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    'We're gonna need a lot of help': Gov. Beshear responds to deadly tornadoes
    Megan Mannering
    News
    Death investigation underway after person found dead on Russell Cave Road
    Web Staff
    Covering Kentucky
    Death toll from recent storms rises to 18, Gov. Beshear confirms
    Rosemary Kelley
    Covering Kentucky
    PHOTOS/VIDEO: Storm, tornado damage seen across Kentucky
    Web Staff
    Covering Kentucky
    London neighborhood devastated by storm, residents begin recovery
    Ajay Patel
    Daily Forecast
    Needed quiet weather for Sunday
    Emily McKinney
  • Preakness Stakes Horse Racing

    Sports

    Journalism comes from behind to win the Preakness

    Web Staff
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    BBN Tonight

    Kentucky baseball earns 13-seed in SEC tournament

    Kinsey Lee
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    Covering Kentucky

    Berea volunteer fire department collecting donations for storm victims

    Web Staff
  • National News

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      Yellowstone Park grizzly bear euthanized for repeatedly accessing trash

      Scripps News Group
    • Justice Bondi

      DOJ deal ends a ban on an aftermarket trigger. Gun control advocates are alarmed

      AP via Scripps News Group
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      Trump criticizes Walmart for blaming tariffs as prices set to rise

      Justin Boggs

    Scripps News
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    Crime

    Barbourville Police Department searching for reported stolen church van

    Cherish Walters
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    News

    1 person taken to hospital following 2-vehicle collision on North Broadway

    Web Staff
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    BBN Tonight

    LOOK: Kentucky volleyball announces SEC schedule ahead of 2025 Season

    Maggie Davis
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    News

    Pets 'likely didn't make it' after Scott Co. mobile home fire, officials report

    Web Staff
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    Crime

    Sheriff: 2 arrested, facing burglary charges in London

    Web Staff
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    News

    Police investigating after home, vehicle on Creekside Ct. hit by gunfire

    Web Staff
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    Daily Forecast

    Showers and a Few T-Showers Thursday

    Tom Ackerman
    Fort Boonesborough State Park

    Covering Kentucky

    Fort Boonesborough State Park campground closed until fall due to flood damage

    Ellen Ice
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    BBN Tonight

    WATCH: Wednesday's episode of BBN Tonight

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    Covering Kentucky

    As cleanup begins in Central Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky is still recovering

    Andrew Lamparski
    Victims families speak out a week after double murder

    Crime

    'He is an evil person': Victims' families speak out a week after double murder

    Kayleigh Randle
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    Covering Kentucky

    Residents in recovery mode in Palisades

    Drew Amman
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    Covering Kentucky

    Franklin County Courthouse underwater after historic flooding

    Karolina Buczek
    POURter's Self-Serve Tap House

    Covering Kentucky

    'What can we do?': Frankfort businesses pivot to supporting flood victims

    Megan Mannering
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    Covering Kentucky

    Frankfort property owner forced to remodel following flooding

    Ajay Patel
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    Covering Kentucky

    Firefighters help flood victims begin major clean up

    Leigh Searcy
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    Covering Kentucky

    Frankfort and Franklin Co. leaders working together to keep community informed

    Caleb Barnes
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    Daily Forecast

    Scattered showers around for Thursday

    Emily McKinney
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    News

    2 people arrested following bank robbery on Richmond Road in Lexington

    Web Staff
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    Covering Kentucky

    Frankfort church begins cleanup after flooding, impacting community services

    Web Staff
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    News

    Reported 'violent felon' arrested after police pursuit into Lexington

    Web Staff
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    We Follow Through

    Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of Elaina Mammen

    Michael Berk
    23andMe-Privacy

    Covering Kentucky

    Attorney General Coleman issues data warning after 23andMe files bankruptcy

    Erin Rosas
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    News

    1 killed in crash at Richmond Rd., Berea Bypass intersection, coroner says

    Web Staff
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    Crime

    Elliott County man arrested, charged with child sexual exploitation offenses

    Web Staff
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    Crime

    3 arrested in Montgomery County for alleged 'large-scale diesel theft'

    Cherish Walters
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    Daily Forecast

    Warmer Midweek

    Tom Ackerman
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    Covering Kentucky

    Off to the races at Keeneland Spring Meet

    Ellen Ice
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    Sports

    Burnham Square barrels from last to win the Toyota Blue Grass

    Kinsey Lee
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    Covering Kentucky

    'I can't stop': Frankfort tattoo shop owner in the throes of flood recovery

    Megan Mannering
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    Covering Kentucky

    Flood recovery efforts kick off for the second time in a few months

    Ajay Patel
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    Covering Kentucky

    Next steps for Kentucky flood victims include waiting for federal assistance

    Karolina Buczek
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    Covering Kentucky

    Avoiding infection and injury: How to stay safe during the flood cleanup process

    Andrew Lamparski
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    Covering Kentucky

    Cleanup continues after significant flooding in Pendleton County

    Drew Amman
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    Covering Kentucky

    2 women dead after crash involving dump truck into Boone Co. restaurant

    Danielle Goodman
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    Covering Kentucky

    Business owner is giving back after his restaurant was spared from floodwaters

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    Covering Kentucky

    In Jessamine Co., neighbors survey damage along Kentucky River from above

    Evelyn Schultz
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    Covering Kentucky

    GLOW Project working to assist flood victims

    Michael Berk
    Frankfort flooding

    Covering Kentucky

    Gov. Beshear: flooding-related death toll rises to 7

    Web Staff
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    Covering Kentucky

    Customers serve up support for Courtyard Deli owners whose home flooded

    Leigh Searcy
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    Covering Kentucky

    'God will make a way': Finding faith in the Frankfort flood

    Caleb Barnes
    Freeze warning

    Daily Forecast

    Another chilly overnight ahead

    Bayne Froney
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