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McKenna Bowling posed on a friend's 1931 Ford Model A before riding in it to the prom.

Community gathers to watch students step out in style at Montgomery County High School prom

MOUNT STERLING — Montgomery County's Clay Community Center looked like the site of a movie premiere Saturday night. There were velvet ropes, a red carpet and a sharply-dressed announcer with a microphone. The stars of the evening weren't actors and actresses, though: They were seniors from Montgomery County High School and their prom dates. 2 hours ago

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MEDICINE

Land deal to create HealthFirst's new clinic raises questions

Most agree a $11.7 million public health clinic that could help thousands of poor people get medical and dental treatment would be positive for Lexington. But opinions vary dramatically about benefits of the land deal between developer Ted J. Mims and HealthFirst Bluegrass to create the clinic at...
STATE

Support group for clergy sex-abuse victims asks Lexington bishop to investigate priest

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), a support group for clergy sex-abuse victims, is urging the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington to investigate and punish a priest suspended over sex abuse allegations. The priest is living in McCreary County.
BUSINESS

Smuggling that's finger licking good

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The french fries arrive soggy, and the chicken has long since lost its crunch. A 12-piece bucket goes for about $27 here — more than twice the $11.50 it costs just across the border in Egypt.
STATE

Murder charges dismissed in double slaying

Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a migrant worker in the deaths of two unidentified people.
STATE

Teens spearheaded Louisville desegregation effort

Raoul Cunningham was a gangly 17-year-old high school junior when Louisville police came for him at the lunch counter of the old Stewart's Department Store in February 1961. They handcuffed him, he says, and hauled him off to the old Children's Center juvenile facility on East Chestnut Street.
STATE

Who let the dogs out? Intoxicated neighbor accused

Who let the dogs out? An eastern Kentucky sheriff says it was an intoxicated neighbor.
STATE

2 cities certified as cultural districts

Two more Kentucky cities have been certified by the state as cultural districts, bringing the total number to six.
STATE

Fort Knox launches Adopt a Platoon program

As soldiers at Fort Knox are preparing for a summer deployment to Afghanistan, officials at the central Kentucky Army post are launching an Adopt a Platoon program.
STATE

Coroner identifies 2 bodies found in burned car

An eastern Kentucky coroner says the identities of two people found in a burned out car in 2012 have been confirmed.
STATE

Ky. veteran killed in Afghanistan blast

A Kentucky veteran who was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan has died in an explosion in Kabul that killed at least 15 people including six Americans.