
TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
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Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to John James Audubon, born in 1785.
Happy Birthday to Madison County native Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts, born in 1897.
April 26, 1974, the Kentucky State Racing Commission ended speculation that the Kentucky Derby might split into two heats. Governor W. Ford confirmed he would approve the decision. Thirty-one horses were ready to enter, but Churchill would only accommodate twenty-six. Twenty-three sprang from the gate on May 4 with Cannonade winning.

April 26, 2023, a frustrated Rand Paul grilled USAID Director Samantha Powell in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
.@chelliepingree and I reintroduced the PRIME Act (H.R. 2814) yesterday. The bill would give individual states freedom to permit intrastate distribution of custom-slaughtered meat such as beef, pork, or lamb to consumers, restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, and grocery stores.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 26, 2023
New federal rules aim to clean up toxic coal ash, including nearly a dozen sites in Kentucky @liamniemeyer https://t.co/ugPqzbnbRN
— Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com (@KYLantern) April 26, 2024
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