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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798-99): state legislative protests against the Alien and Sedition Acts, secretly drafted by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, asserting compact theory, interposition, and nullification.
Kentucky Bend
Kentucky Bend, also called Madrid Bend or New Madrid Bend, is a nine-person exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky, cut off by a Mississippi River oxbow after the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes, reachable only through Tennessee.
Kentucky Colonel
Kentucky Colonel, honorary civil title commissioned by the Governor of Kentucky, the Commonwealth's highest honor; traced to Isaac Shelby's 1813 aide-de-camp commission of Charles S. Todd, officially adopted for civilians in 1895, with the charitable Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels founded in 1932.
Kentucky Democratic Party
Kentucky Democratic Party, state Democratic affiliate in Kentucky (KDP), Frankfort-based. Long dominant, now led by chair Colmon Elridge and Governor Andy Beshear; lost voter-registration majority to Republicans in June 2022.
Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby, the "Run for the Roses": Grade I stakes for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at 1 1/4 miles, first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs, Louisville. Run since 1875; first winner Aristides; first jewel of the Triple Crown.
Kentucky Educational Television
Kentucky Educational Television (KET) is Kentucky's statewide public broadcasting network, headquartered in Lexington. It signed on in 1968 and is one of the largest public television networks in the nation.
Kentucky in the American Civil War
Kentucky in the American Civil War: a neutral-declaring slave border state that sided with the Union in September 1861, hosted a Confederate government at Bowling Green, saw Perryville (1862), and ended slavery only via the 13th Amendment in December 1865.
Kentucky Kingdom
Kentucky Kingdom (Hurricane Bay water park), Louisville theme park on Kentucky Exposition Center grounds; opened 1987, Six Flags era to 2009, reopened 2014 under Ed Hart, Herschend operator since 2021; 67 acres, 70+ rides, six coasters.
Kentucky meat shower
The Kentucky meat shower, also known as Kentucky meat rain, was the fall of raw meat chunks from a clear sky over Bath County, Kentucky, on March 3, 1876.
Kentucky Oaks
Kentucky Oaks (Longines Kentucky Oaks), Grade I 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs, first run May 19, 1875, day before the Derby; $1.5 million purse, Road to the Oaks points system, lilies garland, pink Oaks Day, primetime NBC since 2026.
Kentucky Power
Kentucky Power, formally Kentucky Power Company, is a regulated electric utility headquartered in Ashland, Kentucky, serving about 162,000 customers in 20 eastern Kentucky counties as an American Electric Power subsidiary.
Kentucky Route Zero
Kentucky Route Zero, Cardboard Computer's magical realist point-and-click adventure (five acts, four interludes, 2013-2020), follows trucker Conway on a secret highway beneath Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway (Sparta, KY), 1.5-mile tri-oval opened June 2000; hosted IndyCar 2000–2011 and NASCAR Cup 2011–2020; Speedway Motorsports-owned, dormant since 2020 amid rezoning plans.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, headquartered in Frankfort, is Kentucky's state agency for highways, bridges, driver licensing, and vehicle registration, employing more than 4,000 people across 12 Department of Highways districts.
Kentucky Utilities
Kentucky Utilities (KU) is an investor-owned utility headquartered in Lexington that operates in Kentucky and Virginia. It is a subsidiary of LG&E and KU, owned by PPL Corporation.
Kentucky Wildcats football
Kentucky Wildcats football: University of Kentucky SEC program in Lexington, two SEC titles (1950, 1976), plays at 61,000-seat Kroger Field, new head coach Will Stein in 2026.
Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball: University of Kentucky Division I program in Lexington, also called the Wildcats or UK. Eight NCAA titles, 17 Final Fours, all-time AP No. 1; home games at Rupp Arena; current head coach Mark Pope.
Kenvue
Kenvue Inc. is an American consumer health company spun off from Johnson & Johnson in 2023, making Tylenol, Neutrogena, Listerine, and Band-Aid, with $15.4 billion in 2023 net sales.
Kenwood Corporation
Kenwood Corporation (株式会社ケンウッド, Kabushiki-kaisha Ken'uddo) was a Japanese electronics manufacturer founded in 1946, known for home and car audio and amateur radio, and merged with JVC into JVCKENWOOD in 2011.
Kenworth
Kenworth is an American manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks, founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1923 and owned by PACCAR Inc, which also builds Peterbilt and DAF trucks.
Kenworth T680
The Kenworth T680 is a Class 8 aerodynamic conventional tractor built by Kenworth, a PACCAR subsidiary, introduced in 2012 to replace the T660 and T700 in long-haul freight.
Kenworth W900
The Kenworth W900 is a long-hood Class 8 conventional truck produced by Kenworth since 1963, with over 280,000 sold; Kenworth announced in March 2025 that production ends in 2026.
Kenwyne Jones
Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian forward born 1984 in Point Fortin; played Southampton, Sunderland, Stoke City, Cardiff City, Atlanta United; 195 Premier League games, 40 goals; 2006 World Cup; 91 caps, 23 goals for Trinidad and Tobago.
Keny Arroyo
Keny Arroyo (Keny Alexander Arroyo Alvarado), Ecuadorian right winger born 2006 in Guayaquil; Independiente del Valle academy product sold to Beşiktaş in 2025, then Cruzeiro for €8.5M; two Ecuador caps.
Kenya
Kenya (Republic of Kenya), East Africa's largest economy, a lower middle-income country independent since 1963 and a republic since 1964; growth 4.6% in 2024, debt 70.6% of GDP, poverty 43.3%.
Kenya African Democratic Union
The Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) was a federalist political party in colonial Kenya, formed in 1960 to represent smaller ethnic communities, which joined KANU in 1964.
Kenya African National Union
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party formed in 1960 that led Kenya to independence and ruled under Kenyatta and Moi until 2002.
Kenya African Union
The Kenya African Union (KAU), Kenya's first territorial nationalist party, was founded in October 1944, led by Jomo Kenyatta from 1947, and banned in the 1950s.
Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways is the flag carrier of Kenya, founded in 1977 after East African Airways disbanded, privatized in 1996, and the sole African member of the SkyTeam alliance.
Kenya at the Cricket World Cup
Kenya is a men's cricket team that played five consecutive Cricket World Cups from 1996 to 2011, and in 2003 became the only non-Test nation to reach a semi-final.