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      • Covering Kentucky
        3 people confirmed dead across 3 potentially connected scenes in Adair Co.
        Rosemary Kelley
        Covering Kentucky
        City orders balconies to be demolished at Casa Mia apartments after collapse
        Leigh Searcy
        Covering Kentucky
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        Molly Demrow
        Daily Forecast
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        Patrick Herion
        Covering Kentucky
        Kentucky Supreme Court denies Stines' motion to remove presiding judge in case
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        Kentucky Politics
        Kentucky Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman running for governor
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lawsuit filed against Lexington Massage Envy over alleged assault

        Annie Brown
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        Covering Kentucky

        'Indicative of the turnout': Fayette County absentee ballot numbers climb

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        News

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          Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to step down September 1st

          Scripps News Group
        • Mass Shooting Louisiana

          Mass shooter who killed eight kids in Louisiana had gun incident in his past

          Lori Jane Gliha

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      • Jessamine County Fire District rescues 2 hikers

        Covering Kentucky

        Central Kentucky firefighters rescue 2 lost hikers from Jessamine Creek Gorge

        Mack Carmack
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        Crime

        Knox County man in custody after allegedly assaulting woman and her 2 kids

        Mack Carmack
        Fatal Collision

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        Coroner: New details in Friday Woodford County fatal collision

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        Daily Forecast

        One more day in the 80s

        Patrick Herion
        WBB manager tattoos

        BBN Tonight

        WATCH: Leaving a Mark

        Maggie Davis
        Kentucky Florida Basketball

        BBN Tonight

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

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

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        Sianni Appolon

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

        Megan Mannering
        Mitch McConnell

        Covering Kentucky

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

        Karolina Buczek
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        Covering Kentucky

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

        Annie Brown
        Italy Pope Good Friday

        National News

        Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession

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        Covering Kentucky

        Local Lexington distillery avoids the negative impacts of tariffs

        Michael Berk
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        Daily Forecast

        Easter weekend brings spring showers

        Emily McKinney
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        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky voter registration surges ahead of May primary election

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        Crime

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

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        2 US aircraft shot down as war in Iran escalates. At least 1 crew member missing

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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

        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky overrides veto to shield Roundup maker from cancer lawsuits

        Associated Press
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        Weather

        A Warm, Windy and Unsettled Start to the Spring Meet

        Tom Ackerman
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        Covering Kentucky

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

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

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

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        KSP investigating Thursday afternoon collision involving Stanford Police officer

        Rosemary Kelley
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        BBN Tonight

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        In Your Community

        Firefighters take part in yearly fire truck driving requirements

        Caleb Barnes
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        Covering Kentucky

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

        Leigh Searcy
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        Bengals continue to bolster defense, sign safety Kyle Dugger

        Taylor Weiter
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        EKCC inmate's wife speaks out on alleged abuse

        Kayleigh Randle
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        Covering Kentucky

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

        Annie Brown
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        Covering Kentucky

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

        Megan Mannering
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington founder sparks global awareness for rare TAR syndrome

        Molly Demrow
      • Mitch McConnell shares opinion on sending American troops to Iran

        Kentucky Politics

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

        Karolina Buczek
        "Hunger Doesn't Take a Spring Break"

        Covering Kentucky

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

        Evelyn Schultz
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        Daily Forecast

        Showers around on Good Friday

        Emily McKinney
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        Covering Kentucky

        Greenhouse effect: Tates Creek Middle School opens greenhouse on campus

        Michael Berk
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        Covering Kentucky

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

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Lexington woman arrested after allegedly chasing pedestrians with her vehicle

        Web Staff
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        Trump has privately discussed possibility of firing Bondi, AP sources say

        Associated Press
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        Covering Kentucky

        Richmond police release new details on Madison Central HS bomb threat

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Statue of Senator Mitch McConnell to be displayed at renovated Kentucky Capitol

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Nicholasville police search for missing 16-year-old who fled from school

        Web Staff
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        News

        Coroner identifies body found near the Ohio River as missing Lexington man

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        Crime

        Sheriff: Wayne County student charged over April Fools bomb prank at high school

        Cherish Walters
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