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Henderson jobless rate higher than year ago
Henderson County’s unemployment rate in January was higher than one year earlier, reflecting in part the shutdown of Patriot Coal Corp.’s two mines here. The jobless rate in January was 8.0 perc...
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2 girls remembered ‘spunky,’ ‘a little angel’
GRAY — Family members recalled two young sisters killed in a southern Kentucky house fire as “spunky” and “a little angel.” Family honored Paiten and Briel Cox on Thursday, five days after a bla...
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Election board clears Williams of coordination
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Registry of Election Finance has cleared former Senate President David Williams and a political action of illegal coordination during the 2011 election. But, the registr...
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Associated Press Lung transplant patient Bill Ray sits with his doctors, David Nunley (left), Victor van Berkel (right) and Allan Ramirez, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville on Thursday. The hospital says Ray, of Zeigler, Ill., became the oldest patient in Kentucky to receive a new lung when he underwent the surgery last year at age 73.
Lung transplant patient feels good after turning 74
LOUISVILLE — A man who at 73 became the oldest person to receive a lung transplant in Kentucky paid a visit for some follow-up tests Thursday at the hospital where he was operated on, saying he fel...
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Trial starts for woman charged with killing newborn twin sons
GALLATIN, Tenn. — A jury was seated Monday in the trial of a woman charged with first-degree murder in the smothering of her newborn twin boys, and opening arguments were scheduled to begin Tuesday...
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Town wants out of electricity contract
MARCELINE, Mo. — The tiny northern Missouri town of Marceline thought it was making a good deal in 2004 when it agreed to buy almost all of its electricity from the Prairie State Energy Campus. Ins...
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Priest named Episcopal bishop
ROANOKE, Va. — The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia has elected a Kentucky priest as its sixth bishop. A special council of clergy and lay people selected the Very. Rev. Mark Bourlakas...
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Art gallery opens in Elkhorn City
ELKHORN CITY — An eastern Kentucky native is hoping to use his love of art to help his hometown. Elkhorn resident Trent Hylton told the Appalachian News-Express that he hopes opening an art gall...
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Journey joins Illinois State Fair music lineup
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The rock band Journey has been added to the lineup for the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Journey is scheduled to play on the fair’s Grandstand stage Aug. 18. Tickets go...
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Mentoring helps ‘Little Panthers’ learn
LUDLOW — Bob Lucas said student Jenna Lillard has been showing significant gains academically as the year has progressed. “She’s improving in all areas,” said Lucas, the third grader’s teacher a...
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