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      • Covering Kentucky
        Berea community continues to grapple with deadly bank shooting
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        Crime

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        Covering Kentucky

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        Beshear freezes gas tax, activates price gouging laws amid rising fuel costs

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        Covering Kentucky

        Laurel County Sheriff's Office searching for missing 17-year-old girl

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        2 people rescued by KSP troopers after jet ski overturns on Cave Run Lake

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        KSP investigating multiple school bomb threats across the state

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        2 homes sustain minor damage after fire on Curtiswood Drive in Lexington

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        Covering Kentucky

        Cancer survivor Hannah Everett prepares to graduate from UK's College of Nursing

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        Morgan Co. fiscal court votes to raise pay for elected officials in 2027

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        Madison County

        Berea community mourns victims of bank robbery as suspect faces federal charges

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        Covering Kentucky

        Three Chimneys Farm celebrates its first Kentucky Oaks winner

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        'Move over kings': Golden Tempo and Cherie DeVaux make history at the KY Derby

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        Crime

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