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        Report: 6 individuals displaced in Lexington structure fire on Saturday
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        Community center construction progresses in Jessamine County
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        Documents reveal police were at wrong house, lacked plan during Harless shooting
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        Lexington firefighters make history in Firefighter Challenge Championship Series
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          Measles resurges in South Carolina amid anti-vaccine push

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          Pope Leo XIV steps up criticism of US-Iran conflict, urges end to war

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        'Backroads to Better Money' with Commonwealth Credit Union

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        Lexington police, Department of Homeland Security conduct local investigation

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        'High stress': Advocates aim to protect jockeys from the dangers of horseracing

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        Frankfort firefighters extinguish pawn shop set

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        Central Kentucky firefighters rescue 2 lost hikers from Jessamine Creek Gorge

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        Coroner: New details in Friday Woodford County fatal collision

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        WATCH: Leaving a Mark

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        Kentucky's Jasper Johnson, Brandon Garrison expected to enter transfer portal

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        UK athletics announces 12-year partnership with Fanatics, NIL program

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        Sianni Appolon: Two-time state champ, trailblazer in girls' wrestling

        Megan Mannering
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        Kentucky legislature, Beshear react to news of proposed Mitch McConnell statue

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        Beshear signs Logan's Law to strengthen sentencing, parole for violent offenders

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        Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession

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        Local Lexington distillery avoids the negative impacts of tariffs

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        Easter weekend brings spring showers

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        Crime

        Lexington police arrest 30-year-old man following alleged armed robbery, assault

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        Covering Kentucky

        DHS urges Lexington officials to not release man accused of child rape

        Erin Rosas
        Bayer to pay up to $10.9 billion to settle Monsanto case

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        Kentucky overrides veto to shield Roundup maker from cancer lawsuits

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        Covering Kentucky

        Beshear identifies deputy sheriff who was shot in Crittenden Co. confrontation

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        Stanford Walmart evacuated, closed as police work to clear 'possible threat'

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        KSP investigating Thursday afternoon collision involving Stanford Police officer

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        Covering Kentucky

        Traffic collisions increase along a busy stretch of U.S. 27 in Nicholasville

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        Firefighters take part in yearly fire truck driving requirements

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        EKCC inmate's wife speaks out on alleged abuse

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        KY Democrats say Republicans played bingo during a session, sparking outrage

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        KY bald eagle pop reaches record numbers following years of conservation efforts

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        Lexington founder sparks global awareness for rare TAR syndrome

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        Kentucky Politics

        Sen. Mitch McConnell shares opinion on sending American troops to Iran

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        'Hunger Doesn't Take a Spring Break' feeding Lexington kids during spring break

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        Daily Forecast

        Showers around on Good Friday

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        Greenhouse effect: Tates Creek Middle School opens greenhouse on campus

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        Covington man indicted on 244 felony counts of sexual abuse of multiple children

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        Crime

        Lexington woman arrested after allegedly chasing pedestrians with her vehicle

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