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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana police are searching for vandals who damaged equipment and workers’ property on the deck of an Ohio River bridge that was temporarily closed in January for improvements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, voted on Thursday in support of several energy bills at the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s markup.

Missing Calloway County Wiman Found Dead

Prominent law firm to invest $8.9 million locally to support U.S., global offices

Bipartisan Fix for Pension and Health Funds Covering 120,000 Workers and Families Will Avoid Costly Bailout by Taxpayer-Backed U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. and Bring Badly Needed Economic Assistance to Hard-Hit Mining Communities

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Fort Campbell, Kentucky, woman was sentenced on Wednesday by Senior United States District Judge Thomas B. Russell to 18 years in prison, followed by a three year period of supervised release, for the first degree manslaughter, resulting from child abuse, in the death of an infant whom she was babysitting in December 2013.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Cody Cecil has cited two juveniles, ages 12 and 13, in relation to the investigation.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities say their customers are being targeted in a telephone scam.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01) today met with members of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association (KBA) in his Washington, D.C. office.

FRANKFORT – A bill intended to foster continued improvements in services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders passed the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday.

FRANKFORT—Victims of domestic violence would be able to get out of a lease with at least 30 days’ notice to their landlord under a bill that has passed the Kentucky House.

FRANKFORT—A 2012 law that requires life insurance companies to make a good-faith effort to locate beneficiaries of policies they have sold would be applied retroactively under legislation that cleared the House Banking and Insurance Committee today.

Billed private insurance companies and government health care agencies for services that were not performed

FRANKFORT—Recreational zip lines would be regulated by the state under a bill that has passed the House and is on its way to the state Senate.