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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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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...
Feb 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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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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