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Chris Bailey's forecast: Your week ahead weather
Good Monday everyone and Happy Memorial Day. Today is the day we honor all those brave men and women who have served and continue to serve our country. I simply say thanks to each of you. The weather out there today continues to run on the steamy side as we await some big changes for the week ahead...
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HORSE RACING
Kentucky students rope, ride in high school rodeo
Nothing compares to the rush of riding a ton or so of angry bull, at least that's how 18-year-old Austin Staser sees it.
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STATE
Williamsburg approves Sunday alcohol sales
It was a divisive vote, but officials in Williamsburg have approved alcohol sales on Sunday.
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EDUCATION
Kentucky task force will examine lack of oversight for middle school sports
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association oversees high school athletics, but there is no such oversight for middle school sports.
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STATE
Harrison County man killed in one-vehicle crash near Cynthiana
A Harrison County driver was killed and two passengers were injured in a one-vehicle crash early Monday northwest of Cynthiana.
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GREENSPOT
Whitley County project producing houses with little or no energy costs
If things go as planned, Ashley Warren and Anthony Spicer won't pay an electric bill at their new home in Whitley County. They'll be getting a check from the power company instead. The couple's home is one of five in Whitley County designed and built using what are known as "passive house" standards...
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STAGE AND DANCE
Pioneer Playhouse director Holly Henson dies
Holly Henson, who grew up at her father's Pioneer Playhouse in Danville and eventually succeeded him as director of the historic theater, died Sunday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 51.
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Pulaski man arrested, accused of firing shots into trees near campers
A Pulaski County man was arrested Saturday night after the sheriff's office there said he fired shots with a high-powered rifle, a shotgun and a pistol into trees surrounding nine campers, five of them children.
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STATE
Families pay tribute at Kentucky VA cemetery to service of loved ones
NANCY — Steve and Scott Hammond came to honor their father, Terry R. Hammond, who served in the Vietnam War era, and grandfather Bartie Green Hammond, who served on Okinawa in World War II, as well as other family members buried at Mill Springs National Cemetery.
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JESSAMINE COUNTY
Jessamine man killed in tractor accident
A Jessamine County man died Sunday evening after he was run over by his own bush hog, which is a rotary mower attached to a tractor, according to the Jessamine County Sheriff's Office.
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BUSINESS
Graves Lumber adapts without disturbing the dust
Graves Lumber occupies the old Oxford School in the Scott County hamlet of Oxford. Graves’ mother graduated from the school, and he went there in the 1950s, until the county shut it down. His office was once part of the old gymnasium where he played basketball. One of the backboards hangs...








