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      • Covering Kentucky
        Coroner confirms unknown suspect in Lakebow Ct. homicide investigation at large
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        Lexington's $900,000 art installation splits public opinion

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        Free legal training offered for attorneys handling KY foster care cases

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        KSP honor good Samaritans who helped save trooper's life after shooting

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        Covering Kentucky

        Halfway through the first semester, teachers are evaluating cell phone ban

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        Crime

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        Senate confirms Lexington’s Chad Meredith for federal judgeship

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        Government Shutdown

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        Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during government shutdown

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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington Police Department announces death of 88-year-old retired detective

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        YMCA board approves selling High Street property to student housing Developer

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        Roadway Collision

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        Georgetown police respond to injury collision at Cherry Blossom Way intersection

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        Coroner identifies person killed in overnight crash on Athens Boonesboro Road

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Family still searching for answers 28 years after Lexington teen vanished

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Covering Kentucky

        SNAP funding set to run out Nov. 1 amid shutdown, affecting over 600,000 in KY

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        Kentucky lawmakers propose removing state fluoride mandate from drinking water

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        Crime

        Man in Winchester arrested near school bus stop, charged with indecent exposure

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