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      • National Politics
        Senate advances bipartisan deal to end shutdown after clearing 60-vote hurdle
        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
        Alex Barber
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        Emily McKinney
        Covering Kentucky
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        Motorcycle chase ends with drug arrest in Nelson County
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        Missing teen found following Golden Alert

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        National Politics

        Trump says Americans will get payments of 'at least $2,000' from tariff revenue

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          Some states got SNAP benefits overnight — here’s why others haven’t

          AP via Scripps News Group
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          A shutdown deal without a health care guarantee — would Democrats take it?

          AP via Scripps News Group

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        Daily Forecast

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        Tom Ackerman
        Fayette County Sheriff's Office hosts ninth annual honor vigil for domestic violence survivors

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        Lexington's vigil honors domestic violence survivors, offers support

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        Lexington's $900,000 art installation splits public opinion

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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington removing green wayfinding signs due to wear and damage

        Ajay Patel
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        Covering Kentucky

        Free legal training offered for attorneys handling KY foster care cases

        Ellen Ice
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        Kentucky leads nation in teen driving deaths for 4th straight year

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        Covering Kentucky

        KSP honor good Samaritans who helped save trooper's life after shooting

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        2 first responders fighting for benefits years after deadly Floyd Co. shootout

        Annie Brown
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        Covering Kentucky

        Halfway through the first semester, teachers are evaluating cell phone ban

        Caleb Barnes
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        Daily Forecast

        Freeze Warning tonight

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        Crime

        Pulaski Co. man arrested after traffic stop turns up drugs, man flees on foot

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Senate confirms Lexington’s Chad Meredith for federal judgeship

        Web Staff
        Government Shutdown

        National Politics

        Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during government shutdown

        Associated Press
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        Kings Island surveys passholders on 4 potential new attractions

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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington Police Department announces death of 88-year-old retired detective

        Erin Rosas
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        YMCA board approves selling High Street property to student housing Developer

        Web Staff
      • Roadway Collision

        Covering Kentucky

        Georgetown police respond to injury collision at Cherry Blossom Way intersection

        Web Staff
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        News

        Pedestrian dead after being hit by 2 vehicles on U.S. Highway 421 in Clay County

        Cherish Walters
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        Politics

        US strikes 2 more alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific Ocean

        Associated Press
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        News

        Sovereignty, Journalism headline loaded $7M Breeders' Cup Classic pre-entries

        Associated Press
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        News

        Scott Co. coroner identifies victim of head-on collision on Frankfort Road

        Cherish Walters
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        News

        Coroner identifies person killed in overnight crash on Athens Boonesboro Road

        Cherish Walters
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        Daily Forecast

        A Fall Chill in Full Swing

        Tom Ackerman
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        BBN Tonight

        DISRUPTION: Making Noise and Making a Splash

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        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky domestic violence coalition honors survivors, raises awareness

        Molly Demrow
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        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky lawmakers say medical marijuana products shouldn't look like candy

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Family still searching for answers 28 years after Lexington teen vanished

        Annie Brown
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        Covering Kentucky

        UK students train service dogs for children, veterans though "UK 4 Paws" program

        Ellen Ice
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        Covering Kentucky

        Growing speaking confidence through Toastmasters in Woodford County

        Caleb Barnes
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        Covering Kentucky

        SNAP funding set to run out Nov. 1 amid shutdown, affecting over 600,000 in KY

        Drew Amman
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        Crime

        KY man charged after police find drugs, paraphernalia during traffic stop

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Daily Forecast

        First widespread frost potential tonight

        Emily McKinney
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        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky lawmakers propose removing state fluoride mandate from drinking water

        Web Staff
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        Crime

        Man in Winchester arrested near school bus stop, charged with indecent exposure

        Web Staff
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        National News

        USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid

        Associated Press
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        Crime

        Report: Man wanted on charges involving illegal sexual acts with minor

        Web Staff
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        Crime

        Winchester man arrested, charged with child sexual exploitation offenses

        Cherish Walters
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        Covering Kentucky

        New sculpture in downtown Lexington commemorates city's 250th anniversary

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        $25,000 a year for life Kentucky Lottery ticket sold in Bowling Green

        Web Staff
        PIKE COUNTY FLOODING

        Covering Kentucky

        Beshear: $6M investment to restore flood-damaged shopping center in Coal Run

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