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      • Sweet 16 girls' basketball 2026

        Covering Kentucky

        How sweet it is: Girls' round of 16 tips off at Rupp Arena

        Michael Berk
        Iran US Analysis

        Iran War

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        AP via Scripps News Group
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        Russia Ukraine War

        Iran War

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        Jason Bellini
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        Radio Vida

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        National News

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        National News

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        Scripps News Group
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        Web Staff
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        Crime

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        News

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        Web Staff
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        National Politics

        Jill Biden opens up in memoir about husband's decision to drop out of 2024 race

        AP via Scripps News Group
        Iran US Analysis

        Iran War

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        Joe St. George
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        BBN Tonight

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        Maggie Davis
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        World News

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        Crime

        KY man indicted on child exploitation charges after hidden cameras found in home

        Web Staff
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        Iran War

        Iran strikes U.S. allies as fighting threatens oil routes in Strait of Hormuz

        Jason Bellini
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        News

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        Covering Kentucky

        West High Street closed due to emergency gas main repairs, mayor reports

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        Gas Prices

        National Politics

        Inflation steady in February, but Iran war threatens higher prices

        AP via Scripps News Group
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        CORRECTION Severe Weather

        National News

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        AP via Scripps News Group
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        Trump will visit Ohio and Kentucky to push economic message

        Associated Press
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        Daily Forecast

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        Chevy Chase residents push back against proposed mental health facility

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        Sports

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        BBN Tonight

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        Trump Georgia

        National Politics

        Clay Fuller and Shawn Harris move to runoff to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene

        AP via Scripps News Group
        Shutdown

        National Politics

        Congress still stalled over DHS funds as government shutdown nears month mark

        Stephanie Liebergen
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        Scripps News Investigates

        Records reveal reported threats and domestic violence in Austin shooter’s past

        Brittany Freeman
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        Covering Kentucky

        Parents advocate to allow homeschool students to compete in state athletics

        Caleb Barnes
        Corn

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        Kentucky farmland could help fuel the future of aviation, backers of HB 545 say

        Megan Mannering
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        LEX 18 Investigates

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        Covering Kentucky

        Rising diesel prices won't affect most in-state moving rates yet

        Michael Berk
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        Covering Kentucky

        Keeneland unveils new Paddock building ahead of spring race meet in Lexington

        Molly Demrow
        Safe passage

        Covering Kentucky

        Lexington gala supports nonprofit that fights youth trafficking

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        Iraq war veteran

        Covering Kentucky

        Iraq vet in Kentucky says troops fighting in Iran war will 'come home changed'

        Alex Barber
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Scripps News Group
        Trump

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        Nathaniel Reed
      • Iran

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        Joe St. George
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        Covering Kentucky

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        Covering Kentucky

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        National News

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