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Richmond, Kentucky is located in Madison County. Zip codes in Richmond, KY include 40476, and 40475. The median home price in Richmond is $163,500. More Richmond information.

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Breaking News! Sheriff Jerry Combs Found Dead

The Madison County Coroner has confirmed to us that Sheriff Jerry Combs has died. The Madison County Sheriff was found Monday evening in the garden at his Berea home. The coroner says the 61-year-old died of an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead at Berea Hospital

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Tue May 14, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

Mrs. Obama: Seek out those with different beliefs

First lady Michelle Obama is urging Eastern Kentucky University graduates to apply the same resilience and hard work in school to their lives beyond campus and to seek out people with different beliefs.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Richmond News

Officer recognized for initiative

Police officers have a decision that can often determine a youth's life over the next few years.

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Sun May 12, 2013

Lexington Herald-Leader

Man found dead in Estill County after state police arrive to serve warrants

A 57-year-old man died of a gunshot wound at an Estill County residence Saturday night after Kentucky State Police arrived to serve him with arrest warrants.

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Columbia Magazine

Carol Perkins: Great bands at Specks, Richmond, KY

Carol Perkins: Great bands at Specks, Richmond, KY The college hangout near Eastern Kentucky University was a great place for students to go.

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Sat May 11, 2013

Clover Herald

Mrs. Obama: Seek out those with different beliefs

First lady Michelle Obama is urging Eastern Kentucky University graduates to apply the same resilience and hard work in school to their lives beyond campus and to seek out people with different beliefs.

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WKYT

EKU Police suggest alternate routes to evening commencement ceremonies

Traffic in Richmond is expected to be heavier than normal this weekend with Eastern Kentucky University commencement ceremonies and a visit by The First Lady Michelle Obama Saturday evening, not to mention that it's Mother's day weekend.

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Streatham Guardian

Richmond Art Society exhibition

A cheeky cherub among a pencil and graphite woodland sea of snow and a soft depiction of Richmond riverside are among pieces in a Richmond Art Society exhibition this month.

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Fri May 10, 2013

WHAS11

Ky. school district rolls out 'smart bus'

The Richmond Register reports the retrofitted school bus is the first to offer students a filtered Internet connection.

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Lexington Herald-Leader

EKU issues safety alert after woman reports she was attacked

The Eastern Kentucky University Police Department issued a safety alert Friday after receiving a report of an incident that occurred in the area between McGregor Hall and the Weaver Building on the Richmond campus.

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Richmond News

Officer recognized for initiative

Police officers have a decision that can often determine a youth's life over the next few years.

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Thu May 09, 2013

Clover Herald

Panel awards $1.5M for model teacher prep programs

The Council on Postsecondary Education has awarded three universities a total of $1.5 million to develop model programs that will better prepare future teachers for their careers.

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Wed May 08, 2013

Business Journal

Battelle assisting in destruction of chemical weapons

Columbus research giant Battelle secured a new contract to aid the U.S. government in its ongoing effort to rid the country of chemical weapons, it said Wednesday.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Lexington Herald-Leader

Richmond man pleads guilty in wife's slaying, dismemberment, cover-up

A Richmond man pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in the 2011 death of his wife and the subsequent cover-up of her murder.

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WHAS11

Ceremony held to honor 2 fallen officers from Kentucky

Two Kentucky police officers killed in the line of duty are being honored Tuesday.

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Mon May 06, 2013

Richmond News

Officer recognized for initiative

Police officers have a decision that can often determine a youth's life over the next few years.

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Lexington Herald-Leader

Business closings, openings and anniversaries: Week of May 6

Bates Security is a division of Sonitrol of Lexington and provides residential and commercial security services in Central and Northern Kentucky.

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Sun May 05, 2013

Lexington Herald-Leader

Uncommonwealth: Kentucky's pioneer of court recording turns 90

Retired Madison Circuit Judge James Chenault sits in the library of the house in which he was born and his mother was born before him, on a quiet leafy street in downtown Richmond.

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Fri May 03, 2013

Richmond News

Officer recognized for initiative

Police officers have a decision that can often determine a youth's life over the next few years.

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Wed May 01, 2013

WCHS-TV Charleston

Richmond event to honor 2 officers killed on job

Two central Kentucky law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty will be honored next week at a ceremony in Richmond.

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