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Owensboro sees upswing in tourism
OWENSBORO — Owensboro’s tourism economy took a pounding after its largest hotel, the Executive Inn Rivermont, closed in 2008 as the national economy started to falter, but now things are looking be...
Dec 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Group restoring jailhouse
EDMONTON — A historical society in south-central Kentucky is working to restore an old building that once served as a jailhouse. The Metcalfe County Historical Society plans to return the buildi...
Dec 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hundreds miss school after perceived threat
BOWLING GREEN — More than half of the students at Warren East High School have missed a day of classes after a message left on a bathroom wall morphed into a perceived threat on social media. Pr...
Dec 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tax amnesty deadline arrives
FRANKFORT — Thousands of delinquent taxpayers rushed Friday to accept an amnesty offer that allows them to avoid prosecution by willingly catching up on back taxes. “Definitely, it’s the last-mi...
Dec 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Civil rights leader Sykes dies at 85
LEXINGTON — Harry Sykes, Lexington’s first black city commissioner, a civil rights leader and former Harlem Globetrotter, has died. He was 85. Sykes died Wednesday in Lexington of natural causes...
Dec 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stumbo says gambling bill can start in House
FRANKFORT — House Speaker Greg Stumbo is no longer demanding that any legislation calling for a constitutional amendment to legalize gambling in Kentucky start in the Senate. “That line in the s...
Nov 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Landmark barn in Murray rebuilt
MURRAY — A barn that had served as a landmark in Murray for a century before being destroyed by fire in September has been rebuilt. Jackie and Clarkie Butterworth said they weren’t aware of how ...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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State fields thousands of calls about tax amnesty
FRANKFORT — The Department of Revenue has fielded up to 1,000 calls a day in the final week of Kentucky’s amnesty offer to delinquent taxpayers. The rising interest has prompted the Department o...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stivers picked for top Senate post
FRANKFORT — Senate Republicans selected a mountain politician to be their top leader on Tuesday in a move that ensures Kentucky’s Appalachian region remains well-represented in the Legislature. ...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Republicans choose Senate leaders today
FRANKFORT — After more than a decade under the same leader, Senate Republicans are poised to choose their chamber’s next president today in Frankfort. But regardless of the outcome, insiders are...
Nov 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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