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Weather that feels like February arrives in Kentucky
Last Updated: 6:49 AM 02/11/12 - A winter blast that brought light snow will also bring plunging temperatures.
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Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado on its way east
Last Updated: 7:44 AM 02/03/12 - A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and western Kansas, and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska.
Fraternal Order of Police Reps say Crime is up in Lexington
Last Updated: 5:32 PM 01/09/12 - Representatives from the Fraternal Order of Police say the crime rate for 2011 is up nearly 9.5 percent from 2010.
Drug bust near schools and church
Last Updated: 4:49 PM 01/06/12 - Neighbors reported a strange smell coming from a home in East Bernstadt. Laurel county sheriff's deputies found operating meth labs inside the home located just feet away from a church and a school.
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Temperature changes sending many to the doctor
Last Updated: 9:15 PM 01/05/12 - From warm to cold, the weather can't seem to make up its mind, but one thing that it is doing is keeping local urgent care centers busy.
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Fire in the sky: Crews respond to pipeline explosion
Last Updated: 9:09 PM 01/02/12 - Officials confirm a gas pipeline exploded in northern Estill county on Monday evening.
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Fire destroys home in Harrison County
Last Updated: 6:24 PM 01/02/12 - The weather made for a very tough time for firefighters in Harrison County on Monday.
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One killed in crash
Last Updated: 2:44 PM 01/02/12 - Authorities say one person was killed and several others hurt in a crash in Perry County that involved three vehicles.
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Heating assistance program opens Wednesday
Last Updated: 1:45 PM 01/02/12 - The amount available for federal energy assistance program smallest in several years
Cats celebrate a Happy Blue Year
Last Updated: 6:45 PM 12/31/11 - On the last day of 2011, Wildcats fans are celebrating a happy blue year!
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Special honor for Kentucky pilot
Last Updated: 8:36 PM 12/30/11 - A Campbell County native has been inducted into the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame
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Fire destroys Lincoln County repair shop
Last Updated: 4:59 PM 12/30/11 - A car repair business is in ruins after an explosion and fire. Five employees escaped just before the shop went up in flames.
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Coach Cal, Ky. soldiers top list of 2011 Kentucky newsmakers
Last Updated: 8:54 PM 12/29/11 - What do powerful politicians, all star athletes, and glamorous movie stars all have in common? They all made the top ten 2011 newsmakers list voted on by visitors to wkyt.com.
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Help drive euthanasia numbers down by adopting a pet
Last Updated: 4:59 PM 12/29/11 - It's the last resort for shelter staff, but when space runs out and all resources are maxed out more than half of these dogs will be euthanized.
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A dozen car windows shot out overnight
Last Updated: 5:15 PM 12/28/11 - A dozen Lexington residents woke up this morning to find their car windows busted out and glass shattered on the ground.
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Forrest Gump joins special list of classics
Last Updated: 9:54 PM 12/27/11 - The Library of Congress has selected "Forrest Gump," ''Bambi" and "Silence of the Lambs" to be included among the nation's treasures in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.
Deputy hit by stolen truck
Last Updated: 4:57 PM 12/27/11 - Nicholasville Police say a man crashed a stolen truck into an off-duty Jessamine County Sheriff's Deputy's vehicle. The accident happened on December 9 here along US 27 near Brannon Crossing.
Record rainfall has pros and cons for farmers
Last Updated: 4:50 PM 12/27/11 - Record rainfall in the Lexington area has positive and negative effects on farmers.
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Families cleaning up after 'suspicous' Christmas Day fire
Last Updated: 4:24 PM 12/26/11 - Some families spent the day after Christmas sorting through the remains of their damaged homes.
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SUV crashes into Lexington business
Last Updated: 12:22 PM 12/26/11 - A driver got her foot stuck and drove into a building.
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Vacant home destroyed by fire
Last Updated: 5:27 AM 12/26/11 - Fire crews are looking into an overnight fire that destroyed a house.
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Stores gear up for Mega Monday
Last Updated: 5:30 AM 12/26/11 - It's expected to be a busy shopping day as hundreds of thousands of people will go to the malls for Mega Monday.
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Homicide investigation in Lee County
Last Updated: 4:59 AM 12/26/11 - Police are investigating an eastern Kentucky man's death as a homicide.
