The council members walkout kept the city council from voting on whether to move forward on a data center.

Our Toby Gibbs explains in this look at headlines around Kentucky.

In Bergen, a city council member walked out of the special meeting, preventing a vote that could have restarted efforts to build a hyperscale data center.

The Kentucky Lantern reports that Panettone data Centers wants to build a center in Mercer County.

And during the special meeting, the council was about to vote on whether to have the city attorney draft an ordinance allowing Bergen to annex land north of town for the data center.

When Melinda Wofford walked out of the meeting Tuesday night, the council no longer had a quorum and couldn't vote.

From the Hot Town Chronicle.

200 jobs are headed to Hopkinsville with the expansion of the U.S.

Smokeless Tobacco Company plans, U.S.

smokeless processes, dark fired tobacco leaves for Copenhagen Skull and other companies.

The company already has 90 full time and 250 seasonal employees.

This is a $250 million expansion.

Primary care centers of Eastern Kentucky will pay the increasing cost of gas so patients can still get free van rides for appointments.

And hazard says the clinic runs about a dozen vans operating eight hours a day to pick up patients.

Patients in Perry, Leslie and Not counties can call the clinic and schedule a ride.

A Northern Kentucky economic development advocacy organization is winning international praise.

Link Nky reports to be Nky growth Partnership just won the 2026 Excellence and Economic Development Bronze Award from the International Economic Development Council.

The Council praised Bnk Y for its road map for workforce development, connecting Northern Kentucky students with career exploration, education and employers.

With headlines around Kentucky.

I'm Toby Gibbs.