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University Hospital counting on merger aid
LOUISVILLE — Officials at University Hospital say a proposed merger would give the nearly 30-year-old hospital a needed financial boost. When talks of the merger between Jewish Hospital & St. Ma...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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New gambling plan being pushed
CHICAGO — As commander of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in southern Illinois, Michael Bennett is among those still waiting for the state to implement a video gambling law so patrons can plug mone...
Nov 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lucas man transforms trash into art
GLASGOW — Chris Radus doesn’t drive his pickup to work every day, but when he does it’s not uncommon for folks to put scrap metal in its bed they think he might use. Radus, of Lucas, is a 3-D ar...
Nov 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Elvis corridor could get makeover MEMPHIS
Associated Press Elvis corridor could get makeover MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Officials in Memphis want to make Elvis Presley Boulevard more attractive. The city has applied for a federal grant that...
Nov 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Groups back merger study in Hardin County ELIZABETHTOWN — A move to study government merger in Hardin County is getting more support. Two rural civic groups say they have approved forming a c...
Nov 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Amish teen killed when SUV strikes buggy
CUB RUN — An Amish teenager was killed when the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck from behind by a sport-utility vehicle in south-central Kentucky. State Police said the buggy did not dis...
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Farmer hired girlfriend, paid $5,000 monthly
FRANKFORT — In the closing days of the 2011 gubernatorial campaign, Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer hired his girlfriend as a special assistant in his department, paying her $5,000 ...
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sediment shuts down Mississippi River at St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — Barge traffic on the Mississippi River was at a standstill for a second day Friday in both directions near St. Louis as crews scrambled to clear sediment crimping navigation along a str...
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man admits to making SIUC bomb threat BENTON, Ill. — A Chicago man faces up to 10 years in federal prison after admitting that he threatened to bomb Southern Illinois University’s flagship Carbo...
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Distillers, Sazerac settle dispute LOUISVILLE — The Kentucky Distillers’ Association and Sazerac Co. have settled a trademark dispute over the phrase “Kentucky Bourbon Trail” in promotions for c...
Nov 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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