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A rider comes home for Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event

jpatton1@herald-leader.com (Janet Patton) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00 EDT

Shelby County native Hannah Sue Burnett is back for her second try at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event that begins Thursday.

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Brides on a budget show up for ideas

shopkins@herald-leader.com (Shawntaye Hopkins) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00 EST

Katie Smith of Lexington scanned cakes at Lexington Center's first bridal show of the year Sunday and took pictures so her fiancé's cousin could make something similar for less money.

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Sports Sunday

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:22 EST

Live scoreboards for NFL, college football, basketball & more…

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State never saw feasibility study for Noah's Ark theme park

lblackford@herald-leader.com (Linda B. Blackford) — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

When Gov. Steve Beshear held a Capitol news conference to announce potential state tax incentives for an amusement park built around a life-size Noah's Ark earlier this month, he cited…

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Teen finds his calling while coaching youth soccer

mmeehan1@herald-leader.com (Mary Meehan) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

In some ways, it seems like a no-brainer for Luis Arduz, 18, to volunteer to coach kids soccer. But during the season, he found not only a passion for helping…

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Fayette schools enrollment keeps rising

jwarren@herald-leader.com (Jim Warren) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

Many state and national economic indexes may be struggling to climb out of the basement, but enrollment in the Fayette County Public Schools just keeps going through the roof.

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More snow falls as Central, Eastern Kentucky shovel out

shopkins@herald-leader.com (Shawntaye Hopkins) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:16 EST

The first heavy snow of the season covered roads and canceled schools across Central and Eastern Kentucky Monday, and bitter temperatures were on tap for Tuesday.

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LexGo Calendar

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:36 EST

Find something to do on LexGo.com's calendar…

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Tom Eblen: Lewis Matherly, an inspirational story

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

Everyone loves an inspirational story, especially this time of year. You know the kind I mean: A person succeeds against all odds. Someone's life is changed by acts of kindness.

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CGI: cast-generated images

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:14 EST

Talking about Lexington Children's Theatre's production of The Neverending Story, associate artistic director Jeremy Kisling and general manager Lesley Farmer say, "It's a very Vivian show."

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Prather: The turkey that didn't catch whooping cough

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

Like the father in A Christmas Story , I am a turkey junkie.

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Tom Eblen: Goodbye, Kodachrome, and thanks for the memories

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

The roll of Kodachrome had been in my desk for so long, I had forgotten what pictures I took with it, or when. The yellow-and-red cylinder became a symbol of…

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In Bourbon, struggling families can go the The Well

mmeehan1@herald-leader.com (Mary Meehan) — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

It's fitting that the office is spare, with mismatched furniture and folding tables and with a few chairs lined up under a front window in a makeshift waiting area.

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Finding happiness at Four Roses distillery

vbroadus@herald-leader.com (Vicky Broadus) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

Imagine you are a young man with a passion for chemistry. You've loved it ever since you first combined baking soda and vinegar in an empty soda bottle.

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A cappella group Anonymous 4 blends Old English and Appalachian music

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

Anonymous 4 is known primarily for haunting renditions of a cappella medieval music. But when the quartet comes to Transylvania University on Wednesday, it will be bringing some music back…

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Misconceptions about voodoo abound

mmeehan1@herald-leader.com (Mary Meehan) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

It's common for people familiar with Haiti to joke that 90 percent of the country's inhabitants are practicing Catholics, 10 percent practice a Protestant faith and 100 percent practice voodoo.

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College freshman forms 'incredible bond' at adult day care center

mmeehan1@herald-leader.com (Mary Meehan) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00 EST

Caleb Clements first came to the Center for Creative Living Adult Day Care because he needed 10 hours of community service for a class. The University of Kentucky freshman has…

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Helping parents deal with an early loss

mmeehan1@herald-leader.com (Mary Meehan) — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00 EST

Her pregnancy "was awesome," said Katie Cervenec. Because she had a history of endometriosis, she and her husband, Mike, had struggled for several years to get pregnant. But things seemed…

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Ann Marie van den Hurk: More businesses understand appeal of text-message marketing

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00 EST

Reaching customers in an effective and cost-efficient way is the goal of all businesses. And after that sentence, there would still be 72 characters left in a marketing message by…

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Organizers have high hopes for 'Horse Mania' auction

rcopley@herald-leader.com (Rich Copley) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00 EST

Ten years ago, Steve Grossman and Becky Reinhold were at a Rotary Club meeting, trying to drum up support for a new public art project called Horse Mania that would…

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