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Book showcases Lincoln’s Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. — The Illinois Abraham Lincoln knew was a land of prairies and wildflowers, creeks and rivers, where dirt roads connected towns and farms. “There were no bridges back then at all,” ...
Feb 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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State told to expedite release of child records
FRANKFORT — A judge has ordered state officials to provide two years of records in child-abuse and neglect cases in 90 days to the state’s two largest newspapers. The order from Franklin Circuit...
Feb 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Supreme Court: Lawmakers to run in old districts
FRANKFORT — Legislative candidates will have to run in decade-old districts in this year’s elections, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Friday afternoon. Chief Justice John D. Minton, writing for...
Feb 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Getting help from the big kids Estes Elementary School student Jeremy Garcia Sanchez (lower right) measures the depth of the corn seed he planted as Apollo High School FFA volunteer Jacob Glenn (left) hands over a seed to plant for Warren Sprankle during Ag Day in the school gym Friday in Owensboro.
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Kentucky police seizes drug that looks like lollipop MOREHEAD — Police in northeastern Kentucky have seized three dozen doses of fentanyl, a pain killer that sometimes comes in doses that look...
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Associated Press People continue to clean up tornado debris Jan. 24 in Center Point, Ala. Tornado season is just about here and forecasters believe twisters are possible Thursday and Friday.
Forecasting difficult as tornado season looms
WASHINGTON — Tornado season is starting, but don’t ask meteorologists how bad it will be this spring and summer. They don’t know. They’re having a hard enough time getting a fix on the likely pa...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Titan Tire to supply tires for Caterpillar Titan Tire to supply tires for Caterpillarp., a subsidiary of Titan International Inc., has announced a multi-year supply contract with Caterpillar for...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senate quashes gambling proposal
FRANKFORT — The Senate voted down a proposal Thursday to change the state Constitution to legalize casinos in Kentucky, ending months of debate on what had become a divisive issue. Despite the l...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Gov. Steve Beshear (center) speaks before the Senate State and Local Government Committee on Wednesday at the Capitol in Frankfort. The committee approved a bill to create a new section of the state Constitution establishing casino gaming.
Committee OKs casino gambling proposal
FRANKFORT — Casinos could be built in Kentucky under a proposed constitutional amendment that cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday after being modified to appease reluctant lawmakers. ...
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Southern Baptist leaders OK new name NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Some Southern Baptists worry that their denomination’s name still carries the stigma of a 19th century split with northern Baptists over s...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Christians oppose casinos
FRANKFORT — Catholic bishops in Kentucky issued a stern warning Tuesday about the potential consequences if lawmakers approve a proposal to legalize casinos. Baptists punctuated that warning wit...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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