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May 21, 2020

• On its 45th anniversary, Dan Issel relives ‘the highlight of my basketball career’
• Troubled Lexington convention center looks to refinance to pay for $275 million expansion
• COVID-19 shuts down some KY summer camps. Others revamp to open in-person or virtually.
• Mike Broihier: Fighting for economic justice, healthcare and jobs is how to beat McConnell
• Wellness checks, no field trips, masks for some. Reopening rules for KY child care centers.
• Another 47,000 apply for unemployment in Kentucky as residents struggle to get paid
• University of Kentucky president plans to take pay cut, give money back to employees
• Letters to the Editor: Prepare to vote. Open the pools. Pay COVID-19 heroes.
• Online ‘abuse’ aimed at family after 4 Kentucky cheerleading coaches fired over probe
• Parole Board letting inmates languish in jail for months past deadline, lawsuit says
• ‘Daunting task.’ Kentucky county clerks scramble to hold vote-by-mail election.
• Kentucky Ark Encounter will reopen June 8 with new safety guidelines, CEO says.
• Visitation for Phyllis George will be at the Kentucky Castle this weekend
• U of L re-opening campus to some athletes next week, cautions about football season
• Notes: A college basketball season in 2020-21 is not a slam dunk
• Steal a car. Go to jail. Repeat — in one day. Kentucky police charge man twice. 
• Auditor finds problems in county attorney offices. One gave a $126,500 bonus to wife.
• Appeals court dismisses suit of student who says UK mishandled sexual assault cases
• Joel Pett: ‘Orange facial syndrome,’ and other hydroxychloroquine side effects
• ‘Something is amiss’ in UK’s investigation and termination of cheerleading coaches
• Lexington’s 13th COVID-19 death was a federal inmate. City reports 5 new cases
• Worker at Toyota in Georgetown has COVID. Here’s what the plant is doing.
• These Kentucky adults are most vulnerable to food insecurity in the U.S., study says
• Derby prep highlights weekend at Churchill, as plans begin to bring back spectators
• Kentucky basketball mailbag: Will the NCAA let Olivier Sarr play for UK next season?
• Newly released convicts need jobs and support. I should know.
• Need to lift your spirits? These 10 videos celebrate the good in life, music and art
• Lexington, Central Ky. BBQ takeout guide: Where to get smoked ribs, pork, wings and more
• 10 new deaths and 135 Kentucky COVID-19 cases. Child care reopening details provided.
• These seniors won’t get to ‘walk.’ But they’ll get to drive on a NASCAR racetrack.