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        Covering Kentucky
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        Leigh Searcy
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        Drew Amman
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Central Kentucky fire crews cooperate to navigate large structure fire

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        Best of the Bluegrass

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        Best of the Bluegrass

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        Best of the Bluegrass

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        Jennifer Palumbo
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        Best of the Bluegrass

        Model Lab Schools celebrates 120th anniversary

        Jennifer Palumbo
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        Best of the Bluegrass

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        Jennifer Palumbo
        Elaina Mammen

        Covering Kentucky

        After daughter's shooting death, mom's GLOW project lights up basketball court

        Alex Barber
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        Kentucky State Police investigating missing Madisonville 17-year-old

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        World News

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        Daily Forecast

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        Citation: Man arrested in Lexington stand-off at hotel has previous charges

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        National News

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        World News

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        Associated Press
        Lexington Polar Plunge 2026

        Covering Kentucky

        Special Olympics Kentucky hosts 2026 Polar Plunge in Lexington

        Mack Carmack
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        HS Sports Zone

        High School SportsZone Basketball 2/6/26

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        Ice-related injuries spike 13% at UK Hospital as freeze-thaw cycle continues

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        National News

        Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash

        Associated Press
        FCPS Closure

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        After weeks out of the classroom, extended FCPS closure strains family routines

        Megan Mannering
      • Powell County business owner loses everything in freak fire

        Covering Kentucky

        Elemental Yoga and Wellness owner loses everything in freak fire

        Kayleigh Randle
        Russell Coleman on drug prevention program

        Kentucky Politics

        Kentucky Attorney General looking to expand drug prevention program

        Karolina Buczek
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        Positively LEX 18

        Hitting a milestone: Danville woman celebrates 100th birthday

        Caleb Barnes
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington residents on unranked streets struggle with icy roads

        Leigh Searcy
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        Kentucky advocate pushes for new alert system to help find missing children

        Molly Demrow
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        2026 Milan Winter Olympics

        Kentucky ski accessory company outfits Team USA Olympians

        Annie Brown
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        Emily McKinney
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        Covering Kentucky

        LEX 18's Larry Smith reflects on covering the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy

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        Crime

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        By JULIE WATSON
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        Ohio man arrested for vehicular homicide in fatal Kentucky interstate crash

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Entertainment

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