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High school baseball: Tates Creek hurdles Lafayette 11-3 in district finals for 16th straight win

Tates Creek's Blake Rose, back, celebrated with Tanner Hart (11) after scoring in the Commodores' romp in the 43rd District finals. Rose got three hits and drove home two runs. Both Tates Creek and Lafayette advance to the 11th Region tournament.

After each Tates Creek baseball victory, the team awards a belt — the wide, gaudy, bejeweled kind fashionable in pro wrestling circles — to the hero of that particular game. 3 hours ago

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A monarch butterfly landed on 6-year-old Shakata Lewis' cast during a butterfly release held in front of the Jessamine Co. Courthouse in Nicholasville, Ky., Thursday, May 23, 2013. This is the third year that Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home in Nicholasville has held the event to honor people who have passed over the years in Jessamine Co. This year 383 names were read by Diann Cundiff before 120 butterflies were released. 60 people were chosen to release individually packaged monarch butterflies before James Farley released 60 Painted Ladies. She broke her arm playing on monkey bars.Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff

Nicholasville butterfly memorial

Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home sponsored a butterfly release at the Jessamine County Courthouse to honor people who have died in the county.

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A butterfly, whom she planned to name Allie, climbed near 5-year-old Heidi Proffit's face during the butterfly release Thursday.

Butterflies released for loved ones in Nicholasville

The third annual release of memorial butterflies was held Thursday afternoon in Nicholasville.

Sports

Radio host Paul Finebaum conducts his radio show, Thursday, May 17, 2007, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

John Clay: ESPN trolling for football fanatics and Finebaum is right man for job

ESPN reportedly laid off nearly 400 employees earlier this week, but on Thursday the World Wide Leader announced a hire that sets the tone for the ...

Entertainment

Million Dollar Quartet stars, from left, Ben Goddard as Jerry Lee Lewis, James Barry as Carl Perkins, Cody Slaughter as Elvis Presley and David Elkins as Johnny Cash.

Broadway Live releases lineup, including 'Memphis,' 'Chicago' and 'Bring It On'

The Lexington Opera House's next Broadway Live season will open with one of the series' greatest successes and will close with a show that is up for...

Living

For dinner, try pairing Parmesan and paprika corn on the cob, above, with Texas smoked brisket.

Kansas City Barbecue Society expert comes to Lexington to teach grillers a thing or two

If you're planning a big outdoor soiree for Memorial Day weekend, you might want to consider putting it on hold until you can polish up your barbecue skills.