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Name: Kyle McIntosh;
Age: 24;
Sex: M;
Race: White;
Height: 5'10;
Weight: 210

Lexington's Most Wanted, July 23

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Incumbent Magoffin judge-executive won disputed May primary, Court of Appeals says

The incumbent Magoffin County judge-executive should be declared the winner of the disputed May primary, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

With barely three weeks to spare, Lexington's cable television provider, Time Warner Cable, announced Thursday it reached an agreement to make the SEC Network available. That means Kentucky basketball fans can watch the final three games of UK's trip... 3 hours ago

Entertainment

Siblings Kendra White and Jeremy White wrote and directed Summer Snow.

Lexington siblings rely on community support for faith-based film

Two summers ago, Lexington sibling filmmakers Kendra and Jeremy White were running around town with a film crew in tow making Summer Snow, their first feature film. This weekend, they are bringing the movie back to town for a premiere engagement at...

Living

Sarah's bringing her smoker to former Lunch Box corner

Sarah's Corner Café, at the corner of Winchester and Cleveland roads, will close Friday. But don't worry. The smoker is just moving from the outskirts of town to 720 Henry Clay Boulevard, and will re-open in a couple of weeks.

Business

Elijah, feline bourbon ambassador at the Woodford Reserve distillery, sat in the background while bottles of bourbon were being photographed last summer at the distillery. Elijah, who was about 20 years old, died June 30. Distillery officials announced his death Wednesday.

Elijah, Woodford Reserve's distillery cat, mourned

One of the best-known and most-beloved (and possibly quietest and furriest) bourbon ambassadors has died: Elijah, the distillery cat at Woodford Reserve.

Nation/World News

In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Alexander Litvinenko speaks of the damage inflicted where a missile hit, two days before, leaving a gaping hole in the wall of his ninth-floor apartment, in Donetsk, Ukraine. The 53-year-old college philosophy teacher had just stepped into his study to check the news online, barely escaping death. Others in the residential neighborhood in northwest Donetsk were less fortunate. Five civilians were killed and 12 injured in fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels on Monday, according to the mayor’s office. Residents in the rebel-held city are blaming Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who has promised to stamp out the uprising in the eastern part of the country.

US: Russia firing artillery at Ukraine military

The Obama administration on Thursday accused Russia of firing artillery from its territory into Ukraine to hit Ukrainian military sites and asserted that Moscow is boosting its supply of weaponry to pro-Russian separatists. 23 minutes ago