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      • Covering Kentucky
        Lafayette HS investigating faculty 'serious incident,' principal reports
        Mack Carmack
        Covering Kentucky
        Letcher County woman's lawsuit against sheriff's deputy ends in settlement
        Web Staff
        Covering Kentucky
        Scripps agrees to purchase WTVQ in Lexington for $15.8 million
        Web Staff
        Daily Forecast
        Spotty showers and storms are possible through the rest of the workweek
        Patrick Herion
        Covering Kentucky
        Danville settles wrongful arrest suit; police to undergo new disability training
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        Covering Kentucky
        Lexington restaurants face wave of closures as costs rise, consumer habits shift
        Annie Brown
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        Covering Kentucky

        Distemper confirmed in Madison County skunk, officials report

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Green River Ferry set to reopen March 5 after flood damage repairs

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        Clara Strack, Tonie Morgan, Amelia Hassett

        BBN Tonight

        Kentucky WBB opens postseason with commanding win over Arkansas, 94-64

        Hannah Hamelback
      • National News

        • Mojtaba Khamenei

          Khamenei's son emerges as potential candidate to be Iran's next Supreme Leader

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        • ICE Arrest New York

          ICE says a 48-year-old Mexican national has died in agency custody in California

          Scripps News Group
        • Lebanon Israel

          US working to charter flights for Americans trying to leave Middle East

          Scripps News Group

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        Crime

        Lexington police searching for suspect caught on camera stealing package

        Web Staff
        Iran War Military Families

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        Military families anxious about unknowns of Iran war, proud of service members

        Associated Press
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        Crime

        Man arrested on 20 counts of child sexual exploitation charges, KSP says

        Cherish Walters
      • Fatal Crash

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        KSP investigating deadly crash involving Boyle County Sheriff's Office cruiser

        Cherish Walters
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        Daily Forecast

        Still Warm and Unsettled Wednesday

        Tom Ackerman
        Kentuck Preview Basketball

        Sports

        Kentucky falls in its final road game of the season 96-85 at Texas A&M

        Keith Farmer
      • Jeffrey Epstein

        Covering Kentucky

        Biologist mentioned in Epstein Files connected to UK, held lecture in 2016

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        2 Kentucky families speak out in support of the National Marrow Donor Program

        Drew Amman
        Making Machine Guns

        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky bill targeting machine gun conversion switches passes state House

        Karolina Buczek
      • Fatal Collision

        Covering Kentucky

        KSP: Monday night single-vehicle collision in Laurel County leaves 1 dead

        Web Staff
        LEX 18 Investigates
        Choctaw Academy

        Covering Kentucky

        Choctaw Academy may hold story of America's first Indigenous trained physician

        Megan Mannering
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        Covering Kentucky

        Berea College Student Craft wins Cooper Hewitt National Design Award

        Caleb Barnes
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        Covering Kentucky

        Daughter asking community for 75 birthday cards for veteran father turning 75

        Molly Demrow
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        Covering Kentucky

        How conflict in the Middle East is impacting Kentucky farmers this spring

        Alex Barber
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        Kentucky Politics

        Iran war could shake up Kentucky's midterm elections, political expert says

        Michael Berk
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        Covering Kentucky

        Casey County crews cover 114 miles in search for missing 28-year-old man

        Web Staff
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        Daily Forecast

        Our rainy and warm pattern continues

        Patrick Herion
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington fire units responding to structure fire on Centerville Lane Tuesday

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Sheriff: Man arrested in connection to deadly shooting in Perry County

        Web Staff
        Kentucky Stein Football

        BBN Tonight

        Barnhart retiring as UK athletics director after 24 years, will take on new role

        Web Staff
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        Crime

        Sheriff: 2 arrested after dog found injured, malnourished in Pulaski County

        Cherish Walters
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        Covering Kentucky

        Churchill Downs unveils official food and drink menu for Kentucky Derby 152

        Web Staff
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        News

        Gov. Beshear: KY soldiers among 6 U.S. service members killed in Iran attacks

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        Traffic

        78-year-old man confirmed dead after crash on Man O' War Blvd at Blazer Parkway

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        UK faces proposed budget cuts in Kentucky House spending plan

        Erin Rosas
        Trump

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        White House attributes redness on Trump's neck to skin cream

        Associated Press
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        Daily Forecast

        A Very Warm and Unsettled Stretch

        Tom Ackerman
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        Covering Kentucky

        Iranian exile living in Kentucky says US military strikes bring hope

        Ajay Patel
        Megan Milburn

        Covering Kentucky

        A year later, sister of woman killed in Lincoln County fire demands answers

        Megan Mannering
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        Covering Kentucky

        Laurel County community gathers to stand up to bullying, one truck at a time

        Caleb Barnes
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        LEX 18 Investigates

        City of Lexington settles $1.2 million lawsuit after woman's wrongful arrest

        Leigh Searcy
        In typical fashion, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone defends Olympic crown with world record

        Covering Kentucky

        Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and her dad launch campaign to raise awareness of HCM

        Michael Berk
      • APTOPIX Iran US Israel

        Covering Kentucky

        UK professor: 'I don't think anyone knows how long this war is going to last'

        Drew Amman
        Gas Prices

        Covering Kentucky

        AAA warns of rising gas prices as oil prices surge amid overseas tensions

        Molly Demrow
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        Covering Kentucky

        Pulaski County mom enters national fitness competition

        Alex Barber
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        Covering Kentucky

        Injury collision impacts traffic at Richmond Road and North Locust Hill Dr.

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        1 adult, 4 kids displaced overnight after garage fire on Kearney Ridge Blvd.

        Web Staff
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        Daily Forecast

        Much warmer days on the horizon

        Patrick Herion
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        Sports

        Kentucky's Malachi Moreno wins first SEC Freshman of the Week honor

        Web Staff
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        Covering Kentucky

        Kentucky judge asks House committee to dismiss impeachment petition

        Web Staff
        Sturgill Simpson

        Covering Kentucky

        Report: Kentucky-born musician Sturgill Simpson drops new album early on YouTube

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