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    COVID-19 vaccinations begin for school district staff
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    Covering Kentucky
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    CDC: 13,800 Kentuckians are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

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    Record number of COVID-19-related deaths reported on Thursday

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    Daily Forecast

    Calm, Cold Start to the Weekend

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    Rep. Barr: Rejoining Paris Climate Accords a 'gift to China'

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    Coronavirus

    Casey County School District parents worry kids will not pass grade level

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    Covering Kentucky

    Fayette Co. Sheriff's Office employees join in honoring VP Harris

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    Kentucky falls for the third straight game 63-62 at Georgia

    Keith Farmer
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    Covering Kentucky

    Man accused in deadly crash appears in court via zoom

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    State of the Commonwealth

    Gov. Beshear vetoes pandemic-related bills

    Karolina Buczek
    7:11 PM, Jan 20, 2021
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    Three Lexington daycare workers accused of injuring toddlers

    Jordan Mickle
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    3,433 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Ky. on Wednesday

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    Covering Kentucky

    Inauguration Day protest fails to materialize in Frankfort

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    Sofia Millar
    3:09 PM, Jan 20, 2021
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    Another low passing south

    Seth Phillips
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    Gov. Beshear chosen to lead bipartisan COVID-19 recovery taskforce

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    Crime

    Rowan County man stabbed multiple times, critically injured

    Jacqueline Nie
    10:01 AM, Jan 20, 2021
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    Daily Forecast

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    Tom Ackerman
    3:59 AM, Jan 20, 2021
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    Covering Kentucky

    Grassroots group hopes public support buttresses efforts to ban conversion therapy

    Mike Valente
    11:31 PM, Jan 19, 2021
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    Coronavirus

    Gov. Beshear asks federal government to double Kentucky's vaccine allotment

    Katherine Collins
    11:25 PM, Jan 19, 2021
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    Covering Kentucky

    Scott County Schools to return to in-person learning next Wednesday

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    State of the Commonwealth

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    Conroy Delouche
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    LEX 18 Investigates

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    Leigh Searcy
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    State of the Commonwealth

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    Kristen Edwards
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    Sports

    UK announces 10 mid-year football enrollees

    Keith Farmer
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    Coronavirus

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    2,250 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Kentucky on Tuesday

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    Vaccine

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    UK HealthCare opens Kroger Field vaccination clinic

    Michael Berk
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    Covering Kentucky

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    Claire Kopsky
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    Keith Farmer
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    Covering Kentucky

    Laurel County man missing since May 2019 found safely

    Web Staff
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    Web Staff
    11:15 AM, Jan 19, 2021
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    BBN Tonight

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    Eli Gehn
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    Daily Forecast

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    Coronavirus

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    Daily Forecast

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