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Yonts proposes different option to curb meth
FRANKFORT — A Kentucky lawmaker offered a fresh proposal Tuesday to fight meth abuse in Kentucky, where lawmakers have been in a stalemate over whether to make cold and allergy medications containi...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press 3 dead, 1 injured in shooting Kentucky State Police investigate one of two pickup trucks abandoned at the scene of a shooting incident that left three people killed and one seriously injured Tuesday near Sonora. Master Trooper Norman Chaffins said David Walker and his wife, Barbara, both 51 years old and from Elizabethtown, were killed along with a third person, 55-year-old Steve L. Bottoms of Radcliff. Walker's daughter, April M. Roberts, 32, of Elizabethtown, was shot in both legs and was being interviewed by investigators at University of Louisville Hospital, the trooper added. Chaffins said more than one gun was used and "probably" more than one person fired a shot, but there wasn't a shooter still at large.
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Teen to be sentenced in beating death LOUISVILLE — A western Kentucky teen is set to be sentenced in the beating death of a 9-year-old girl in a case that has sparked concern about the secrecy o...
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Trial at least a year off in killing of mom-to-be
BOWLING GREEN — Jeannie Stice had no parties or gifts for what would have been her daughter’s 22nd birthday on Monday. Instead, Stice, along with about two dozen relatives and friends, spent the...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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