Cases of flu continue to surge across Kentucky, impacting hospital capacity and prompting school closures. Gov. Beshear encourages people to vote early ahead of the Nov. 8 general election. Our political experts discuss the legislative races they're watching. And a preview of the mayoral race in Louisville.

After decades of discussions, work begins on a new long-term care facility for military veterans. More school districts cancel in-person learning as flu cases surge. We’re counting down to the 2022 general election. And on the eve of the Breeders’ Cup, a conversation about one of the premier events in horse racing.

A number of school districts cancel classes or shift to NTI as flu cases spike around the commonwealth; the Commissioner of the KSP says a $15,000 pay raise is paying off both for retention and recruitment; Northern Kentucky University is joining forces with NASA; and sportscaster Kenny Rice breaks down the significance of the Breeders' Cup.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Kentucky leads the nation in lung cancer cases and mortality rates; an online publication run by student journalists focuses on the state's education system; and one week before election day, the candidates for U.S. Senate are ramping up their stops on the campaign trail.

The University of Kentucky is remembering a student killed in South Korea; a philanthropist makes another large donation to a Kentucky group; we talk with the Kentucky National Guard about the decline in new recruits; and a school bus is taking kids to school without leaving the parking lot.

A federal appeals court sides with a candidate running for the Kentucky Supreme Court; a doctor reacts to the nationwide shortage of a common antibiotic for children; a southern Kentucky health department tries something new in hopes of saving lives; and Lexington prepares to host the Breeders' Cup.

Gov. Beshear calls for funding universal pre-K and other measures as part of his "education first agenda;" some lawmakers are pushing for a statewide rescue team they say will save lives; accusations are traded about a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot; and a Lexington filmmaker discusses a film that takes away some of the mystery around one of the Freemasons' signature rituals.

Today is the start of in-person absentee voting in the commonwealth; lawmakers get an update on progress at the new cannabis research center at the University of Kentucky; and 10 school districts are getting new buses under a program by the federal government.

Doctors say a spike in RSV cases is putting a strain on the hospital system; today is the last day to request an absentee ballot for the midterm elections; Sen. Paul and his challenger Charles Booker are holding campaign events around the state in the lead up to election day; and why a picture of a coal miner at UK's Blue-White game in Pikeville is getting so much attention.

A new report shows math and reading scores for fourth and eighth-graders declined in most states during the pandemic, including Kentucky; Sec. Eric Friedlander discusses the administration's plan of expanding Medicaid; a new, nationwide project aimed at healing the political divide gets its start in Kentucky; and the Halloween spirit is alive on the campus of Transylvania University.