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      • Covering Kentucky
        Voter guide to November 3 elections in Kentucky
        WLEX Web Staff
        Covering Kentucky
        Extensive search continues for missing 6-year-old Louisa boy
        Kayleigh Randle
        Daily Forecast
        Mostly Sunny and Very Warm Election Day
        Tom Ackerman
        Covering Kentucky
        Shooting renews Lexington calls for gun violence prevention efforts
        Ana Medina
        Covering Kentucky
        5 families displaced after fire at Booneville apartment complex
        Leigh Searcy
        Covering Kentucky
        Rumpke warns of temporarily stronger odors near Rowan County Landfill
        Alex Barber
        Covering Kentucky
        Two juveniles hurt in shooting on Lexington's south side, police say
        WLEX Web Staff
        Covering Kentucky
        Man indicted on murder charge in stabbing death of Lexington mother
        WLEX Web Staff
        Covering Kentucky
        Trump urges Kentucky voters to back Ralph Alvarado in 6th District race
        WLEX Web Staff
      • Partner for Youth Be An Elf

        Covering Kentucky

        Partners for Youth seeks "elves" to help Lexington teens this Christmas

        Molly Demrow
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        Sports

        Kentucky women's basketball rolls to season opening win

        Keith Farmer
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        Covering Kentucky

        Georgetown boosts 911 dispatcher pay to combat a nationwide staffing shortage

        Carlee Hogsten
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          On Election Day, retailers say economic uncertainty is already reshaping prices

          Emily Hanford-Ostmann
        • Georgia Elections Investigation

          Americans head to polls in high-stakes 2026 midterm elections

          Justin Boggs
        • Election 2026 Maryland Early Voting

          New citizens head to the polls amid fears of federal agents

          Kadia Tubman

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        Covering Kentucky

        SUV crashes through front door of Winchester business

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington community mourns the loss of 6-year-old who died in his sleep

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Measles outbreak continues: Kentucky reports 94 confirmed cases

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lee Anne Pope urges Kentuckians to set screens, not for basketball but cancer

        Michael Berk
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        Covering Kentucky

        Registration closes Monday for ONE Lexington's youth violence symposium

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Deadline to register to vote is Monday, Oct. 5

        WLEX Web Staff
      • The coming flu season is worrying public health experts, in part because other parts of the world are offering a sneak peak of what to expect. In the southern hemisphere, and in Australia in particular, it's been one of the worst flu seasons in five years.

        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington health department offering free pop-up flu shot clinics

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        How Kentucky CancerLink removes barriers to cancer care

        Annie Brown
        Charles Randle

        Covering Kentucky

        KSP: Escaped Whitley County inmate back in custody and facing new charges

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        Daily Forecast

        Spectacular Fall Weather Continues this Week

        Tom Ackerman
        Hundreds Gather to Honor Fallen Kentucky State Trooper Hayden Phillips at Funeral in Bowling Green

        Covering Kentucky

        LFD Hosts Annual Fire Prevention Festival to Promote Safety

        WLEX Web Staff
        Hundreds Gather to Honor Fallen Kentucky State Trooper Hayden Phillips at Funeral in Bowling Green

        Covering Kentucky

        Funeral honors fallen KSP Trooper Hayden Phillips

        Kayleigh Randle
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        Covering Kentucky

        Coroner IDs 2 adults killed in Frankfort motorcycle crash

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Feeding Kentucky: Many eligible for SNAP benefits are not enrolled

        Sydney St. Claire
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        Daily Forecast

        A gorgeous start to the new week

        Emily McKinney
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        Battle of the Big Cats ends with Jacksonville Jaguars on top, 22-17

        Sierra Newton
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        BBN Tonight

        Kentucky Drops out of Rankings in Most Recent AP Top 25 Poll

        Noah Cierzan
        Thousands gather for Keeneland's Fall Meet weekend

        Covering Kentucky

        Thousands gather for Keeneland's Fall Meet weekend

        Kayleigh Randle
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        National News

        Coast Guard searching for plane that lost contact on trip from Bermuda to Boston

        AP via Scripps News Group
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        BBN Tonight

        No. 24 Kentucky takes it in overtime, 35-34 over South Carolina

        Sierra Newton
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        Daily Forecast

        Sunday warms up more

        Emily McKinney
      • Felicia Joseph: Suspect taken into custody by US Marshals in Lexington mother's hit-and-run death

        Covering Kentucky

        Sex offender charged with murder in hit-and-run that killed Lexington mother

        WLEX Web Staff
        
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        Best of the Bluegrass

        Spooky season at Shaker Village

        Jennifer Palumbo
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        Covering Kentucky

        'Once-in-a-lifetime' horse Roy H, 2-time Eclipse Award champion, dead at 14

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Best of the Bluegrass

        "What's Watt" with Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives

        Jennifer Palumbo
        
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        Best of the Bluegrass

        "Ask the Lawyer" with Peterson Law Office in Lexington

        Jennifer Palumbo
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        Best of the Bluegrass

        Mug Shot of the Week

        Jennifer Palumbo
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        Best of the Bluegrass

        Comic Surge is coming to the Jessamine County Public Library

        Jennifer Palumbo
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        Best of the Bluegrass

        Cybersecurity Awareness Month with Commonwealth Credit Union

        Jennifer Palumbo
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        Daily Forecast

        Fall like temperatures stick around through the start of the week

        Abby Summers
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        Covering Kentucky

        Coroner IDs driver killed in late-night rollover wreck in Lexington

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Former pastor, Sunrise Children's worker charged with child sexual sexual abuse

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        Expedition to South Pacific could solve Amelia Earhart mystery

        Evelyn Schultz
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        Covering Kentucky

        Franklin County Regional Jail leads state in GED graduations and recovery

        Drew Amman
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        Covering Kentucky

        A father's cancer battle inspires daughter to help others

        Alex Barber
        Cat abandonment case

        Covering Kentucky

        Charges filed after 15 cats found abandoned in Lexington home

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Two Kentucky Coroner's Association members die on same day

        Christian Wohlfeil
        Kentucky voter registration is down

        Covering Kentucky

        More than 12,000 Kentuckians register to vote in September, state says

        WLEX Web Staff
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        Daily Forecast

        Feeling very fall-y this weekend

        Emily McKinney
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        Sports

        John Pelphrey joins Kentucky Men's Basketball Coaching Staff

        Keith Farmer
        Sisters win Scratch-off Lottery prize

        Covering Kentucky

        Sisters win $50,000 prize from Kentucky Lottery Scratch-off game

        Christian Wohlfeil
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        Covering Kentucky

        Suspect arrested after Bell County murder, investigators recover fetal remains

        WLEX Web Staff
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