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Associated Press Piles of recently cut burley tobacco sit on a trailer Thursday on a farm near Finchville. Tobacco specialists say much of the burley has gone through a growth spurt, thanks to recent rains.
Burley crop shows growth spurt after timely rains
FINCHVILLE — For burley tobacco farmers in Kentucky and Tennessee, forecasts for a close-to-average yield are coming as a big relief after sweating through prospects of a paltry harvest as extreme ...
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Angry mom hurls pigs feet through window
LOYALL — Dianne Lewis says she doesn’t remember throwing the jars of pickled pigs feet through the window of a convenience store in Harlan County. Nor raking merchandise from the shelves of the ...
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State agency can help farmers find forage
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Department of Agriculture may be able to help farmers find forage for livestock now that many pastures and hay fields have been depleted by drought. State Agriculture Co...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kentucky senator to address Republican National Convention
FRANKFORT — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul will be among the speakers at the Republican National Convention later this month when former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney accepts the GOP nomination. Paul will...
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Girl Scouts collect books for tornado-damaged school
WEST LIBERTY — Four central Kentucky Girl Scouts have delivered 4,272 books they collected to a school in eastern Kentucky that was destroyed last spring by a tornado. Librarian Frances Gulley r...
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Universities of Kentucky, Louisville team up to curb alcohol abuse
LOUISVILLE — With the fall semester starting soon, Kentucky’s two largest universities are teaming with a pair of distilleries in a stepped up campaign to curb alcohol abuse among students. The ...
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Students allege bullying in Louisville school district
LOUISVILLE — Two lawsuits have been filed against Kentucky’s largest public school district alleging that teachers and administrators did little or nothing to stop students from being bullied. T...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Write-in candidates enter presidential race
FRANKFORT — Three candidates have filed paperwork in Kentucky making them eligible to receive write-in votes in this fall’s presidential race. Richard Duncan of Ohio, Louis Todd House of Kentuck...
Aug 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Agency overhauls child death reviews
FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s child-protection agency is overhauling the way it reviews the cases of children who die from abuse or neglect. The changes at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services co...
Aug 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Conviction upheld in love triangle slaying
LOUISVILLE — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has upheld a North Carolina man’s conviction of complicity to commit murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend in 1999. The appeals court on Friday foun...
Aug 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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