A western Kentucky judge has been temporarily replaced.

Details on that.

And a celebration of bourbon workers as our Toby Gibbs looks at headlines around Kentucky.

Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawrence VanMeter selected a special judge to temporarily replace a district court judge in McCracken County.

Murray State Public Media reports Van Meter's Order States Division Judge Chris Hollowell is, quote, unable to perform the duties of his office and quote, The order did not specify why Hollowell is being temporarily replaced or when he will return.

Emergency responders from ten counties across Kentucky participated in an annual disaster training exercise in Lexington.

WQ reports that chemical stockpile emergency preparedness programs.

The event included a simulation of a mass chemical decontamination of victims.

This comes as the Blue Grass Army depot in Richmond continues to destroy secondary chemical waste from warheads.

Kentucky distillery workers competed Saturday in the bourbon barrel relay at the State Bourbon Festival.

The Kentucky Standard set Derrick Miles from Maker's Mark won first place in the men's individual barrel relay and broke his own world record from last year by half a second.

The relay is a celebration of the workers who are behind the scenes of the bourbon industry with headlines around Kentucky.

I'm Toby Gibbs.