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12:46 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

Pilot Program Aims To Give Food Trucks More Access Downtown

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A new pilot program has been formed to test the viability of food trucks in downtown Lexington.

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9:52 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Sarah Palin, Husband Attending Fundraiser in Ky.

Sarah Palin - photo by Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd Palin, will be in Kentucky this weekend, attending a museum fundraiser in Lexington on the day after the Kentucky Derby.
 
The annual Brunch and Bibelots party is a fundraiser for the Headley-Whitney Museum in Lexington, and the $150-a-seat, sold-out event will be held on the museum's grounds on Sunday. About 200 people are expected.
 
The Palins will be guests of socialite and museum supporter Marylou Whitney and her husband, John
Hendrickson, at the party.
 

Local/Regional News
9:00 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Former Marine, Opera Stars among UK's Class of 2013

LEXINGTON,KY-- This Sunday marks commencement at the University of Kentucky.

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7:25 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

Public Sees Details of Town Branch Commons Proposal

Artist's rendering of Town Branch Commons

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Four connected zones would make up Lexington’s Town Branch Commons in a downtown greenspace proposal that was unveiled at a public meeting Wednesday.

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3:56 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

Lawmakers Question DEA On Hemp Regulations

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was joined by most of Kentucky's federal delegation in a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration seeking clarification on the industrial hemp issue.

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2:03 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

Spending On Southland Clinic Halted As Financial Woes Mount

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Plans for a new health clinic on Southland Drive took a major blow Wednesday, as members of the finance and budget committees for HealthFirst voted to halt spending on the project in light of mounting costs.

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12:37 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

Death Case Had No Judge for 16 Months

Kentucky death row inmate Karu Gene White

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A judge has been appointed to Kentucky's longest-running death row case after an Associated Press inquiry into why it had been pending 16 months without a judge.

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12:30 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

Christine Riordan Appointed UK's New Provost

Credit Josh James
Dr. Christine Riordan speaking at a campus forum at UK

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Following a months-long search, Dr. Christine Riordan has been selected as the University of Kentucky’s next provost.

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12:29 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

KSP Releases Name of Deputy in Fatal Shooting

GEORGETOWN, Ky. - Kentucky State Police have released the name of a deputy who fatally shot a suspect after he pointed a gun at officers.

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3:30 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

Children's Advocacy Center Has A New Home

New Children's Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass facility

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, which coordinates the investigation of the state’s most serious child abuse cases in 17 counties, has moved into a new home.

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