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Judge appoints new board for financially strapped David School

A judge has appointed a new board to oversee financially strapped David School in Floyd County in hopes of keeping it afloat. Attorney General Jack Conway's office is investigating the…

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Gardening at Kentucky jails is a growing trend

Gardening is a growing trend (no pun intended) at an increasing number of county jails across Kentucky. The vegetable gardens have been created to help defray the cost of feeding…

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Marathon winner promotes Murray half-marathon

The winner of this year's Boston Marathon is lending his support to a half-marathon planned next year in western Kentucky.

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News briefs from around Kentucky at 3:58 a.m. EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of…

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'Coal Miner's Daughter' Lynn married at 15, not 13

Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13…

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Mo.-based pet food maker issues another recall

Missouri-based Diamond Pet Foods is voluntarily recalling another type of dog food because of potential exposure to salmonella.

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APNewsBreak: Loretta Lynn married at 15, not 13

Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13…

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Uranium miners wary of plan to enrich DU stockpile

The uranium industry and Wyoming's congresswoman are questioning a determination by Energy Secretary Steven Chu that releasing and enriching up to 9,200 tons of depleted uranium from a federal stockpile…

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Work continues, deadline looms on collapsed bridge

Work will continue through the weekend in western Kentucky, where crews have been replacing a 322-foot span of a bridge that collapsed four months ago, hindering access to Land Between…

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Louisville Police seek public help in 6 shootings

Louisville's police chief pleaded Friday for the public's help in solving a chaotic shootout that killed three people and had stunned onlookers diving for cover as officers converged.

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TV's "Starsky" charged with drug possession in Ky.

The actor who played David Starsky in the 1970s police drama "Starsky & Hutch" has found himself on the other side of real law enforcement in Kentucky.

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Fort Campbell offering incentives to employees

Fort Campbell is offering incentives to its civilian employees to leave their jobs or retire early and trying to find new jobs for others in order to reduce the number…

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APNewsBreak: Loretta Lynn married at 15, not 13

Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13…

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3 plead not guilty to killing man found near I-64

Three men have pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of a man found along Interstate 64 near Frankfort.

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APNewsBreak: Loretta Lynn married at 15, not 13

Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13…

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Ky. school volunteers to pay for background checks

Volunteers at Kentucky schools will likely have to pay $10 for a criminal background check if they want to continue helping out in the coming school year.

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Former Ky. jailer sentenced to prison in drug case

A one-time corrections officer at the Greenup County Detention Center has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling drugs to inmates.

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City founder to be celebrated by relative of slave

Dr. Cheryl Gaines has long wanted to make the trek from her Chicago home to an overgrown cemetery in Henderson, Ky., where she believes many of her family members rest…

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Covington police chief quits after 5 years

Covington Police Chief Lee Russo has resigned after about five years of leading the northern Kentucky department.

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Police probing slaying of Ky. dance coach

Police in western Kentucky were trying to piece together what led up to the single-gunshot slaying of a school counselor and dance team coach.

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