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Work on Wolf Creek dam ‘on schedule’
SOMERSET — Federal officials say repair work on a massive south-central Kentucky dam is “on schedule” to be completed by the end of next year. David Hendrix, who is the repair project manager fo...
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McDonald’s strip-search hoax turned into movie
LOUISVILLE — The perverse tale of blind obedience to authority first unfolded eight years ago in a McDonald’s restaurant in Mount Washington, Ky., just south of Louisville, when an 18-year-old empl...
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House approves task force to rewrite state’s juvenile code
FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers in the House on Friday approved a measure to create a task force to rewrite the state’s juvenile code. Sponsor Rep. John Tilley told The Courier-Journal the goal i...
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Lawmakers look to hike speed on US 68 HOPKINSVILLE — Two lawmakers from southwestern Kentucky want to raise the speed limit on U.S. 68 to 60 mph. Reps. John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville, and Myron ...
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Inmate beats odds, gets trial over eye injury
LOUISVILLE — Johnny Davis thought the cataract surgery he had in 2005 would solve problems with his left eye. Instead, complications after the procedure only made life worse for the 57-year-old ser...
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Lawmakers approve congressional redistricting
FRANKFORT — Lawmakers approved a congressional redistricting plan for Kentucky on Friday, a day after an attorney went to court to ask a judge to take over the issue. The House voted 58-26 for t...
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Schools to track students’ body mass index
LOUISVILLE — Public school health screenings in Kentucky are changing with the times. In a nod to the growing problem of childhood obesity, the state Board of Education recently approved a propo...
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Broad coalition presses for casino gambling in Kentucky FRANKFORT — A coalition of business, labor and education groups pressed state lawmakers Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment tha...
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Study looks at lung cancer in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A two-year study will look for the reason the treatment of lung cancer is lagging in southern Illinois. Previous research has shown that lung cancer death rates and cases of ...
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Teen gets life sentence, apologizes for murder
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an “ahmazing” thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday ...
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