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4 hrs ago | Middlesboro Daily News

Road to be closed for improvements

KY 74 in Bell County will be closed to all but local and emergency traffic May 28 to Aug.

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Related Topix: Lughnasadh, Life, Holidays, Weather, Kentucky

8 hrs ago | Lexington Herald-Leader

Meet the two Kentuckians who will compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee

This and other complex words will be fair game this week in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, one of the top spelling bees in the country.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Apiculture, Science

12 hrs ago | C-SPAN

Senator Mitch McConnell on John Jordan Crittenden

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell talked about the political career of fellow Kentuckian John J. Crittenden, a member of the U.S. Senate in the 1800s.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

14 hrs ago | KFOXTV

No. of Ky babies born addicted to drugs increases

Health officials, health care workers and drug control professionals are talking about the problems surrounding Kentucky babies who are born addicted to drugs.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid

19 hrs ago | Evansville Courier & Press

LETTER: Lawmakers should back Internet sales tax

People should know that both of Kentucky's U.S. senators voted against the Marketplace Fairness Act that passed the Senate by an overwhelming 69-27 vote.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Middlesboro Daily News

Brock, fiscal court commended for budget practices on coal dollars

During a recent fiscal court meeting, Brock rightfully commented that "We are blessed" when it comes to the new budget - something many surrounding counties in the coalfields cannot say at this time.

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WCHS-TV Charleston

Graham named chairman of House Education Committee

Graham, a retired teacher from Frankfort, replaces former state Rep. Carl Rollins who resigned to lead the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority and the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Middlesboro Daily News

Teachers, students recognized at board meeting

Three students were recognized during the regular Bell County School Board meeting Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Kentucky, Campbellsville University

Lexington Herald-Leader

Judge denies Beshear's motion to dismiss Tea Party lawsuit

Franklin Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd denied a request by Gov. Steve Beshear to dismiss a Tea Party lawsuit challenging the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors, Steve Beshear, Kentucky, Health Insurance, Health

WCHS-TV Charleston

Ashland Bridge Damage

Tiersa Davis Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 21, 2013 4:41 PM EDT Updated: May.

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Wed May 22, 2013

WDRB-TV Louisville

OPINION | Kentucky Dems Need A New Bert Combs

In the documentary Bert Combs, Governor from the Mountains , the late Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky's most eminent historian, said that Combs dragged Kentucky into the Twentieth Century against its will.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, US News, US Governors, Steve Beshear, Opinion

Evansville Courier & Press

Henderson edged off list of Kentucky's 10 largest cities

With the sunset sky reflecting off the water boaters and fishermen enjoy the Henderson riverfront Wednesday evening.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Best of 2007, Fort Knox, KY, Owensboro, KY, Nicholasville, KY

Tue May 21, 2013

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Cockfighting Suspects Appear in Court in Bracken County

Several people charged in connection with a Northern Kentucky cockfighting ring made court appearances today.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Bracken County, KY, Animal Rights, Eastern, KY

ENR-Engineering News-Record

NTSB Faults Cargo-Ship Pilot, Owner, Coast Guard and Kentucky for 2012 Collision

The Lagoon Bridge, now under construction near Kentucky Lake, is the first phase of the replacement for the Eggners Ferry Bridge over the Tennessee River.

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Related Topix: US Coast Guard, US Military, US News, Kentucky

WTVF Nashville

Bridge worker dead in accident

Daviess County Coroner Jeff Jones says the man died Monday evening after being taken to a hospital.

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WTVF Nashville

Western Ky. ferry plans to resume Tuesday

Almost a month to the day after it closed, the Dorena-Hickman Ferry in western Kentucky expects to resume service Tuesday.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Evansville Courier & Press

Welcome center reopen for holiday

Motorists traveling from the Nashville area toward Henderson on westbound Interstate 24 will find the Kentucky welcome center near Hopkinsville open during the busy Memorial Day travel weekend, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

WTVF Nashville

Cicadas about to emerge but not in Kentucky

Kentuckians don't have to worry about an onslaught of noisy cicadas this year, though experts say they're about to emerge in the Northeast.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Evansville Courier & Press

Twin Bridges rusting just five to six years after painting

Mike Lawrence/The Gleaner Rust shows through a steel beam on the northbound twin bridge span.

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Thu May 16, 2013

GroundReport.com

Prescription Drug Use Is The Leading Cause of Accidential Deaths

This article caught me off guard as I read it in a Fox News.Com report stating political leaders in Kentucky had called a local retailer, the Urban Outfitters, to advise them to halt the sale of flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses because they look like real prescription pill bottles.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Prison, Kentucky, Urban Outfitters, Retail, Apparel, Family, Teenagers