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Woman sets fire to home trying to kill bugs
CARLISLE — Fire officials say a central Kentucky woman doused her couch in alcohol in an attempt to kill bed bugs, but dropped a lit cigarette on the furniture and started a fire. About 30 peopl...
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Sheriff assigning deputy to monitor beachgoers
CADIZ — A sheriff is enacting a sort of Kentucky beach watch at Lake Barkley. Trigg County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jimmy Godair says undercover deputies will be deployed at Sandy Beach and Canton Beach o...
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Winchester man dies after tree falls on him
WINCHESTER — A central Kentucky man died after a tree fell on him after he tried to clear a limb downed by heavy winds. Clark County Sheriff Berl Perdue Jr. said 30-year-old Michael Martin died ...
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Associated Press Children cool off from the intense heat at a waterfront park on Friday in downtown Louisville. The city endured a second straight day of triple-digit temperatures as a heat wave settled in across Kentucky.
Officials concerned with water supply
LOUISVILLE — A one-two punch of drought and record-shattering heat is starting to raise anxiety levels about water supplies in some parts of Kentucky amid surging demand to keep lawns green and gar...
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Three-fourths of state in drought
LOUISVILLE — Temperatures topped 100 degrees across Kentucky on Thursday as the state sizzled from a record-busting heat wave that compounded the misery of a worsening drought that’s wilting crops ...
Jun 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beshear prepares to implement health reforms
FRANKFORT — Kentucky is ready to move ahead to create a statewide health insurance exchange after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal health care federal health care overhaul, Gov. Steve Besh...
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Woman found guilty in deaths of children
A federal jury in Paducah found a woman guilty of setting fire to her home and killing two of her children at Fort Campbell. U.S. attorney’s office spokeswoman Stephanie Collins says the jury re...
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Heat wave expected to bake Kentucky
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky will bake under a heat wave so intense it’s stopping the horses from running at Churchill Downs. And combined with dry conditions, it’s silencing fireworks in some areas. F...
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vet-targeted website to be turned over to federal officials
LOUISVILLE — A California-based company accused of preying on veterans for their education benefits agreed Wednesday to pay $2.5 million to 20 states and turn over its website — GIBill.com — to the...
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Borrowing for college skyrocketing in state
LOUISVILLE — New data shows Kentucky college graduates will be shelling out an average of $200 a month for a decade to pay off their student loans. The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Autho...
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