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8 hrs ago | WBKO-TV Bowling Green

State Prepares for Christmas Tree Lighting

The weekend after Thanksgiving is typically a busy weekend for those picking out the perfect Christmas tree but Governor Steve Beshear and his wife, Jane, already have theirs.

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16 hrs ago | Lexington Herald-Leader

Doctor pleads guilty to drug charge in Eastern Kentucky pill-pipeline case

The final defendant has pleaded guilty in a large drug case that gave police new insight into the kind of interstate pill smuggling that has grown to staggering proportions in Kentucky in the past few years.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Federal Medical Center, Lexington, Prison, Eastern, KY

Yesterday | WHAS-TV Louisville

Lost, missing evidence plagues old cases in Ky.

Evidence issues have emerged in at least six capital cases in Kentucky, along with potentially hundreds of other prosecutions including rapes and robberies.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

FOX19 Cincinnati

FOX19 Exclusive: Tonight at Ten - Wrongdoing at a Kentucky jail?

Former Campbell County Detention Center Sergeant Ben Wood sat down with FOX19 exclusively to discuss what he says when on regularly at his former place of employment.

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KFVS

New western Ky. highway stretch to open

A new four-lane section of Kentucky 80 between Coldwater and Murray will open this week.

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Related Topix: Kentucky Government

WLKY

Former Kenton County Employee Collects Settlement 1hr

In northern Kentucky, Kenton County officials have unanimously approved a six-figure payment to stop a lawsuit by a former deputy county clerk who claimed she was wrongfully fired.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Campbell County Recorder

Prosecutor sued in teacher sex case

A fired Dayton High School teacher found not guilty in October of having sex with a 16-year-old student has sued the prosecutor who brought the charge against her.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

WHAS

Court: Ky. must readopt lethal injection protocol

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that the state improperly adopted its lethal injection protocol and must readopt procedures to administer the three-drug cocktail used to execute condemned inmates.

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Related Topix: Kentucky Government

WLKY

Replicas Of 2 Columbus Ships To Dock At Maysville 1hr

Versions of two of Christopher Columbus' ships are scheduled to dock in northern Kentucky.

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WCPO-TV9

Kentucky Announces New Mobile Pharmacy Unit

Kentucky officials say a new mobile pharmacy unit has been acquired to provide services during disasters and emergencies.

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Related Topix: Kentucky Government

Tue Nov 24, 2009

WBIR-TV

Two mine workers die in separate accidents

State officials say a crane accident at a mining site in southeastern Kentucky has fatally wounded a worker.

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Related Topix: University of Tennessee, University of Kentucky

Campbell County Recorder

Joe Meyer to head education cabinet

Gov. Steve Beshear on Tuesday named Joe Meyer of Covington as acting secretary of Kentucky's Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Steve Beshear

Raw Story

Inquiry concludes census worker killed himself

A mysterious murder that appeared to be some kind of political statement was apparently neither, reports are indicating.

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Related Topix: London, KY, Suicide, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Manchester, KY

WHAS-TV Louisville

Ky. attorney general seeks execution dates for 3

Attorney General Jack Conway requested Monday that execution dates be set for three convicted murderers on Kentucky's death row, including one whose case questioned the use of lethal injection nationwide.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Steve Beshear, US News, US Supreme Court, Death Penalty

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Kansas City Star

2 men charged in Kentucky triple slaying

Two suspects charged in the killings of three men whose decomposed bodies were found by hunters have implicated themselves in statements to police, a prosecutor said Monday.One suspect gave information that led investigators to the weapons used, Commonwealth's Attorney Karen Davis said during an initial hearing for the men in Barren County District ...

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Barren County, KY, Cave City, KY, Glasgow, KY

Kypost.Com

13 Die On Kentucky Roads

One crash in Boone County killed three family members in a pick-up truck last week.

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Related Topix: Frankfort, KY, 9, Carroll County, KY

Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Courier-Journal

Jobless waiting for extended benefit checks

The 8,000 Kentuckians due a 20-week extension of unemployment compensation won't see their checks for at least a month, while a similar number of Hoosiers could start getting their payments as early as next week.

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Related Topix: Representative John Yarmuth, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Shelbyville, KY, Barack Obama, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Campbell County Recorder

Huckabee, Ford headline NKU talks

Northern Kentucky University's 10th annual Alumni Lecture Series will tackle the issue of how to govern in today's ever-changing world.

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Related Topix: Northern Kentucky University, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Mike Huckabee, John McCain

The Courier-Journal

Kentucky owes U.S. $500 million for jobless aid

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky has borrowed roughly half a billion dollars from the federal government this year to pay benefits to unemployed workers - money the state likely will have to pay back when the economy recovers.

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Related Topix: Frankfort, KY, Louisville, KY

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Indiana Law Blog

Courts - 'Kentucky Appeals court upholds $6.1 million strip-search verdict against McDonald's'

Courts - "Kentucky Appeals court upholds $6.1 million strip-search verdict against McDonald's" Updating this long list of earlier ILB entries , Andrew Wolfson reports in today's LCJ in a lengthy story: The Kentucky Court of Appeals Friday upheld the $6.1 million jury award to strip-search victim Louise Ogborn, saying McDonalda s legal department ...

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