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    Coroner: 82-year-old dead after car crashes into tree in Lexington
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    Covering Kentucky
    Rare earthquake hits central Kentucky, reaching unusual depth
    Ajay Patel
    Covering Kentucky
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    Ellen Ice
    Daily Forecast
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    Tom Ackerman
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    Man charged with animal torture, cat in recovery following traumatic attack
    Megan Mannering
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    Officials looking for missing Laurel County 17-year-old
    Rosemary Kelley
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    Covering Kentucky

    Recent floods disrupt Kentucky River tour business in Frankfort

    Alex Barber
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    Covering Kentucky

    No injuries reported following evening structure fire in Lexington

    Rosemary Kelley
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    Covering Kentucky

    New commissioner of health appointed in Lexington-Fayette County

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    Covering Kentucky

    Inmate who allegedly walked away from work crew in Whitley County arrested

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    Daily Forecast

    Nice and warm for Easter weekend

    Emily McKinney
    Cannabis-Public Health

    Kentucky Politics

    Investigation into Office of Medical Cannabis underway, KY auditor reports

    Erin Rosas
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    Kentucky State Police investigating disappearance of Corbin 16-year-old

    Web Staff
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    Covering Kentucky

    Kentucky Blood Center adds frozen breast milk drop-off location in Frankfort

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    Crews respond to house fire on Paris Pike

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    WATCH: Amari Williams reacts to senior spotlight

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    BBN Tonight

    WATCH: Andrew Carr's reaction to senior spotlight

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    News

    Coroner identifies person killed in overnight crash on Larkin Road

    Web Staff
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    Daily Forecast

    An Easter Weekend Warmup Inbound

    Tom Ackerman
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    Covering Kentucky

    Anderson County flood victims recovering one load of laundry at a time

    Ellen Ice
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    Covering Kentucky

    16-year-old injured after being struck by train in Maysville

    Rosemary Kelley
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    Covering Kentucky

    Mt. Sterling business delivers supplies to flood

    Megan Mannering
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    Covering Kentucky

    Kentucky restaurant reopens after floods cause nearly $200,000 in damages

    Ajay Patel
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    Daily Forecast

    Warming up to end the week

    Bayne Froney
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    Covering Kentucky

    Massive cicada brood to emerge in Kentucky for the first time in 17 years

    Andrew Lamparski
    New details revealed in KSP testimony in Bourbon Co. double homicide case

    Covering Kentucky

    Testimony reveals new details in Bourbon Co. double homicide case

    Kayleigh Randle
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    Covering Kentucky

    'We've all been touched by cancer': How four men are golfing for a cure

    Web Staff
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    Covering Kentucky

    Mayor Gorton's proposed budget allocates record amount to snow, ice removal

    Michael Berk
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    Covering Kentucky

    Lexington teen selected for NASA-backed microgravity research flight

    Evelyn Schultz
    Flooding

    Covering Kentucky

    Lexington nonprofit faces flood damage challenges

    Lauren Minor
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    Crime

    Son of RJ Corman charged with burglary, trespassing on Jessamine Station home

    Rosemary Kelley
    The Basketball Tournament

    BBN Tonight

    Former Wildcats Doron Lamb, DeAndre Liggins added to La Familia for TBT 2025

    Erin Rosas
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    Covering Kentucky

    Man charged with attempted murder after alleged dispute with his mother

    Rosemary Kelley
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    Crime

    Report: Georgetown police apprehend wanted fugitive out of Tennessee

    Web Staff
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    Potter to sing national anthem, Biles to serve as Riders Up announcer at Derby

    Erin Rosas
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    Crime

    Lexington Police Department looking for woman wanted for first-degree burglary

    Web Staff
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    Crime

    Bluegrass Crime Stoppers searching for Devonport Drive shooting suspect

    Web Staff
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    Impeached Falmouth mayor arrested for criminal trespassing onto city property

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    Injury collision reported on Winchester Road at Detroit Avenue

    Web Staff
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    Shelbyville police asking for information in connection to shots fired incident

    Cherish Walters
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    News

    School employee arrested after Georgetown Rd. hit-and-run pleads not guilty

    Web Staff
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    Daily Forecast

    Sunny and Less Cool Midweek

    Tom Ackerman
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    Covering Kentucky

    Georgetown homicide victim's mother says his best friend pulled the trigger

    Ellen Ice
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    News

    1 decade later, KY man convicted in cross-country crime spree reflects

    Evelyn Schultz
    Coal

    Covering Kentucky

    Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers applauds Trump's coal plan

    Karolina Buczek
  • Frankfort flooding

    Covering Kentucky

    Cleanup and restoration underway in Frankfort

    Megan Mannering
    Jackson St Kentucky Basketball

    BBN Tonight

    Oweh declares for the NBA Draft, while keeping eligibility

    Sierra Newton
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    Covering Kentucky

    Bryan Station dean of students and coach arraigned on wanton endangerment charge

    Leigh Searcy
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    Covering Kentucky

    Local restaurant works to adapt to rising egg prices ahead of Easter

    Lauren Minor
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    Covering Kentucky

    A New Home: Expanded warehouse for God’s Pantry was desperately needed

    Michael Berk
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    Covering Kentucky

    Communities receiving supplies from American Red Cross

    Caleb Barnes
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