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Farmers frustrated as wild hogs run amok
LEXINGTON — Kentucky farmers are frustrated as the number of feral pigs keeps increasing and spreading throughout in the state. Randy Kelley, who owns a 155-acre farm in Henry County, told the L...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press An Amish buggy sits on Jacob Gingerich's farm Dec. 8 near Mayfield. Gingerich and other Amish men have run afoul of the law for not hanging an orange slow-moving vehicle sign on their buggies.
Amish won’t budge on buggy fight
MAYFIELD — On Jacob Gingerich’s farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an orange safety triangle on their black horse-drawn b...
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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New website aims to be Appalachia’s own WikiLeaks
By VICKI SMITH Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A handful of freelance journalists and computer programmers are launching what they hope will become Appalachia’s own version of WikiLeaks,...
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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House passes congressional redistricting
FRANKFORT — The longest serving congressman in Kentucky would see the boundaries around his largely mountainous district drastically reshaped under a plan that cleared the state House on Tuesday. ...
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisville gives more details of boy’s death
LOUISVILLE — A convicted Louisville sex offender who pleaded guilty to killing a 4-year-old boy has given detectives new details in the crime. Cecil New told police that he drowned Cesar Ivan Ag...
Jan 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Redistricting talks open legislative session
FRANKFORT — Lawmakers who convened the 2012 session of the General Assembly on Tuesday prepared to tackle a litany of divisive issues that include legislative and congressional redistricting and a ...
Jan 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Kentucky Downs horse racing track and simulcasting facility, in Franklin is a fledgling gaming center that has the look of casino style gambling.
Racing track making gaming inroads
FRANKLIN — Kentucky, the state of bourbon and bluegrass, hasn’t yet approved casino gambling, but there’s one spot that’s making inroads. In tiny Franklin, near where Andrew Jackson and Sam Hous...
Jan 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Officials believe arson is culprit in 9 fires LEXINGTON — Fire officials in Lexington say they believe an arsonist is setting blazes in a neighbor where nine fires have been reported since e...
Jan 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Missouri Court to mull redistricting challenges
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Just weeks before candidates can begin filing for office, the Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether new congressional boundaries were gerrymandered for the political b...
Jan 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Report: Fewer people being stopped in Illinois
CHICAGO — The number of traffic stops across Illinois has dropped by nearly 6 percent and the number of ticketed motorists has dipped about 11 percent, according to a published report Sunday. Th...
Jan 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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