2024 in Kentucky
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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Kentucky.
Incumbents
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Events
- January 10 — Florida-based grocer Publix opens their first Kentucky store in Louisville on Terra Crossing.https://corporate.publix.com/newsroom/news-stories/01102024---publix-opens-its-first-kentucky-store-in-louisville
- May 4 – 2024 Kentucky Derby: The 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby is held, with American thoroughbred racehorse Mystik Dan winning in a photo finish.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-04 |title=Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947 |url=https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-derby-2024-fierceness-sierra-leone-7a75a2184aa4433bafd1397340b61d99 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- May 21 –
- 2024 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary.{{Cite web |title=Kentucky Democratic Delegation 2024 |url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P24/KY-D |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=www.thegreenpapers.com}}
- 2024 Kentucky Republican presidential primary.{{Cite web |title=Kentucky Democratic Delegation 2024 |url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P24/KY-D |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=www.thegreenpapers.com}}
- May 17 – Police in Louisville arrest American golfer Scottie Scheffler, who was travelling to the 2024 PGA Championship, for assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Scottie Scheffler arrested outside PGA Championship, then returns and climbs leaderboard |url=https://apnews.com/article/scheffler-pga-police-fatality-a421bfdb346f00dec95c95a0ab04e4d9 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- May 27 – Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024: The death toll from a tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas on Saturday and Sunday increases to 21.{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2024 |title=US storms kill at least 21 across 4 states on Memorial Day weekend |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kentucky-warns-more-severe-weather-after-us-storms-kill-14-2024-05-27/ }}
- July 6 – Kentucky birthday party shooting: Four people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting in Florence. The perpetrator later commits suicide.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-07 |title=Felon, 21, kills four in birthday party mass shooting before turning gun on himself |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/chase-garvey-kentucky-mass-shooting-birthday-party-b2575569.html |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
- September 7 – Interstate 75 Kentucky shooting: Several people are injured in a mass shooting near Interstate 75 in Laurel County.{{Cite web |last=Tucker |first=Raja Razek, Emma |date=2024-09-07 |title=Numerous people shot in Kentucky near Interstate 75, officials say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/07/us/kentucky-interstate-75-shooting/index.html |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=CNN |language=en}}
- September 19 – Letcher County Judge Kevin Mullins is shot and killed in his chambers. Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines is charged with his murder.{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Andy |title=Ex-sheriff charged in judge's killing pleads not guilty in the same Kentucky courthouse where the fatal shooting unfolded |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/us/sheriff-mickey-stines-judge-kevin-mullins |website=CNN |access-date=May 16, 2025 |date=November 25, 2024}}
- November 12 – Two people are killed and 12 others are injured in an explosion at a food coloring factory in Louisville.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-13 |title=Neighbors of Kentucky factory describe years of odors before explosion that killed 2, injured 11 |url=https://apnews.com/article/louisville-kentucky-explosion-f7293237f0d07e597354505219cfcd09 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}