• FRANKFORT – Dr. Jack F. Ditty, a dermatologist from Russell in Greenup County, has been mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for the state Senate seat vacated this week by Charlie Borders, R-Grayson.

  • LOUISVILLE — The executive director of the Kentucky Association of Counties, under fire because of hundreds of thousands of dollars in spending by the group's leaders, faced several hundred local officials Thursday and extolled his organization's accomplishments.

  • Lexington police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man investigators say was involved in a Shell gas station robbery earlier this month during which a woman was shot and killed by police.

  • When the heat of the summer hits, it's time to think about refreshing lemonades and cool cocktails.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Trainer Steve Asmussen has been suspended for six months after one of his horses tested positive for a local anesthetic last year.

 

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Kate Skovran likes chicken on a stick when she goes to the fair. Why? "Because it's chicken on a stick," Skovran, 17, said, laughing. "You've got to love that."

Former University of Kentucky guard Jodie Meeks scored 29 points, 25 in the second half, in the Milwaukee Bucks' 84-83 loss to the Raptors in an NBA Summer League game Thursday.

Police in central New Jersey say they arrested a man on burglary charges after he returned to the victim's house to apologize. Rahway police arrested 35-year-old Craig Fletcher of Elizabeth on Wednesday shortly after the homeowner told them a man had just rung his doorbell, apologized for the break-in and run off on foot.

Fidel Castro blames the coup in Honduras on the U.S. Embassy in that Central American country and other American diplomats in the region appointed during the administration of George W. Bush.

Finally, a county leader has publicly objected to the Kentucky Association of Counties' wasteful spending of taxpayer funds, including at casinos and strip clubs.

WASHINGTON — Alaska Native corporations are no longer small businesses, yet they still enjoy advantages under Small Business Administration rules that allow them to elbow out smaller firms for no-bid contracts, a Senate oversight panel found.



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