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At least six people are recovering after they were taken to the hospital from a fast food restaurant Friday night.

In a 5-2 vote, the Madison County Planning Commission approved a development plan Tuesday evening for a cellular telephone tower on Joe Lick Knob south of Kingston near the intersection of US 421 and KY 1016.

Law enforcement officers from 18 agencies across the state graduated Friday from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.

HAZARD, Ky. -- Authorities are still trying to determine why a man shot and killed an elected official and a county employee at a rural convenience store before turning the gun on himself.

HAZARD - It was a regular lunch routine for a popular county official in eastern Kentucky: Order the daily special at Ben's Quick Stop, then watch 'The Price is Right' while he ate it.

The owner of a BP station in Perry County said he has turned off his pumps and won't sell fuel until prices go down.

The owner of a BP station in Perry County said he has turned off his pumps and won't sell fuel until prices go down.

The owner of a gasoline station in eastern Kentucky said he has turned off his pumps and won't sell fuel until prices go down.

Soaring oil prices drive gas costs up even more across the country. Lawmakers in Washington questioned oil company executives about the record profits in light of a struggling economy.

“I agree with you a thousand percent”

The early-morning arrest of several intoxicated students at Hazard High School has erupted into a public showdown between the city's mayor and police chief, causing fears among police that pay raises have been ... via Lexington Herald-Leader

“The landscape is the grandest - and politics - are the damndest in Kentucky.”

Okay, you've got out-of-state Derby guests who are nursing hangovers and asking you to explain Kentucky government and politics. via TheTimesTribune.com

“We are of the opinion that the Respondent's (Combs) plea of guilty to mail fraud in the United States District Court 'put(s) in grave issue whether he/she has the moral fitness to continue to practice law”

Officials violated state law by not conducting a national search for the state's higher education chief, and Kentucky should start pursuing a new permanent replacement, Attorney General Jack Conway said. via Lexington Herald-Leader

A former Eastern Kentucky circuit judge convicted of mail fraud has been suspended from practicing law by the Kentucky Supreme Court. via Lexington Herald-Leader

The Kentucky Supreme Court has temporarily suspended a former eastern Kentucky circuit judge convicted of mail fraud from practicing law. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“This bill makes all 120 counties in Kentucky a destination for outdoor adventure tourism.”

Tourists looking for outdoor adventures may now enjoy parts of Kentucky like never before. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“If we could get the residents involved in reporting these arsonists, it would cut down on these arson fires. It would bring our load down tremendously”

Forest fire season heats up in Eastern Kentucky with more than two dozen fires since Friday, some coming dangerously close to homes. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“I look forward to gathering with my fellow Kentuckians to give thanks for our blessings and through prayer ask for the strength, wisdom and courage we need to carry out the business of the people.”

' Gov. Steve Beshear will host the annual Governor's Prayer Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, at the Frankfort Convention Center. via Cincypost.Com

“We don't yet know the beginning or the end.”

Nearly a quarter century after 'KentuckyShow!' opened on Fourth Street and almost a decade after it was mothballed, work on an all-new production is speeding toward release. via The Courier-Journal

“We heard like a crash outside and we looked outside and we saw little pieces of rock fall off and we didn't think anything about it and then all of a sudden the whole cliff just like fell over, it wasn't like a slide, it just toppled over”

Another family in eastern Kentucky is trying to figure out if their home can be saved after the side of a cliff crumbled into it Tuesday night. via WKYT-TV Lexington

Information published in the arrest log is printed as it is submitted by the Somerset Police and Pulaski County Sheriff's departments. via Commonwealth Journal