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Rehearing sought in bluegrass fest naming dispute
HARTFORD — A court fight over the name of legendary bluegrass musician Bill Monroe isn’t over yet. The Messenger-Inquirer reported the Ohio County Industrial Foundation has filed a petition with...
Feb 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Industrial hemp bill passes Senate
FRANKFORT — Industrial hemp’s growth from the fringes to the political mainstream in Kentucky continued Thursday, with state Senate passage of a bill to strictly regulate the crop if the federal go...
Feb 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ex-boxer Pennington dies in crash
PIKEVILLE — A former boxer and one-time training partner of Muhammad Ali has been killed in a car crash in eastern Kentucky. Kentucky State Police say 62-year-old Mayfield Pennington’s car was s...
Feb 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, D-Jefferson, addresses colleagues in 2009 on the House floor. The House Judiciary Committee approved a Marzian-sponsored bill on Wednesday that if the full legislature passes would allow police to take DNA samples from people arrested on felony charges.
Panel passes bill to take DNA after arrest
FRANKFORT — Police would take DNA samples from people arrested on felony charges under a bill approved Wednesday by the House Judiciary Committee. If the measure is passed by the full Legislatur...
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Panel passes dropout age bill
FRANKFORT — Kentucky teenagers would no longer be able to drop out of high school at 16 under a bill that passed a House committee on Tuesday. State Rep. Jeff Greer, D-Brandenburg, said the meas...
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ehrler, former Kentucky secretary of state, dies
LOUISVILLE — Bremer Ehrler, a former Kentucky secretary of state who also held top offices in Jefferson County government, died early Sunday morning. He was 98. Ehrler’s government career began ...
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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State ranks high in disenfranchised felons
LOUISVILLE SEmD Nearly a quarter-million people in Kentucky are denied voting rights due to prior felony convictions, ranking among the highest disenfranchisement rates in the country, a new repor...
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Committee approves hemp bill
FRANKFORT — A Kentucky Senate committee approved legislation Monday to regulate industrial hemp production if the now-illegal crop gains a federal reprieve, a step encouraged by such supporters as ...
Feb 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fort Knox weighing impact of possible cuts
FORT KNOX — Officials at Fort Knox are weighing options on how to deal with potentially deep budget cuts without hurting essential functions. Kyle Hodges, a spokesman for the central Kentucky Ar...
Feb 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senate passes pair of abortion bills
FRANKFORT — Doctors would be required to make ultrasound images available to women seeking abortions under legislation passed by the Senate on Friday. The Senate also passed a separate measure t...
Feb 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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