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Rebel Rock
The story of Harlan County, Kentucky’s Civil War legend and the KKK. By Andrew Milton Smith.
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The Americans who can't read
The US has more citizens who are illiterate than many of its developed counterparts. Why is that?
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Senator Rand Paul assaulted at Bowling Green home
On Friday, the Kentucky State Police responded to Rand Paul's residence in Bowling Green at 3:21 p.m. When they arrived, troopers say they discovered that Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green, intentionally assaulted Sen. Rand Paul causing minor injury. Troopers say Senator Paul was not transported to the hospital.
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Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson commits suicide on bridge in Mt. Washington
Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson, who was under investigation for alleged sexual molestation, died of a "probable suicide," the Bullitt County coroner said. Bullitt County Sheriff Donnie Tinnell said Johnson drove on to the bridge over the Salt River on Greenwell Ford Road in Mt. Washington, parked on the north side of it and shot himself in front of his car. His body was found on the bank of the river, just past the bridge.
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Anti-Circumcision Billboard Stirs Controversy in Owensboro
A billboard in Owensboro is advocating a particular stand on an issue that may stir some local controversy. It sits near the intersection of East 4th and Breckenridge in Owensboro. Displaying a topic that most people don’t discuss on a daily basis–circumcision. The Texas-based group called Your Whole Baby is behind it.
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2 dead, 19 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect held
A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside a rural Kentucky high school Tuesday morning, killing two of his classmates, injuring 19 and sending hundreds fleeing for safety.
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Louisville Under Water | Pictures
Water covers downtown streets after the Ohio River flooded in Louisville, February 26, 2018.
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FBI, Kentucky State Police raid Horse Cave Police Department
The FBI and Kentucky State Police raided a small town's police department. It happened Monday at the Horse Cave Police Department, about 80 miles south of Louisville. The FBI is not saying why it raided the police station, or what agents were looking for. "As part of an ongoing federal investigation, the FBI and KSP executed legal process authorized by a federal judge earlier today at the Horse Cave Police Department," David Habich with the FBI said.
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The Lessons of a School Shooting–in 1853
How a now-forgotten classroom murder inflamed the national gun argument. By Saul Cornell.
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Rest of whiskey storage warehouse collapses in Kentucky
Whiskey barrels were piled in a mountainous heap Wednesday after the rest of a whiskey storage warehouse collapsed in Kentucky, nearly two weeks after part of the decades-old structure came crashing down. The remainder of the massive structure collapsed at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown, Nelson County Emergency Management spokesman Milt Spalding said. No injuries were reported in either collapse, he said.
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Ticket Sales Dry Up for Noah's Ark Tourist Attraction
They were supposed to come two by two, or better yet, stuffed into minivans and tour buses, but tourists to Kentucky’s life-sized Noah’s Ark attraction so far seem fine being left out in the rain. The Ark Encounter has sold just over 860,000 tickets in the past year, according to the (Louisville, KY) Courier Journal, which obtained the numbers via a Freedom of Information request.
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Friend helps Lexington McDonald's employee whose wife died in restaurant
A lifelong friend of an 85-year-old McDonald's employee is helping him out after he lost his wife at the restaurant he's worked at for 40 years. Wendall Gill's smiling face has greeted customers for decades at the Richmond Road McDonald's. "Hi, How are you?" he asked one customer Wednesday. It's a greeting he has said thousands of times at the restaurant.
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Kentucky man claims employer punished him for refusing to undergo exorcism
A Kentucky man claims his employer, the manager of a Hampton Inn in Hazard, punished him for not submitting to an exorcism and failing to fill out a form asking questions about his religious beliefs and sexual habits. In a religious discrimination lawsuit, Leslie County resident Jason Fields claims he was harassed shortly after being hired as a front desk employee in June 2016 when his manager, Sharon Lindon, found out he was getting divorced.
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Blaze destroys Jim Beam warehouse filled with 45,000 bourbon barrels
An enormous fire has destroyed a Jim Beam warehouse in Kentucky filled with about 45,000 barrels of bourbon. Dramatic images showed flames tearing through the large distillery as firefighters from four counties battled to bring it under control. Flames could be seen rising into the night sky and reportedly generated so much heat that fire engine lights melted.
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State Elections Aren’t All about Trump | National Review
The GOP fared poorly in some contests last night, but that doesn’t mean that the president is doomed in 2020 — or that red states are shifting blue.
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The One-Traffic-Light Town with Some of the Fastest Internet in the U.S.
The economic potential of connecting rural America to broadband has become a popular talking point on the campaign trail. In one Kentucky community, it’s already a way of life.
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On His Way Out, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Pardons Murderers, Rapists, Hundreds More
In one case that has drawn particular attention, he pardoned a murderer whose family raised big money to pay off Bevin's campaign debt.
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Kim Davis, clerk who refused to issue gay marriage licenses, voted out of office
This was the first time Kim Davis faced re-election since 2015, when she defied the Supreme Court ruling and refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses
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Surprise found in Jefferson Davis statue being removed in Kentucky
Nothing like a little bourbon when you’re putting up a statue. Workers removing a statue of Civil War leader Jefferson Davis from the Kentucky state capitol in Frankfort Saturday discovered unexpected artifacts hidden inside the base: a bottle of Glenmore Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, and a copy of the State Journal newspaper from Oct. 20, 1936, the day the statue was erected.
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Kentucky Proposes to Exempt Bitcoin Miners From Taxes
Representatives of the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly has presented a draft tax incentive for Bitcoin miners. It aims to increase the attractiveness of the state for commercial cryptocurrency mining.
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