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Kentucky
27 counties under water shortage watch
FRANKFORT — Kentucky officials have placed 27 counties on a water shortage watch as high heat and drought conditions persist throughout the state. The state Energy and Environment Cabinet says t...
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Volunteers turning 1940 census into online data
LEXINGTON — Seventy-two years ago, workers went house to house and filled in ledgers by hand when compiling 1940 census data. A few months ago the information became available for volunteers acr...
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Court upholds conviction in Pitino extortion case
LOUISVILLE — The woman convicted of trying to extort millions in cash, cars and a house from University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino “advanced no arguments of merit on appeal” a...
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Comer creates task force to review fuel lab
COVINGTON — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer has set up a task force to look into concerns an audit raised about the state’s fuel lab. The Kentucky Enquirer reports the task force i...
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Area code requested for western Kentucky
FRANKFORT — With the ever-growing use of cell phones, western Kentucky has nearly exhausted the 270 area code and is in line for an additional one. The Kentucky Public Service Commission is weig...
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Mother arrested for leaving kids alone in hot home
BOWLING GREEN — Police in south central Kentucky have arrested a woman who is the mother of some of the 19 children left alone in a hot, filthy home near Bowling Green. Police found the kids, in...
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Despite praise, ACT order unclear
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky’s top education official said Tuesday although he’s praising new assessments that college testing giant ACT Inc., has developed for primary and secondary schools, it doesn’t m...
Jul 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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First lady offers summer reading list
FRANKFORT — Too hot to go outside? Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, Kentucky’s first lady has released her summer book suggestions for young readers. Jane Beshear’s Top 10 Summer Rea...
Jul 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Race traffic waits to get out of the track after the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta on July 10, 2011.
Beshear pleased repairs headed off second raceday traffic jam
FRANKFORT — A smooth flow of traffic into and out of the Kentucky Motor Speedway over the weekend shows that improvements designed to prevent a repeat of last year’s gridlock were successful, Gov. ...
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Associated Press Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accompanied by Sen. John Cornyn (left), R-Texas, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters outside the Senate on June 26 in Washington following a political strategy session with other GOP Senate leaders. On Monday, McConnell said the odds are against repealing the health care law championed by President Barack Obama.
McConnell: Odds long to undo health care law
ELIZABETHTOWN — It’s on his to-do list, but U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the odds are against repealing the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. The Kentucky...
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