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      • Tiger's Time Golf

        Sports

        Tiger Woods says he'll seek treatment after rollover crash and DUI arrest

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        National News

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        Advocates calling on lawmakers to make changes to reduce KY's child abuse rate

        Karolina Buczek
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        Covering Kentucky

        Proposed Wynter's Law to expand AMBER Alert criteria stalls in the KY House

        Molly Demrow
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        7-year-old throws first pitch at Cubs game to honor late Whitley County father

        Megan Mannering
      • APTOPIX Trump

        National Politics

        Trump orders tighter rules around mail-in voting, setting up legal challenges

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        State report details inmate's fatal cliff fall at EKCC, changes coming

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        National News

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        National News

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        Daily Forecast

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      • APTOPIX Travel Delays

        Scripps News Life

        Airport bottlenecks ease as TSA workers get paid, but shutdown continues

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        National News

        Judge orders Trump admin to halt construction of White House ballroom

        Scripps News Group
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        National Politics

        Federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

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        Covering Kentucky

        ACLU represents KY mom banned from school property over social media posts

        Erin Rosas
        Immigrant deaths

        Scripps News Investigates

        Police video shows arrest of 19-year-old immigrant who died in ICE custody

        Patrick Terpstra
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        Report: London Mayor Randall Weddle indicted on four campaign finance charges

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        Defense seeks delay in Charlie Kirk murder case, cites inconclusive evidence

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        Artemis II to take 4 astronauts farther from Earth than ever before

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        National News

        Celine Dion announces first concerts since stiff-person syndrome diagnosis

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        Bulls Ivey Smith Basketball

        Sports

        Bulls waive Jaden Ivey after anti-LGBTQ+ comments, remarks about religion

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      • Iran US Kharg Troops

        Iran War

        Seizing Kharg Island would risk US troops' lives, experts say

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        Charlie Kirk Shot

        National News

        Arizona governor vetoes bill to name highway after Charlie Kirk

        AP via Scripps News Group
      • Trump

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        Trump tells allies: 'Get your own oil' as Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz

        Justin Boggs
        Vance Book

        National News

        Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith

        Associated Press
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        Covering Kentucky

        Judge voids impeachment articles against Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman

        Erin Rosas
      • Tiger Woods Crash Golf

        Sports

        Deputies say they found 2 hydrocodone pills on Tiger Woods following crash

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        Supreme Court LGBTQ Books

        National Politics

        Supreme Court rules against Colorado ‘conversion therapy’ ban for LGBTQ kids

        AP via Scripps News Group
        Dolly Parton

        Covering Kentucky

        KY lawmakers restore funding match to save Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

        Annie Brown
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        National News

        King Charles III to mark 250 years of American independence on historic US trip

        AP via Scripps News Group
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        National Politics

        Impacts of Trump's Liberation Day tariffs linger one year later 

        Maura Barrett
        Charlie Kirk Highway

        National News

        Charlie Kirk highway got vetoed in AZ. Elected officials are citing politics

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      • Gas Prices

        National Politics

        US gas prices top $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 amid Iran conflict

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        Daily Forecast

        A Balmy Tuesday

        Tom Ackerman
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        Covering Kentucky

        Inmate back in custody after stealing Wolfe County truck while on work crew

        Caleb Barnes
      • Kentucky State Police

        Covering Kentucky

        Man wanted in connection to Nashville murder case found dead in Lyon County

        Web Staff
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        National Politics

        Eric Trump shares renderings of a proposed Trump presidential library and museum

        Scripps News Group
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        Covering Kentucky

        Man arrested after making threat on Barren County Courthouse ahead of appearance

        Rosemary Kelley
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        Covering Kentucky

        AG wants case blocking KY's executions for 15 years to be dismissed

        Karolina Buczek
        Travel

        Iran War

        Here's how the war in Iran is set to make summer travel more expensive

        Cameron Couvillion
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        We Follow Through

        Some residents in Mason County forced to move for proposed data center

        Drew Amman
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        National Politics

        US to close Afghan refugee camp, leaving over 1,000 allies in limbo

        Kadia Tubman
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        Covering Kentucky

        KY Powerball winner appears before judge on burglary charge after 3rd arrest

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        Daily Forecast

        March Ends Like May

        Bill Meck
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        Covering Kentucky

        Lextran launches new $1 seasonal bus route connecting local entertainment spots

        Megan Mannering
        Iran War

        Iran War

        White House touts progress in Iran talks as Tehran denies direct negotiations

        Scripps News Group
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        Covering Kentucky

        Bourbon Co. first responders conduct realistic mass casualty drill with students

        Michael Berk
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        Covering Kentucky

        Valley View Ferry reopens with safety measures as armed suspect remains at large

        Molly Demrow
        Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship

        National Politics

        Trump seeks birthright citizenship restrictions as case reaches Supreme Court

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        Autopsy report details the death of Laurel County man shot by police

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        National News

        Army investigates Apache helicopter flights near Kid Rock’s home

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        Radio Vida

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        National News

        FBI says man who crashed truck into Michigan synagogue was inspired by Hezbollah

        AP via Scripps News Group
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