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2 inmates from minimum-security Lexington prison apprehended

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say they have apprehended two inmates who fled a minimum-security state prison in Lexington. Police said in a news release that 24-year-old Jordan Green and 23-year-old Waltez Franklin were located Tuesday afternoon in Harrison County near railroad tracks, where a railroad employee reported seeing them. The Department of

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Gold Star license plate now offered to siblings of fallen military heroes

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 5, 2016) – Individuals whose siblings have died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces may now apply for a Gold Star Sibling license plate thanks, in part, to legislation passed in the 2015 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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UMWA, Peabody reach agreement to secure 2016 funding for Patriot retirees’ health care

[TRIANGLE, VA] The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and Peabody Energy announced Monday that they have reached an agreement that will provide for a payment by Peabody of up to $75 million over the next 10 months to help provide health care benefits for retirees affected by the Patriot Coal bankruptcy of 2012-13.

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Former Pastor Of Louisville Parish Guilty Of Accessing And Viewing Child Pornography Over The Internet

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The former pastor of a Louisville, Kentucky, parish pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge David J. Hale on Monday, in United States District Court, to charges of violating federal child exploitation laws, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

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The US 51 Ohio River “Cairo” Bridge Remains CLOSED Due to Floodwaters

A major transportation artery remains severed due to floodwaters along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The US 51/US 60/US 62 Ohio River “Cairo” Bridge between Kentucky and Illinois remains closed where floodwaters have covered the bridge approach levee at the Kentucky end of the bridge.

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