Kentucky Democrats have lost ground to Republicans over the past decade, but gained a rare voter registration victory last month, ahead of the November election.
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The public will have three days to honor a Kentucky State Police trooper murdered in the line of duty. Funeral arrangements have been announced for Trooper Hayden Phillips of Glasgow as his alleged killer remains in jail without bond.
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A ribbon will be cut on Tuesday at The Robert E. Spiller Veterans Nursing Home in Bowling Green that will serve those who served. The opening of Kentucky’s 5th veterans nursing home fills a long-term care need for those living in southern Kentucky.
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A 30-year-old Kentucky State police trooper was shot and killed during a traffic stop on I-65 in Warren County on Monday. The suspect from Portland, TN was captured in Louisville.
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Generations of Black students walked the halls of Todd County Training School before its closure in 1963. Lines of school buses now sit in storage at the former site.
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The mayor of Gallatin, Tennessee says a hyperscale Meta data center is the city’s largest taxpayer and has done a lot of charitable giving in the community. But two years into operation, residents in the northern Tennessee town still have concerns about its effect on utilities, the environment, and property values.
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The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker.
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It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today. But when did that ability emerge? New evidence points to at least the middle Jurassic, back when dinosaurs still reigned.
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A week after the failed execution, Pike is awake but is said to be angry and confused. Her lawyers said Wednesday's hearing was about "transparency."
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The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009. The announcement came days after a botched lethal injection in Tennessee.
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Trump is temporarily allowing this fuel to be used on highways, although it's typically just for off-road farm and construction vehicles. Could that lower the price of diesel?
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The New York Times reporter Greg Jaffe says Hegseth has disproportionately blocked promotions of Black and women senior officers, and he's also been purging the military of transgender people.
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