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      • Covering Kentucky
        Will KY lawmakers continue to eye ratepayer protections amid data center boom?
        Karolina Buczek
        BBN Tonight
        Milan Momcilovic, nation's leading 3-point shooter, commits to KY Basketball
        Jesse Riffe
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        Drew Amman
        In Your Community
        Rowan County mother marks 10 years of sobriety after years of addiction
        Alex Barber
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        White Hall and the City of Richmond celebrating the site's 2026 opening day

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          Alexandra Miller
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          Jason Bellini
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          Protesters arrested for defying curfew at New Jersey ICE detention facility

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        Grand jury indicts 4 female Montgomery Co. inmates on organized crime charges

        Mack Carmack
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        Daily Forecast

        A few showers in the south, but warm for Saturday

        Patrick Herion
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        Jessamine County shelter waives dog adoption fees thanks to anonymous donor

        Ajay Patel
        Roadway Collision

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        One left with 'serious' injuries following passenger van, motorcycle collision

        Mack Carmack
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        National News

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        National News

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        Associated Press
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        In Your Community

        Organ donation in the Black community: One man's story waiting for a kidney

        Ana Medina
        Ryan Cremeens receives scholarship

        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky cancer survivor Ryan Cremeens receives Marine ROTC scholarship

        Bill Meck
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        In Your Community

        The Attic: McKee thrift store operating with a mission mindset

        Caleb Barnes
        Chuck Mraz writes baseball book to inspire Ky. kids to read

        In Your Community

        Chuck Mraz writes baseball book to inspire Ky. kids to read

        Alex Barber
        Mom speaks out after losing son to DIPG

        Covering Kentucky

        Corbin mom brings awareness to DIPG after losing son to brain cancer

        Kayleigh Randle
      • Lexington structure fire on Auburn Drive

        Covering Kentucky

        No injuries, displacements reported in Friday Lexington kitchen fire

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        Covering Kentucky

        Report: Remains found in submerged car likely belong to man missing since 2008

        Web Staff
        Root-A-Bakers owner releases cookbook, "The Root of it All"

        Covering Kentucky

        Morehead bakery owner shares 26 years of recipes in new cookbook

        Annie Brown
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        Covering Kentucky

        Elizabethtown firefighter dies after 24 years of service to the department

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        BBN Tonight

        Kentucky Claws Back with Gutsy 6-5 Win Over Wake Forest to Open NCAA Tournament

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        Daily Forecast

        Warm for your weekend

        Emily McKinney
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        Covering Kentucky

        Harrodsburg officials announce busted water main has been repaired

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Citation: Woman charged with arson in connection to Winchester Road fire

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington parks launches 10-year master plan with $8 million in funding

        Michael Berk
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        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky driver licensing offices closing June 4-5 for new system launch

        Web Staff
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        News

        Lexington police investigating early morning shooting that left 1 person injured

        Web Staff
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        Daily Forecast

        A Quiet End to May this Weekend

        Tom Ackerman
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        Covering Kentucky

        Single mom graduates after overcoming tumor diagnosis and years of perseverance

        Ajay Patel
        Updated missing juvenile graphic

        Covering Kentucky

        Laurel County Sheriff's Office locates previously missing 16-year-old boy

        Mack Carmack
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        In Your Community

        Cynthiana PD uses seized drug money to buy AEDs for all patrol cars

        Ellen Ice
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        Covering Kentucky

        Blue Grass Airport announces expansion plan to add gates, modernize facilities

        Karolina Buczek
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        Covering Kentucky

        Transplant Games: Kentucky siblings with kidney transplants compete together

        Evelyn Schultz
      • Shannon Gilday sentenced in Jordan Morgan's murder

        LEX 18 Investigates

        Sentenced: Jury spares Gilday's life in Jordan Morgan murder case

        Leigh Searcy
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        Covering Kentucky

        Fayette County school board answers questions, clarifies budget plan in meeting

        Kayleigh Randle
        National croquet championship in Morehead

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        National croquet championship comes to Morehead for the first time

        Alex Barber
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        Annie Brown
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        Daily Forecast

        A much drier end to the week

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        Covering Kentucky

        Southeastern Lexington apartment barricaded situation now resolved

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        Crime

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        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Erin Rosas
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        Death investigation underway in Rowan Co. after man found dead in vehicle

        Cherish Walters
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