weather planner

I hope you have been enjoying our beautiful weather as it ends as we head into the weekend.

Showers will begin to spread across western Kentucky late tonight and will continue to expand eastward toward I-65 into the morning. Clouds are sure to increase, and with a southerly breeze, temperatures will be considerably milder overnight.

Tomorrow’s forecast

Showers will develop into the western half of Kentucky Saturday morning and continue to spread east throughout the day. Rain will reach the I-75 corridor by mid-afternoon.

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Today’s Big Stories

1. Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project adds new adjustments based on feedback

Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., and Gov. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, announced that a new “street network” reconnecting downtown Cincinnati to Queensgate and “low impact” Goebel Park in Covington are among seven major innovations same with the $3.6 billion Brent Spence Corridor project.

2. HL: ‘An open death investigation’ in Henry Clay High senior, says coroner

Our partner Herald Leader reports that Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn said autopsy findings are inconclusive in the death of Henry Clay High School student Emeka Emmanuel Mwakadi.

3. Biden calls attacks on justice system ‘reckless’ and ‘dangerous’ after Trump verdict

In his first comments since Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony charges in his criminal trial, President Joe Biden condemned the former president and his Republican allies’ attacks on the verdict and New York’s criminal justice system.

4. Trump speaks out against hush money verdict, claims record fundraising in rambling speech

“If I can do it to me, I can do it to anybody,” said Trump, the first former president to be convicted of a crime. “These are bad people. These are, in many cases, sick people.”

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