Afternoon Update

Today is I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort, and more than one thousand are expected to attend a rally.

Around the Commonwealth:

Lawmakers have unveiled their constitutional amendment for expanded gambling which would allow for up to seven casinos in Kentucky, but five must be at horse racing tracks.

Kentucky Politics:

Kentucky's Senate approved a bill today that allows individual school districts to decide whether to raise the dropout age and requires participating schools to have alternative education programs.

Listen to the WKMS afternoon newscasts above.

National Spotlight: Kentuckians & Environmental Action

Kentucky author, farmer and environmental activist Wendell Berry has been named the 41st Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Kentucky Politics: