May 18, 2013
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Coal plant to use byproduct as fertilizer
LOUISVILLE — Waste products from a coal-fired Louisville power plant will be turned into fertilizer by a new facility that was unveiled Monday. The announcement by LG&E and Charah Inc. drew Kent...
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Relatives wrestle over gun, 1 shot
HODGENVILLE — Investigators say two family members fought over a gun, resulting in one person being shot at a home in Hodgenville. LaRue County Sheriff Merle Edlin told WAVE-TV in Louisville the...
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Associated Press Richie Farmer smiles before a debate at Ketucky Educational Television in Lexington in 2011. Farmer, a former agriculture commissioner, was indicted Monday on federal charges of misappropriating state funds.
Former ag commissioner indicted on federal charges
LEXINGTON — A Kentucky basketball icon whose jersey hangs from the rafters of Rupp Arena was accused in a federal indictment Monday of misappropriating government funds during his tenure as head of...
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Midwestern river cities brace for floodwaters
CLARKSVILLE, Mo. — The fast-rising Mississippi River was making travel difficult Saturday, both on the river and for those simply trying to get across it. The Mississippi, Missouri and other Mi...
Apr 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Film critic Roger Ebert and wife, Chaz, look at a plaque dedicated to Ebert's life and achievements in front of his childhood home in Urbana, Ill., in April 2009. Through his television shows, movies reviews and essays, Ebert belonged to the world beyond nearby Urbana. But if you read the Chicago Sun-Times movie critic closely, you knew a piece of him stayed behind in the college town where he grew up.
Ebert remained close to Urbana
URBANA, Ill. — Michael Esteves wakes up every day in the spot Roger Ebert called the center of the universe, and it isn’t Chicago, New York or Cannes. Esteves owns the place, in fact. He has si...
Apr 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Toyota to build Lexus in Kentucky
GEORGETOWN — Toyota will start building the Lexus ES 350 at a factory in Georgetown, Ky., starting in 2015, producing a luxury brand vehicle for the first time in the United States. The Japanese ca...
Apr 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Failed education bills remain on radar for future session
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In the last few years, Tennessee hasn’t shied away from contentious education initiatives as it seeks to remain at the forefront of education reform in the nation. U.S. Educat...
Apr 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woman’s meningitis death boosts toll
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A southern Kentucky woman has died at a Nashville hospital of complications from fungal meningitis. Saint Thomas Hospital spokeswoman Rebecca Climer told The Tennessean 71-yea...
Apr 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Disbarred state attorney retiring from Ohio office
CINCINNATI — A prominent class-action attorney dubbed the “Master of Disaster” has informed the Ohio Supreme Court that he is retiring in the aftermath of his Kentucky disbarment. Cincinnati att...
Apr 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spring storm brings extremes
ST. LOUIS — A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard r...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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