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1 more needed for commission
OAKLAND — A small Kentucky city has been left with one empty seat on its commission after the election. The ballot for commissioner in Oakland was empty because no candidate met the filing deadl...
Nov 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Law-enforcement group targets constables
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky should abolish the office of constable or strip its law-enforcement powers because it has outlived its usefulness and is no longer essential to modern law-enforcement work, a ...
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Candidates settle with coin toss
WHITESBURG — Forget complicated vote recounts. A tie in a city council race in eastern Kentucky was settled the easy way, with a coin toss. The Mountain Eagle says Whitesburg candidate Tom Sexto...
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GOP makes gains in former Democratic stronghold
LOUISVILLE — For years, state Sen. Joey Pendleton was a political survivor in western Kentucky even as Republicans chipped away at a tradition of Democratic dominance. But sharing the ballot with P...
Nov 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Election fortifies Republican hold on delegation
FRANKFORT — Despite being overwhelmingly Democratic by registration, Kentucky voters have an affinity for Republicans in the state’s federal delegation, electing two more congressmen from the ranks...
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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High school aviation program suspended
LOUISVILLE — An aviation maintenance program at a high school in Louisville has been temporarily suspended after a Federal Aviation Administration inspection found record-keeping problems. The p...
Nov 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Inmate shoots himself with jailer’s gun
HOPKINSVILLE — Kentucky State Police say an inmate at the Christian County jail shot himself with a jailer’s gun in a Hopkinsville hospital emergency room. The police said in a news release that...
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Hunting amendment on Kentucky ballot
CALIFORNIA — Voters across the state will cast ballots on Election Day to decide whether hunting and fishing should be a constitutional right in Kentucky. The effort is backed by the National Ri...
Nov 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tanker burns with no end in sight
LOUISVILLE — The blaze that authorities initially said would end in a couple of hours instead spewed flames and smoke from a derailed tanker car for a second day Thursday with no end in sight, as c...
Nov 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police investigate wrongful conviction
LOUISVILLE — Louisville’s police chief has ordered an investigation into what led to the wrongful conviction of Edwin Chandler 17 years ago. Chandler was charged with fatally shooting a gas stat...
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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