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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The only Democrat left in Kentucky's congressional delegation says he will run for re-election next year.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Retailer Urban Outfitters has bowed to pressure from anti-drug groups and 24 attorneys general, including Kentucky AG Jack Conway, who’ve called for the company to stop selling flasks, shot glasses, and pint glasses that resemble prescription pill bottles.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - With the growth of the Brannon Crossing shopping area, the narrow 3-mile long stretch of road between US 60 and US 27 called Brannon Road is handling more and more traffic these days.

DANVILLE,KY—A Centre College study suggests that energy drinks may not have the potency that their advertisers suggest.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Congressional redistricting that was completed last year may have to be redone in an upcoming special legislative session, adding one more potential complication to what has become a protracted effort by Kentucky lawmakers redraw political boundaries.

Gov. Steve Beshear raised the possibility of redrawing congressional maps during an impromptu press conference Monday outside his Capitol office.

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. -- Kentucky State Police have set up a special email address for tips in the ambush slaying of a young Bardstown police officer.

Officer Jason Ellis, who was 33, was killed by shotgun blasts as he stopped to pull limbs from a ramp on the Bluegrass Parkway on May 25.

Tips can be sent to EllisCaseEtips@ky.gov. Anyone with information that could help solve the case is encouraged to email it to that address set up by KSP Post 4 in Elizabethtown.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The president of Transylvania University has announced he is stepping down after the upcoming school year. The move comes in the wake of student protests and a vote of “no confidence” in his leadership by the faculty.

LEXINGTON,KY-- Mayor Jim Gray and his staff celebrated Waste Collector Day Monday. 

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A May revision of the state’s health care plan by the Department of Health and Family Services will allow for the addition of more neonatal intensive care beds and provide a new designation for the most intensive level of care.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Lexington facility that provides food, clothing and shelter to those in need sustained damage in a fire.

Lexington firefighters responded at about 5 a.m. EDT Monday to a blaze at the Catholic Action Center and Community Inn. Multiple television stations in Lexington reported that firefighters found tires burning next to the building, then realized the building was on fire.