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Funding transfer to help improve mountain roads
PHELPS — For decades, people living in the eastern Kentucky town of Phelps have contended with two narrow, twisting highways on their drive to the Pike County seat. The trip may someday become less...
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Group calls for end of death penalty
LOUISVILLE — The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights has called on the state to end the use of the death penalty, saying it is often applied unfairly against minorities and the poor. The commiss...
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Judge orders acquittal in slaying of attorney
LONDON — A southern Kentucky judge ordered the acquittal of a woman charged with murder in the shooting death of her husband, a lawyer in London. Judge Robert McGinnis on Friday concluded that t...
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Senator urges halt to regulations
LOUISVILLE — U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that if Mitt Romney wins the White House, he should usher in his presidency by halting new regulations and ruling out tax incr...
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Appeals court upholds attorney’s fees for papers
LEXINGTON — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has ordered the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services to pay $20,000 to two newspapers in a fight over child abuse records. The appeals court on ...
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Associated Press Cars travel north Oct. 12 on the AA Highway into Wilder past the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet-issued Adopt-A-Highway sign recognizing the highway cleanup commitment of the "National Socialist Movement."
Whites-only group adopts section of Kentucky road
NEWPORT — A whites-only group has adopted a stretch of the AA Highway in northern Kentucky through the state’s anti-litter program. National Socialist Movement member Geoffrey Rash of Alexandria...
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Hopkinsville passes citywide smoking ban
HOPKINSVILLE — Smoking will be barred citywide in Hopkinsville come January after the city council passed a ban on lighting up. Mayor Dan Kemp broke a 6-6 tie on the council at a meeting Thursda...
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Corvette production idled for 6 months
LOUISVILLE — General Motors plans to idle Corvette production in Kentucky for six months to prepare for the next generation of the iconic sports car. The automaker laid out its schedule Thursday...
Oct 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Owensboro airport terminal expansion, renovation nearly done
OWENSBORO — Work on a nearly $3 million terminal expansion and renovation at Owensboro’s airport is almost complete. Airport Manager Bob Whitmer tells The Messenger-Inquirer the project will res...
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HOA shooting suspect: ‘They just made the killer in me’
LOUISVILLE— As he prepared for a homeowners’ association meeting last month, Dr. Mahmoud Yousef Hindi packed a loaded revolver and six spare bullets in his briefcase, told his family to have dinner...
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