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      • In Your Community
        Quarter by quarter: Cynthiana community raises money for mother battling cancer
        Ellen Ice
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        Lewis County officials report body found in Ohio River identified as 38-year-old
        Web Staff
        LEX 18 Investigates
        Former jail nurse pleads guilty to perjury in 2019 death of Franklin Co. inmate
        Daily Forecast
        A nice day for Mom
        Emily McKinney
        LEX 18 Investigates
        KY state lawmakers call on health officials to investigate rising DIPG cases
        Kayleigh Randle
        Covering Kentucky
        Kentucky graduate achieves dreams, breaks barriers as nonverbal communicator
        Evelyn Schultz
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        Best of the Bluegrass

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        Jennifer Palumbo
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        Retail Roundup: Fayette Mall offering giveaway for summer

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      • National News

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          Long-time Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox dead at age 84

          Justin Boggs
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          Google agrees to reforms in wake of racial bias lawsuit filed by Black workers

          AP via Scripps News Group
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          How much should you spend on wedding and graduation gifts this season?

          Scripps News Group

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        National Politics

        Federal court rules against Trump's new 10% global tariffs

        AP via Scripps News Group
        Gas Prices

        Covering Kentucky

        KY gas tax set to drop 10 cents per gallon as Beshear calls for more relief

        Karolina Buczek
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington Children's Museum receives $5.8 million in funding for new facility

        Ellen Ice
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        Covering Kentucky

        Stamp Out Hunger food drive returns Saturday to fight food insecurity nationwide

        Annie Brown
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        Daily Forecast

        A milder feel for Friday

        Emily McKinney
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        Crime

        KY man charged with attempted murder after woman found with multiple stab wounds

        Cherish Walters
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        Crime

        22-year-old Knox County woman charged with child sexual exploitation offenses

        Web Staff
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        Pet of the Day

        Pet of the Day on May 7: Reyna

        Web Staff
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        Crime

        Judge finds woman charged in deadly 2025 crash competent to stand trial

        Web Staff
      • APTOPIX Louisville UPS Plane Crash

        Covering Kentucky

        KY law firms file 15 lawsuits for more than 100 victims of UPS plane crash

        Web Staff
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        Traffic

        Report: I-75 northbound near exit 113 back open after crash

        Web Staff
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        Daily Forecast

        Mostly Sunny and Still Cool Thursday

        Tom Ackerman
      • Cherie DeVaux

        Sports

        Cherie DeVaux reflects on historic Kentucky Derby victory

        Hannah Hamelback
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        Covering Kentucky

        KY U.S. Senate primaries take shape with less than 2 weeks until election day

        Karolina Buczek
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        In Your Community

        'If you want to gamble, go farming': Bourbon County farmer hit hard by drought

        Ellen Ice
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        Covering Kentucky

        Mother and daughter find community and support at Scholar House, 16 years apart

        Molly Demrow
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        Covering Kentucky

        Veteran groups concerned as average age of honor guard members grows older

        Megan Mannering
        Emaciated dog on the road to recovery

        Covering Kentucky

        Emaciated pit-mix now on the road to recovery with Lexington Humane Society

        Kayleigh Randle
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        Covering Kentucky

        FCPS cuts more than 115 district-level positions, calendar days for employees

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington's 'Be the Change' scholarship awards $5,000 each to 12 seniors

        Michael Berk
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        Covering Kentucky

        Berea community continues to grapple with deadly bank shooting

        Annie Brown
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        Daily Forecast

        Closing out the week drier

        Emily McKinney
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        Covering Kentucky

        AG requests KY Supreme Court uphold conviction for murder of Crystal Rogers

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky Derby champ Golden Tempo to skip Preakness Stakes, eyes Belmont Stakes

        Web Staff
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        Crime

        KY woman arrested after allegedly giving 22-month-old a 'party dot' tattoo

        Cherish Walters
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        Covering Kentucky

        Aramark to end food and concessions services at UK, workers to lose jobs

        Erin Rosas
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        Covering Kentucky

        School bus rear-ended while picking up child in Ohio County, no children injured

        Web Staff
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        Daily Forecast

        Cooling Down as Showers Linger Midweek

        Tom Ackerman
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        Covering Kentucky

        School bomb threat disrupts Anderson County High School during state testing

        Ajay Patel
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        Daily Forecast

        Rain on the horizon

        Patrick Herion
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        Covering Kentucky

        4 kids face Mother's Day without their mom after unsolved Lexington shooting

        Evelyn Schultz
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        Crime

        Judge rejects plea deal for woman in former UK basketball coach theft case

        Leigh Searcy
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        In Your Community

        Public to be educated on what's on the ballot ahead of Kentucky's primary

        Caleb Barnes
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        Golden Tempo's farrier says Kentucky Derby win was his best moment in 30 years

        Molly Demrow
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        In Your Community

        10-year-old with autism publishes alphabet book to help kids read

        Alex Barber
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        Covering Kentucky

        Scott Co. fire achieves full large animal rescue certification for all members

        Annie Brown
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington florist absorbs rising gas prices to keep flower costs steady

        Drew Amman
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        Covering Kentucky

        Defendant Josh Mullins defense agrees to trial delay in Amber Spradlin case

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Beshear freezes gas tax, activates price gouging laws amid rising fuel costs

        Karolina Buczek
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        Covering Kentucky

        Laurel County Sheriff's Office searching for missing 17-year-old girl

        Web Staff
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        News

        2 people rescued by KSP troopers after jet ski overturns on Cave Run Lake

        Cherish Walters
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        News

        KSP investigating multiple school bomb threats across the state

        Cherish Walters
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