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3 hrs ago | KFVS12

Some I-71 southbound lanes closed for bridge check

People traveling south on Interstate 71 for the next few days will find some lanes closed as state inspectors examine the bridge over the CSX railroad at mile point 32.3. The inspection will run from Thursday through next Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Kentucky Government

Wed Jun 19, 2013

WTVC

4 shot, 3 dead at Kentucky condo shooting

Louisville police say the shooting that resulted in three deaths and a critical injury at a condominium complex was domestic-related.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Modern Family, The Middle

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Northern Kentucky's New Push To Fight Drug Addiction

Last year, Boone County' coroner handled an average of three heroin overdose deaths a month.

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Related Topix: Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health

Nanaimo Daily News

Kentucky leaders: Urban Outfitters won't sell shot glasses, flasks that look like ...

Retailer Urban Outfitters Inc. has responded to a multi-state campaign and stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles, political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Urban Outfitters, Retail, Apparel, Kentucky Government, Drugs, US Governors, Steve Beshear, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health

School Bus Fleet

Kentucky district feeds students with Bus Stop Cafe

Jefferson County Public Schools is providing free meals to its students in need with its new Bus Stop Caf, which is part of the Summer Food Service Program, The Courier-Journal reports.

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Evansville Courier & Press

Both of Kentucky's U.S. senators to be in Henderson July 1

Henderson will be host to both of Kentucky's U.S. senators July 1 for the first time in a very long time - perhaps ever.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Henderson, KY

The Courier-Journal

Better Life | Kentucky ranks among tops states awarding big funds to lure jobs

Kentucky ranks with the largest players among states that pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded incentives to attract jobs, according to a study released Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY, Georgetown, KY

Tribune-Chronicle

Wed., 11:30am: Hacking probe in Steubenville rape case targets Kentucky man

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a teenage girl at an alcohol-fueled party.

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Related Topix: Computer Security, Science / Technology

WKYT

Overdose medication coming to N. Ky.

A northern Kentucky medical team expects to receive a pharmaceutical in the coming weeks that can be prescribed to treat opiate overdoses.

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Kypost.Com

Ex-cop due before judge in murder trial

A former sheriff's deputy accused of killing his parents in northern Kentucky will be back in court for a pre-trail hearing on Monday.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Floyd County Times

MSU President Wayne D. Andrews spoke during the opening ceremony.

Morehead State University, in cooperation with veterans' services, community, volunteer and business organizations, sponsored the first Eastern Kentucky Veterans Expo Friday, June 14, at the Boyd County Middle School.

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Related Topix: Morehead State University, Eastern, KY, US Military, US Army, Life, Veteran Affairs, Center, KY

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Post and Courier

Kentuckya s Congressional redistricting may be redone to exclude prison inmates

Congres-sional redistricting that was completed last year may have to be redone in an upcoming special legislative session, adding one more potential complication to what has become a protracted effort by Kentucky lawmakers to redraw political boundaries.

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Related Topix: Kentucky Government, US Governors, Steve Beshear, Federal Prisons, Prison

The Courier-Journal

Urban Outfitters stops selling pill bottle shot glasses, accessories

Clothing and novelty chain Urban Outfitters has announced it will no longer sell shot glasses, flasks and other items mimicking prescription pill bottles.

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Related Topix: Urban Outfitters, Retail, Apparel, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

News9 Oklahoma City

Cuban dissident: Repression forced family to flee

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a... A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio ... (more)

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Related Topix: Computer Security, Science / Technology, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood

WCHS-TV Charleston

Hardin officials explore veterans treatment court

District Judge Kim Shumate, who serves on the state's Veterans Task Force within the Kentucky Access to Justice Commission, told The News-Enterprise that Hardin County officials have applied for a grant to fund such a program.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Anger Management, Health

Lexington Herald-Leader

Miss Kentucky to be crowned Saturday in Lexington

The pageant will be at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts.

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Related Topix: Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky

Lexington Herald-Leader

KSP sets up special email account for tips in Bardstown officer's slaying

Officer Jason Ellis, who was 33, was killed by shotgun blasts as he stopped to pull limbs from a ramp on the Bluegrass Parkway on May 25. Tips can be sent to EllisCaseEtips ky.gov.

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WKRN

Lawyers in same-sex case speaking to KBA meeting

Two attorneys representing plaintiffs in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding California's Prop 8 same-sex marriage ban are addressing members of the Kentucky Bar Association this week in Louisville.

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, US News

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Post and Courier

School districts in Georgia, Kentucky and Florida receive nationwide...

The 50 students haven't even started ninth grade yet, but they're gathered this summer at a high school for a special program on statistics, language and social awareness taught by teachers who specialize in Advanced Placement classes.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

WAVE-TV Louisville

Identity of woman found off I-65 still unknown

She wore a gold-colored earring that resembled a bee, with pink-colored stones on the upper sides and a single clear stone at the bottom.

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