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        Nathaniel Reed
        Covering Kentucky
        All victims in Louisville UPS plane crash have been found, death toll 14
        Rosemary Kelley
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        Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky's first, only female governor, remembered
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        6 hospitalized after serious head-on crash in Clay City

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        Cherish Walters
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        Body parts accidentally delivered to KY woman instead of ordered medication

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        Clouds, Showers and a Lingering Chill Thursday

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        Family of Logan Tipton speaks after Exantus is extradited to Kentucky

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        Lexington restaurant owners rally to help Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

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        We Follow Through

        Apartment owner fights fine by city after deadly gas leak, condemnation

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        Mason County debates billion-dollar data center project

        Drew Amman
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        Afternoon shooting in Lexington leaves man with non-life-threatening injuries

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        Nonprofits are stepping up as KY families brace for SNAP benefits suspension

        Kayleigh Randle
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