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      • Covering Kentucky
        Beshear signs Logan's Law to strengthen sentencing, parole for violent offenders
        Annie Brown
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        Karolina Buczek
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        Traffic collisions increase along a busy stretch of U.S. 27 in Nicholasville

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Caleb Barnes
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Annie Brown
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        Megan Mannering
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        Molly Demrow
        Mitch McConnell shares opinion on sending American troops to Iran

        Kentucky Politics

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        Daily Forecast

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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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        National News

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        Covering Kentucky

        Richmond police release new details on Madison Central HS bomb threat

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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

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        News

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        Cherish Walters
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        Crime

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        Daily Forecast

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        Tom Ackerman
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        House Bill 557 proposes more state funding for county jails

        Ellen Ice
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        $32.4 billion budget approved by KY legislature now heads to Beshear's desk

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        KY organic farm avoids high fertilizer costs but battles skyrocketing diesel

        Megan Mannering
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Caleb Barnes
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Larry Smith
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        Covering Kentucky

        Remains located in Rowan County identified as missing man last seen in 2022

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        Morehead students helps track data for NASA's historic Artemis II mission

        Alex Barber
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        Covering Kentucky

        Frankfort teen leads legislative push to make the rescue animal KY's state pet

        Annie Brown
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        Covering Kentucky

        Gas prices reach $4 a gallon nationwide ahead of spring break trips

        Molly Demrow
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        Covering Kentucky

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