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      • Covering Kentucky
        Man accused of setting fire to home with sons inside indicted for murder, arson
        Rosemary Kelley
        Covering Kentucky
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        Megan Mannering
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          Maya Rodriguez

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Drew Amman
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        Daily Forecast

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        250Lex Week

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        Outbound lanes of Georgetown Road at Ironworks Pike shut down due to collision

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        News

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        Erin Rosas
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        250Lex Week

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        Erin Rosas
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Kentucky Politics

        Lawsuit challenging Kentucky's near-total ban on abortions is withdrawn

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        1 person injured in late-night stabbing near Alexandria Drive in Lexington

        Web Staff
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        News

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        Web Staff
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        Daily Forecast

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        Tom Ackerman
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        Karolina Buczek
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        We Follow Through

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        Lauren Minor
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        Rosemary Kelley
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        Sports

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        Keith Farmer
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        Toddler survives deadly tornado thanks to quick thinking first responders

        Ajay Patel
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        #LEXSaveLives Campaign Making Strides

        Drew Amman
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        Leigh Searcy
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Evelyn Schultz
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Caleb Barnes
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        Daily Forecast

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        Bill Meck
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        BBN Tonight

        Randall Cobb named to College Football Hall of Fame Ballot

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        Cherish Walters
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        Erin Rosas
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        Cherish Walters
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        Daily Forecast

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        BBN Tonight

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