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    Covering Kentucky

    A new approach to mental health: New Vista opens urgent care facility

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    Daily Forecast

    An Easter Weekend Warmup Inbound

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    Covering Kentucky

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

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    Mt. Sterling business delivers supplies to flood

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

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

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    Man accused of Bourbon County double homicide indicted on murder charges

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    Covering Kentucky

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    Covering Kentucky

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

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    Covering Kentucky

    Lexington teen selected for NASA-backed microgravity research flight

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  • The Basketball Tournament

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    Covering Kentucky

    Man charged with attempted murder after alleged dispute with his mother

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    Crime

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    Crime

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    Shelbyville police asking for information in connection to shots fired incident

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