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Incumbent lawmakers facing no opponents
FRANKFORT — In the farm communities of western Kentucky, Republican state Rep. Dwight Butler has never lost an election, so it’s little wonder no one chose to run against him this year. Challeng...
Apr 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pole dancing dispute gets residents up in arms
ADAIRVILLE — A southern Kentucky town is up in arms over a request to allow pole dancers to be paid for entertaining patrons at a bar straddling the Tennessee line. Tenn-Tucky State Line Tavern ...
Apr 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woman sues dentist, says screwdriver required surgery
LOUISVILLE — A woman is suing a dentist, accusing him of dropping a small screwdriver down her throat that migrated to her digestive tract and later required surgery to remove. In a suit filed i...
Apr 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ruling lets guns in campus cars
LOUISVILLE — Students and staff members at Kentucky universities may keep guns and other deadly weapons in a car, but the schools may continue to regulate them elsewhere on campus, the Kentucky Sup...
Apr 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Northern Kentucky fossil find stumps scientists
DAYTON, Ohio — Scientists are trying to figure out what a fossil dubbed “Godzillus” used to be. The 150-pound fossil recovered last year in northern Kentucky is more than 6 feet long and 3 feet ...
Apr 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Judge: 3-drug executions may not be needed
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky must either switch to a single drug to perform executions within 90 days or prepare to go to trial on the claims of death row inmates challenging the state’s three-drug method...
Apr 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Danville gets first black police chief
DANVILLE — The Danville City Commission has tapped interim Police Chief Tony Gray for the job permanently, making the veteran officer the city’s first black top cop. The appointment came Monday nig...
Apr 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mother seeks restraining order against student
LOUISVILLE — A Kentucky mother who claims her 9-year-old daughter has been bullied for two school years is seeking a restraining order against a fourth-grade boy accused of tormenting her daughter,...
Apr 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beshear signs prescription drug legislation
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear issued a warning to doctors who skirt ethical standards before he signed legislation Tuesday to fight the scourge of prescription drug abuse. Surrounded by legisla...
Apr 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Town readies for prison closure
After a sex scandal at a privately run prison in rural Kentucky, the state cut off the institution’s funding and now it’s shutting down — and that worries town officials in an impoverished Appalach...
Apr 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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