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Winchester, Kentucky is located in Clark County. Zip codes in Winchester, KY include 40392, and 40391. More Winchester information.

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Friday | Lexington Herald-Leader

Parents sue Clark schools, allege child's time out was in 'dark, padded room'

The parents of a young child have sued the Clark County Public Schools for $5 million, alleging that educators put their daughter in "time out" in a dark, padded room.

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Wed May 30, 2012

WKYT

Thieves steal construction equipment worth tens of thousands of dollars

A business owner wants your help finding a piece of construction equipment thieves stole just when he needs it the most.

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KLEX TV

Clark County Grandmother Pleads 'Not Guilty' To Murder Of Daughter, Granddaughter

A Clark County woman accused of murdering her daughter and granddaughter earlier this month, then turning the knife on herself, had her first court appearance Wednesday, where she entered a 'not guilty' plea.

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Thu May 24, 2012

Lexington Herald-Leader

Court hearing planned for grandmother charged in murders of daughter, grandchild

Clark County Attorney Brian Thomas said he plans to arraign Lillie Stanton Wednesday on charges that she murdered her daughter and granddaughter in Winchester Sunday, . Stanton, 48, faces to two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of her daughter, Danel Korrey Stanton, 23, and her 22-month old granddaughter, Kaydence Ray Miers.

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Wed May 23, 2012

Lexington Herald-Leader

Clark County grandmother accused in killings of her daughter, granddaughter is taken to jail

A Clark County grandmother accused of killing her daughter and granddaughter and then cutting her own wrists and throat was taken from University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital to the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday.

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Lexington Herald-Leader

Winchester fest wants beer cheese recipes

Only a couple of weeks are left to prefect your beer cheese recipe for the beer cheese competition in Winchester.

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Tue May 22, 2012

WTVF Nashville

Pearl Cohn On Lockdown After Nearby Home Invasion

Fire crews have been called to a house fire in the Bellevue area. It happened just after 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 500 block of Holt Valley Road, off Sawyer Brown Road.

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Journalgazette.net

Roommate tortured with staples, power tool

WINCHESTER, Ky. Police in Kentucky say they have charged a woman with murder in the fatal stabbings of her daughter and 22-month-old granddaughter.

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NewsOn6 Tulsa

Police: Ky. woman killed daughter, granddaughter

A 21-year-old man in custody was linked to the kidnapping and murder of a missing teenager by DNA evidence found her bag, authorities said Tuesday.

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Lexington Herald-Leader

Winchester police to update investigation into triple stabbing

Winchester police called a press conference for 9 a.m. Tuesday to discuss their investigation into a fatal, triple stabbing Sunday.

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Mon May 21, 2012

Lexington Herald-Leader

Marathon oil pipeline to be complete in August

If you're driving along the farmland of southern Fayette County, you'll find a typically unseen sight in the area: construction equipment.

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WDRB-TV Louisville

Woman, daughter stabbed to death in Winchester

For the second time in six months, inmates at the Hardin County detention center find a way to escape.

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KLEX TV

Mother, Daughter Found Stabbed To Death Inside Clark County Home

Authorities in Clark County are working a homicide investigation on Vaught Road in Winchester, after a mother and her young child were found stabbed to death inside a home.

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Fri May 18, 2012

MyFoxPhilly

Man Buys Everything in Store, Donates It

Christmas has come early for the needy in northern Kentucky, with a local businessman buying all the remaining merchandise of a shuttering Kmart and donating it to charity.

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CNN

Words Alone Won't do it

When Rankin Paynter learned that the Kmart in his Kentucky town was closing, he decided to buy everything that remained on the store's shelves -- and give it all away.

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Thu May 17, 2012

WKYT

Woman tied up by armed robbers in home

Police want to find four people who broke into a home and tied up a woman during a robbery.

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Silicon Alley Insider

This Man Donated The Contents Of An Entire Kentucky Kmart To Charity

Rankin Paynter, who owns a jewelry exchange business in Winchester, Ky., recently took the concept of giving to another level.

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Business Journal

Businessman buys entire K-Mart for charity

The K-Mart store in Winchester, Ky., was among several that's scheduled to close, and local businessman Rankin Paynter says he learned that any merchandise that didn't sell would simply be shipped to another store.

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Tue May 15, 2012

KLEX TV

Elderly Woman Tied Up In Clark County Home Invasion

Police in Clark County are investigating after an elderly woman was tied up in a home invasion robbery Tuesday afternoon.

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Mon May 14, 2012

WKYT

Slick conditions cause crashes around central Kentucky

In Lexington, a driver lost control in a curve of Alumni Drive. He spun out and landed right in the path of an oncoming pickup truck that T-boned the passenger side, where his wife was sitting.

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