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Black Onyx scratched from Derby with ankle injury

Black Onyx trainer Kelly Breen said the horse was OK. "He's not really feeling that bad because he just tried to bite me," Breen said.

The Kentucky Derby will not have a full field after all when the 139th edition of the race goes off Saturday at Churchill Downs.

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Published in 2007: When it's all over author picks Central Ky. town to survive 'Apocalypse 2012'

Lawrence Joseph, author of Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization's End, says that Jerusalem, Angkor Wat, the Vatican and Mecca might be natural choices but, no, "of all the sacred sites in the world, none embodies the sacred Mayan values of service to humanity and Mother ...
SCOTT COUNTY

Two inmates walk away from Blackburn prison in Lexington

Police are looking for two inmates who walked away from the Blackburn Correctional Complex in Fayette County on Saturday.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Lexington police: Southbound I-75 is fully open; crash is cleaned up

All lanes of southbound Interstate 75 are reopened after a tractor-trailer crash that blocked at least one lane most of the day, Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said.
STATE

Knott County man murdered

A woman has been charged with murder and robbery in the death of a Knott County man on Saturday.
STATE

Two dead in Letcher accident

Two people died in a traffic accident in Letcher County Saturday, police said.
VISUAL ARTS

Rich Copley: Kenyan artist-in-residence program at UK comes to a colorful end

Since 2001, the Ruth Hunt Wood Foundation has brought Kenyan artists to the University of Kentucky for a semester-long residency. But when Allan Githuka returns to Kenya in December, the project is coming to an end.
STAGE AND DANCE

UK Opera Theatre does justice to gorgeous music of 'Roméo et Juliette'

Romeo is this young guy who wants to hang out with his pals and has a thing for the prettiest girl in town.
EDUCATION

Fayette school board names Shelton new superintendent

The Fayette County School Board has named Daviess County Superintendent Tom Shelton as superintendent to replace out-going superintendent Stu Silberman.
JESSAMINE COUNTY

Valley View Ferry funding restored in Lexington council committee vote

About $41,000 in funding for the Valley View Ferry was restored Thursday by a Lexington council budget committee.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Seven indicted in Owsley drug ring

Two South Florida residents allegedly helped funnel 20,000 or more prescription pills to an Owsley County drug ring in April and May, according to federal court documents.