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Associated Press Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway hugs Karen Shay on Thursday in Lexington, as they promote a new statewide billboard campaign aimed at curtailing prescription drug abuse. Shay's 19-year-old daughter, Sarah, died as a result of a prescription pill overdose in 2006.
Mothers speak against pill abuse
LEXINGTON — Two Kentucky mothers touched by the tragedy of prescription drug abuse are the faces of a new statewide billboard campaign driving home the dangers of popping pills outside a doctor’s c...
Jul 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police ID remains found in burned vehicle
TOPMOST — Kentucky State Police say two sets of human remains have been identified after troopers were called to the site of a burned vehicle at an abandoned mine in eastern Kentucky. A statemen...
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UofL plans academic center for athletes
LOUISVILLE — The University of Louisville has announced plans for a new $8 million academic center for its athletes. The school said Tuesday that fundraising is just getting under way, and Maker...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Anti-drug youth camp begins Tuesday
WILLIAMSBURG — More than 200 youths from 26 counties in eastern and southern Kentucky are attending an anti-drug camp this week at the University of the Cumberlands. The camp is offered by Opera...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Six die in weekly traffic, none in cars
FRANKFORT — A review of last week’s traffic fatalities across the commonwealth shows none of the victims were in cars. Kentucky State Police said six people were killed in traffic July 16-22. ...
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Social worker sentenced to five years in prison
FRANKFORT — Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says a former social worker has been sentenced to five years in prison for falsifying reports on child abuse and neglect. A statement from Conwa...
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Beshear signs new order to regulate prescriptions
FRANKFORT — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has signed emergency regulations that require doctors to meet tougher prescription standards in an effort to stop drug abuse. The rules, which were given ...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Preliminary work begins on bridges
Gov. Steve Beshear (foreground) applauds as workers begin demolishing several decaying buildings on Monday as part of plans to widen nearby Interstate 65. The work is connected with the downtown ph...
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Sun files Michael Carneal is escorted by a guard from the U.S. District Courthouse in Paducah in 2011. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider in October whether Carneal waited too long to attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the 1997 Heath High School shooting that killed three people and wounded five others.
Carneal gets new hearing
A federal appeals court has set an Oct. 10 hearing date to take up the case of a convicted school shooter from McCracken County. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will consider...
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Associated Press Liz Stringer (left), president of the Abraham Civil War Roundtable of Michigan; Kimberly Johnson, a member of the Michigan Historical Commission; and Paula White, president of the Battle of Richmond Association, talk Saturday after the unveiling of a marker commemorating the service of Michigan soldiers in the 1862 Battle of Richmond in Richmond.
Marker notes Michigan soldiers who fought at Kentucky battle
RICHMOND — A marker has been placed on a Civil War battlefield in central Kentucky to recognize Michigan troops who fought and died there. Michigan Historical Commission member Kimberly Johnson ...
Jul 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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