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New teacher evaluation program receives praise from latest users
FRANKFORT — A pilot program to standardize the way educators are evaluated across Kentucky drew rave reviews Wednesday from some who have been using it. The program evaluates teachers using seve...
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McConnell readies for re-election
FRANKFORT — U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is gearing up for a tough re-election fight next year in Kentucky. He wants to prevent one, too. McConnell is trying to head off a GOP p...
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6 die in crash on I-65 in central Kentucky
ELIZABETHTOWN — Kentucky State Police said six people died and two children were injured in a fiery crash on Interstate 65 in central Kentucky. Police dispatcher Chuck Stewart said a semi-truck ...
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Associated Press U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (right) and wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, speak with supporters at a Republican dinner Saturday in Winchester. A liberal political group had made an issue of Chao's ethnicity in messages distributed on Twitter last month.
McConnell takes on group for criticizing wife
WINCHESTER — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted a liberal group on Saturday for criticizing the Asian heritage of his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, calling its Twitter m...
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Company to add 332 jobs
OWENSBORO — Owensboro officials said the city’s largest private employer plans an expansion that will add more than 300 new jobs. Mayor Ron Payne told the Messenger-Inquirer on Friday that U.S. ...
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Police investigate body in trash
LOUISVILLE — Police are investigating after a man’s bullet-riddled body was found in a trash receptacle in Louisville. The Jefferson County coroner’s office told The Courier-Journal the body was...
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Bar trying to amass largest bourbon collection
OWENSBORO — A restaurant and bar is on a quest to offer the world’s largest selection of bourbons. The Messenger-Inquirer reported Spirits at The Miller House in downtown Owensboro currently has...
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Associated Press Trey Earnhardt, a sales representative for a spirits distributor, looks over a bottle of Jacob's Ghost, a white whiskey produced by Jim Beam, on Friday in Clermont. Earnhardt says early sales have been strong for the product. Beam Inc.'s newest spirit is called Jacob's Ghost in honor of Jacob Beam, founding distiller of its flagship Jim Beam brand.
Top bourbon maker Beam dips into white whiskey
CLERMONT — The world’s largest bourbon producer is dipping into moonshining’s colorful past to create its own batches of white whiskey. Beam Inc.’s newest spirit is called Jacob’s Ghost in honor...
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UK makes gains in business college fundraising
LEXINGTON — The University of Kentucky passed the halfway point in fundraising to expand its business college. UK President Eli Capilouto said Friday nearly $34 million in private funds has been...
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Woman guilty of assault for having gun
BOZEMAN, Mont. — A 54-year-old Kentucky woman who prosecutors said pulled a gun on a Montana attorney during mediation in a lawsuit has been found guilty of misdemeanor assault with a weapon. Sh...
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