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USCO: Search Warrant Nets Arrest of 2 Local Residents on Drug Charges

Two local residents are facing drug charges after authorities executed a search warrant at a Morganfield residence.

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DUI Checkpoint and Saturation Patrols Planned around St. Patrick’s Day

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this Friday, March 18, 2016 from 11:30 pm until 3:00 am.

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Branch budgets clear House, move to Senate

FRANKFORT—A nearly $21 billion state budget bill that supporters say would restore some funding cuts proposed by the Governor to many areas of state government and authorize less debt than proposed in the Governor’s budget narrowly passed the House tonight by a vote of 53-0.

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Bill aimed at bolstering child safety laws advances

FRANKFORT – The state Senate passed a measure on Wednesday designed to give added protection to children with life-threating allergies and babies of struggling new parents by a 37-0 vote.

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Whitfield’s Subcommittee Advances Pipeline Safety Bill to Full Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, on Wednesday presided over a mark-up in which the subcommittee unanimously approved a discussion draft of the Pipeline Safety Act of 2016 to the full committee for consideration.

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Wild Game Dinners Planned at Three Kentucky State Parks in April

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky State Parks have three special wild game meals scheduled in April that will whet your appetite!

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Evansville police say man fatally shot after squad car theft

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Police say Evansville officers fatally shot a man after a chase that started when he charged at another officer with a knife and stole her squad car.

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Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Honors Sen. Mitch McConnell for Being a “Taxpayer Super Hero”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) applauded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for his relentless and unwavering support of the fiscal interests of American taxpayers while serving in Congress. Sen. McConnell was one of the 17 lawmakers to earn a perfect score of 100 percent in CCAGW’s 2015

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Zoo announces baby gorilla born premature, mother dies

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville Zoo announced that 27-year-old gorilla Mia Moja died from complications from an emergency cesarean section to deliver a female baby three weeks premature.

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Louisville Attorney Guilty Of Wire Fraud And Money Laundering

Ordered to pay $1,602,327.14 to multiple victims including $268,459.06 to St. Mary’s Church and $245,993.67 to WHAS Crusade for Children

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