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Western signs admission agreement with community college

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Western Kentucky University and Jefferson Community and Technical College have signed a joint admissions agreement.

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Senate approves its version of state budget plan

FRANKFORT—The Senate passed a state budget proposal on Wednesday that restores many of the governor’s priorities for the next two years, including a “permanent fund” for future pension spending, cuts to secondary education funding and performance-based appropriations for college and universities.

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Bill to crack down on habitual DUI offenders returns to Senate

FRANKFORT— A bill that could increase felony convictions for DUI in Kentucky by allowing the courts to “look back” at 10 years of prior convictions instead of five years has cleared the House.

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Whitfield Votes to Modernize Mergers & Acquisitions Process

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01) today voted in support of H.R. 2745, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act of 2015.

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KSP: Autopsy results released of Hopkins Co. man shot and killed by trooper

Kentucky State Police reports the preliminary results show 23 year old Dylan R. Whitaker of White Plains died as a result of gunshot wounds. The autopsy was conducted Monday at the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Madisonville.

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Police charge man with murder after remains found

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say they have charged a man with murder after human remains were found in a wooded area near an eastern Kentucky subdivision.

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Owensboro Police need public’s help to locate 3 runaway juveniles

Owensboro Police Department detectives are working multiple runaway juvenile cases in which all leads have been checked.

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ISP: Former German Township Clerk Arrested on Fraud, Forgery Charges

Indiana State Police say a former German Township Clerk in Vanderburgh County has been arrested on fraud and forgery charges following an eight month investigation.

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Henderson Board of Commissioners Awards Contract for Renovation, Construction at new Municipal Services Center

HENDERSON, KY, March 22, 2016– The City of Henderson’s Board of Commissioners awarded a $6,379,845 contract for renovation of the former Hugh Edward Sandefur Training Center and construction of new structures and site improvements for use as the new Municipal Services Center Complex at their regular meeting on Tuesday night in the Assembly Room.

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Louisville Daycare Owner/Operator Guilty Of Fraud In Seeking Child Care Payments From Kentucky Agency

Lottie Carisa Burgos, former owner of ABC Village Daycare, falsified daycare attendance figures and qualifications of daycare workers; Agreed to pay over $1.4 million in restitution

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Henderson man charged for possessing meth after traffic stop

A Henderson man is facing drug possession charges after a traffic stop Tuesday morning at the intersection of South Green Street and Sand Lane.

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BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPORATION-WILSON STATION PRESENTED GOVERNOR’S SAFETY AND HEALTH AWARD

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Mar. 22, 2016) – Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Derrick Ramsey announced today that the 100 employees of Big Rivers Electric Corporation–Wilson Station have earned a Governor’s Safety and Health Award for their 1.7 million hours of work without a lost time injury.

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