May 20, 2013
Kentucky
Associated Press
The Distinguished Service Cross is displayed at left on the lapel of Sgt. Felipe Pereira after it was awarded to him Thursday at Fort Campbell.
Army sergeant receives 2nd highest military honor
FORT CAMPBELL — A Brazilian-born Army sergeant credited with saving two lives during an attack in Afghanistan while wounded has been presented with the nation’s second highest military honor, the D...
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2 Kentucky men face hate-crime charges
Two Kentucky men are the first in the nation to be charged under the section of the federal hate-crimes law that makes it illegal to assault a person because he or she is gay, U.S. Attorney Kerry B...
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Teen charged with murder
OWENSBORO — A 16-year-old western Kentucky boy has been charged with murder in the death of a man found in a pickup truck. Police said the Ohio County teen also faces a robbery charge in connect...
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Beshear vetoes portions of budget
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear has used his line-item veto power to delete some spending proposals that lawmakers added to a bare-bones budget proposal. Beshear released a statement Wednesday sa...
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Officials offer reward for info in hospital fire
MOUNT STERLING — A reward is being offered for information in a blaze at an empty eastern Kentucky hospital that firefighters have called the most destructive attempt they’ve seen to burn down a bu...
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Prescription drug bill facing opposition from MDs
FRANKFORT — House Speaker Greg Stumbo called Tuesday for lawmakers to support legislation aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse despite opposition from the Kentucky Medical Association. Stumb...
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Woman faces prison for role in overdose
LEXINGTON — Prosecutors say a Breathitt County woman’s guilty plea marks the first prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office charging someone in the eastern half of Kentucky with causing a death by...
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Man killed by train in western Ky.
HOPKINSVILLE — Police are investigating after a train hit and killed a man in western Kentucky. Hopkinsville Police officer Roger Stephens said Corey Majors died early Sunday after being hit by ...
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Legislators still without road budget
FRANKFORT — With time running short, lawmakers still haven’t come to terms on a six-year, $10.6 billion proposal to fund road and bridge projects across Kentucky. State Rep. Sannie Overly, D-Par...
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Drug summit draws state lawmakers
LOUISVILLE — Top health leaders and lawmakers from Kentucky who are trying to end multistate prescription drug trafficking and abuse are meeting in Florida this week. The National Rx Drug Abuse ...
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