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45 min ago | Effingham Herald

36th bluegrass, gospel festival under way at Mossy Oak

"In April we set another attendance record and we are expecting and preparing for what looks like will be another great crowd," said Rebecca Rose, who with her husband, Russell, and her father, Allen Lanier, brother Doug Lanier and their family, have hosted the festivals on their family farm two miles out of historic Guyton since 2002.

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Related Topix: Bluegrass, Lonesome Whistle Band

4 hrs ago | WKYT

Former county attorney disbarred over vote buying

A one-time county attorney from northeastern Kentucky has been disbarred because of his role in a vote buying scheme during the 2006 election.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison

9 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Many Kentucky parks will celebrate trails day

Saturday, June 1, 2013 is National Trails Day and parks throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky will celebrate with a variety of activities.

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Related Topix: Lucas, KY, Buckhorn, KY, Columbus, KY, Jamestown, KY, Slade, KY

11 hrs ago | WCHS-TV Charleston

Northern Ky attorney Deters suspended for 60 days

The Kentucky Supreme Court has suspended northern Kentucky attorney Eric C. Deters for 60 days because of misconduct in two civil cases.

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11 hrs ago | Lexington Herald-Leader

Central Kentucky summer concert guide

The Black Keys perform July 13 at Waterfront Park in Louisville during the Forecastle Festival.

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY, Blues, Pop/Rock, The Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, Lexington, KY

14 hrs ago | WBKO-TV Bowling Green

4 Inmates Bolt in 3 Days in Eastern Kentucky

TV in Hazard reported Getson Roberts was caught hours after escaping from the Clay County Detention Center.

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Related Topix: Eastern, KY, Hazard, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY

15 hrs ago | Fox Sports

Dawkins hopes to make impact at Purdue

Not long after accepting Purdue's head-coaching position, Darrell Hazell made four-star running back Dalyn Dawkins a priority prospect.

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Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Sports, Purdue Boilermakers NCAA Football

19 hrs ago | KFVS12

Canvass finds nearly 2,400 homeless people in Ky.

Kentucky Housing Corp. is reporting that the number of homeless in Kentucky now stands at nearly 2,400, down significantly from past years.

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19 hrs ago | Kypost.Com

Veterans welcomed home from D.C. trip

Eight proud grandchildren flipped up a letter to spell out "F-U-T-S-C-H-E-R" at a local airport to welcome home their grandfather who was among veterans flown to Washington, D.C., to reflect on their military experiences.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Cincinnati CityBeat

Singles Going Steady

On Saturday, June 1, the trio performs at The Comet in Northside in honor of its new release, a 7-inch vinyl single/EP on longtime Cincy Punk/Experimental label Centsless Productions, which has previously released material by local faves like The Socials' new release is titled The Beast Bites and it features four mangy, lo-fi tracks of melodic, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Punk, X-Ray Spex, Cincinnati, OH

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 Government, US News, US Governors, Steve Beshear, Opinion

Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Kentucky in Canada

Ciprofloxacin-resistant S. enterica serovar Kentucky represents 66% of all ciprofloxacin-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella sp.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cipro, Ciprofloxacin (generic), Diarrhea, Health

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 Government, Best of 2007, Fort Knox, KY, Owensboro, KY, Nicholasville, KY

Business Journal

AT&T Kentucky looking for new president

AT&T Kentucky president Mary Pat Regan is moving to Chicago for a new job. A search is under way for her replacement.

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY

National Review Online

Foster: Rand Paul Heads to New Hampshire

It's six o'clock on a humid evening, and the rank and file of the New Hampshire GOP - along with donors and activists from as far as Vermont and Rhode Island, and even a constitutional-law professor from New Jersey - are strolling into the Grappone Conference Center, between the pristine verdure of nearby Horseshoe Pond and the appropriately named ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Reince Priebus

Lexington Herald-Leader

Education commissioner threatens to block funding of Clark schools

Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday has warned the Clark County Board of Education that it must start implementing the district's controversial facilities plan immediately or risk losing state education funding.

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Vallejo News

Coal operator plans to open 7 mines in Kentucky A longtime coal...

Bill Smith said most of the coal extracted by his High Ridge Mining operation in Pike County will be shipped to China to help fuel its economy.

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Related Topix: Magoffin County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY

WKRN

Former Miss America latest to look at US Senate

Former Miss America Heather French Henry is the latest Democrat to consider challenging U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in his re-election bid next year.

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

WAVE-TV Louisville

Judge promises more openness in Chandra Levy case

A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of confidential post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time why a key prosecution witness could be discredited.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Bloomberg

Deloitte's Echevarria Joins 9 Others on Obama Voting Commission

President Barack Obama today named Deloitte LLP Chief Executive Officer Joe Echevarria, a Walt Disney Co.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Mitt Romney, Harvard University

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