June 19, 2013
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Former county attorney disbarred over vote buying
LOUISVILLE — A former county attorney from northeast Kentucky was disbarred Thursday for paying voters to cast ballots for him in a 2006 election and then lying about it to a grand jury. The Ken...
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Bridge worker electrocuted
OWENSBORO — A coroner says a man who died while working on a project to paint a bridge in western Kentucky was electrocuted. Daviess County Coroner Jeff Jones told the Messenger-Inquirer that a...
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Former Miss America latest to look at Senate
FRANKFORT — Former Miss America Heather French Henry is the latest Democrat to consider challenging U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in his re-election bid next year. French Henry s...
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State needs more physicians ahead of Medicaid expansion
FRANKFORT — The planned expansion of Kentucky’s Medicaid program coupled with a push to help the uninsured obtain health coverage could exacerbate the state’s shortage of physicians, according to a...
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Prosecutors: Farmer’s wrongdoing started pre-2008
LOUISVILLE — Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer’s “unwarranted sense of entitlement” goes beyond what he’s been charged with, federal prosecutors said in a court filing. Assi...
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Lottery tickets sold in Kentucky each worth $1 million
LOUISVILLE— Two Powerball tickets sold in Kentucky barely missed out on an estimated $590.5 million grand prize, but they’re worth $1 million each. Kentucky Lottery officials said Sunday that on...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Afghans learn assault tactics from 101st
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — With Afghan troops increasingly leading combat operations on the ground, the Afghan Air Force’s fledgling helicopter fleet based in Kabul has learned new techniques ...
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Teens spearheaded Louisville desegregation effort
LOUISVILLE — Raoul Cunningham was a gangly 17-year-old high school junior when Louisville police came for him at the lunch counter of the old Stewart’s Department Store in February 1961. They handc...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fort Knox launches platoon program
FORT KNOX — As soldiers at Fort Knox are preparing for a summer deployment to Afghanistan, officials at the central Kentucky Army post are launching an Adopt a Platoon program. The News-Enterpri...
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Neighbor accused of letting dogs out
LONDON— Who let the dogs out? An eastern Kentucky sheriff says it was an intoxicated neighbor. Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that a 47-year-old London woman told deputies s...
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