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Child-protection panel wants to learn from death of Floyd County toddler
FRANKFORT — More could have been done to prevent the death of 2-year-old Watson Adkins, said members of a panel reviewing deaths from child abuse in Kentucky.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Judge: Change to law means Pike utility can keep spending records secret
A private utility company in Pike County can keep secret how it spends public money under a change the General Assembly made to the Kentucky Open Records Act in 2012, a judge has ruled.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Richie Farmer's lawyer asks for February trial date
An attorney for former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer wants a federal judge to push back Farmer's July 2 trial date to February 2014, saying he needs more time to sort through voluminous records.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
McConnell pushes plan to force EPA action on surface-mining permits
PIKEVILLE — The federal government would face a deadline to issue or deny surface-mining permits under legislation Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he will file next week.
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STEVE NUNN
Prosecutors seek to block Steve Nunn from getting photos of Amanda Ross
Prosecutors filed a motion Friday asking a Fayette Circuit Court judge to reconsider whether to allow convicted murderer Steve Nunn to see candid photographs of the woman he killed.
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STEVE NUNN
Fayette judge rules Steve Nunn may review former attorney's case files
A Fayette Circuit Court judge ruled that former state lawmaker Steve Nunn mayreview his former attorney's case files despite concerns about "protected" photographs of his murder victim, Amanda Ross.
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Eastern Kentucky pain clinic owners plead guilty to pill conspiracy
Two Eastern Kentucky pain clinic owners will be sentenced in September after admitting in federal court they conspired with doctors to illegally dispense more than 50,000 prescription pills, officials said Friday in a press release.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Kentucky Supreme Court upholds ruling to release child abuse records
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an order requiring the state to release more information about children killed or badly hurt as a result of abuse or neglect.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
2 former Richie Farmer employees, including 'Amazing Race' contestant, seek more state pay
A former Kentucky Department of Agriculture employee (shown at right) who took time off to appear on The Amazing Race television show in 2011 has pressed the state for compensatory time he claims he is owed.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Grand jury indicts former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer
A federal grand jury has indicted former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer for allegedly misusing property and funds during his eight years at the helm of the state Department of Agriculture.
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STAGE AND DANCE
Judge: EKU must release most records related to Hoskins' tenure at arts center
Madison Circuit Judge William G. Clouse Jr. ruled Tuesday that Eastern Kentucky University must release the majority of documents the Herald-Leader is seeking related to the departure last June of EKU Center for the Arts director Debra Hoskins.
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Executive director stepped down after review of expenditures.
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