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GRADD recognized for senior nutrition initiatives

Green River Area Development District (GRADD) received a 2015 Innovation Award at the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Annual Training Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 27.

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Henderson County Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Human Trafficking

A Henderson County man was sentenced in federal court Monday to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to human trafficking for recruiting two minors to engage in commercial sex acts, according to U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

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Indiana man injured in semi vs semi crash on William Natcher Parkway

An Indiana man is stable condition this morning after he was injured when police say he crashed his semi into another semi on the William Natcher Parkway Monday morning, which caused the parkway to be closed for nearly 7 hours.

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Beshear hopes Bevin will consult with him about kynect

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s newly elected attorney general said he hopes Republican Gov.-elect Matt Bevin will consult him and his office before acting to dismantle the state’s health insurance exchange or scale back its Medicaid program.

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Single Vehicle Injury Collision in Muhlenberg County

Greenville, KY (Muhlenberg County) – The Kentucky State Police is investigating a single-vehicle, injury-collision that occurred on KY 171, approximately three miles south of Greenville, on Monday, November 9, at 11:45 a.m.

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McConnell op-ed: Fighting Back Against Administration’s Costly Power Plan

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says in his latest column, “The Obama Administration has fired its latest salvo in the War on Coal by publishing the final version of its so-called “Clean Power Plan”—regulations that would effectively shut down most coal-fired power plants and prevent new ones from being built.”

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University of Kentucky hoping to win food competition

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky landed at the bottom of the heap in a competition last year, but organizers are pushing for a better showing in this year’s SEC Game Winning Food drive.

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Morganfield woman indicted by Union County Grand Jury earlier this year arrested Sunday in Henderson

A Morganfield woman indicted by the Union County Grand Jury in August for fraudulently using a credit card was arrested in Henderson this morning for charges of identity theft, DUI, fleeing from police and other offenses.

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Henderson man arrested on bench warrant charged with drug possession

A Henderson man was taken into custody early Sunday morning on an active bench warrant for Failure to Appear in court on drug possession charges.

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Gov. Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff to Honor Fallen Police Officer

Governor Steve Beshear has directed that flags at state office buildings be lowered to half-staff Wednesday in honor of a Richmond police officer killed in the line of duty.

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Whitfield Joins in Introducing Resolution to Designate November “National Diabetes Month”

1st District Congressman Ed Whitfield has joined two other U.S. House of Representatives in introducing a resolution to designate November as “National Diabetes Awareness Month.” Whitfield, Co-Chair of the House Diabetes Caucus, said in a release Kentucky continues to rank in the top 10 every year in the number of new diabetes cases, which is

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