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Ft. Campbell soldier critically hurt at party
Last Updated: 5:29 AM 12/26/11 - A Ft. Campbell soldier recovering from injuries he suffered in Afghanistan, is in the hospital after he was shot at his homecoming party.
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Deadly Connecticut fire has ties to Kentucky
Last Updated: 1:50 PM 12/26/11 - Police say the parents and three children of a well-known advertising executive, with ties to Kentucky, were killed in a fire that tore through the family's waterfront Connecticut home on Christmas morning.
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Suspect in double shooting turns himself in
Last Updated: 8:45 PM 12/25/11 - A suspect in a double shooting in Paris that killed a father and sent his son to the hospital has turned himself into police.
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Family spends Christmas in hotel after house fire
Last Updated: 5:30 PM 12/25/11 - A Lexington family will have to spend Christmas in a hotel after a fire destroys their trailer.
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NORAD Santa trackers having record holiday
Last Updated: 8:10 PM 12/24/11 - Volunteers at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado were fielding 8,000 calls an hour Saturday afternoon, on pace to break a record. Also, Santa's NORAD Facebook page approached 920,000 "likes" by midafternoon. Last year, Santa had 716,000 "likes."
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Golden Alert canceled
Last Updated: 2:59 PM 12/24/11 - The Laurel County Sheriff's Office says Raleigh and Margaret Webb were found early Saturday morning in Tennessee.
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Holiday shoppers pack roads, stores
Last Updated: 9:16 PM 12/23/11 - Last minute shoppers pack Fayette Mall as they stock up on last minute Christmas items.
Neighbor surprises family whose Christmas blow ups were stolen
Last Updated: 9:39 PM 12/22/11 - Thieves almost ruin Christmas for one little girl after stealing her Christmas decorations.
Research at UK involving cocaine, quails, and sex drive stirs controversy
Last Updated: 11:03 PM 12/22/11 - What do cocaine, Japanese quail, and quail sex drive all have in common? They are the ingredients to research at the University of Kentucky to to look at how cocaine impacts the sex drive in humans.
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Wal-Mart pulls formula after Mo. baby's death
Last Updated: 8:12 PM 12/21/11 - Wal-Mart says it has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy became gravely ill with a suspected infection and died after being taken off life support.
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Mother, children forced to hide in closet during robbery
Last Updated: 8:38 PM 12/21/11 - A mother and her young children were forced to hide in a closet after robbers broke into their home. It happened around 8:15 Wednesday night on Bold Bidder Drive.
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Apartment fire puts a family out of their home
Last Updated: 5:07 PM 12/21/11 - "It's a nightmare come true, with it being my dads building. I never wanted anything like his to happen,"says Belinda Latta, a resident there.
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House now to vote Tuesday on payroll tax cut bill
Last Updated: 9:33 PM 12/19/11 - The Republican-controlled House intends to wait until Tuesday to reject a Senate measure providing a two-month extension of Social Security payroll tax cuts due to expire on Dec. 31.
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Governor Beshear standing behind embattled cabinet secretary
Last Updated: 9:34 PM 12/19/11 - Republican Senator Julie Denton of Louisville wants Secretary Janie Miller to step down from her post with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
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Lexington company gives the gift of heat
Last Updated: 4:48 PM 12/19/11 - With winter just beginning, many families like the Jackson's looked for help to heat their homes.
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Trooper honored after surviving shooting
Last Updated: 4:57 PM 12/19/11 - Trooper Glen Franklin is reminded every day of that undercover arrest of a bootlegger that left him paralyzed.
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UK offers new cancer screening tool
Last Updated: 7:23 AM 12/19/11 - The Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky is offering a new technology in its Comprehensive Breast Care Center.
Major winter storm takes aim at SW Great Plains
Last Updated: 8:13 PM 12/18/11 - The National Weather Service says a major winter storm is headed for the southwestern Great Plains, with blizzard conditions expected by mid-day Monday in parts of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado.
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Still time to mail your packages in time for Christmas
Last Updated: 3:08 AM 12/19/11 - Officials estimate the U.S. Postal Service will handle 800 million pieces of mail Monday. The monday before Christmas is typically the post office's busiest day of the year.
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Disabled man trapped, killed in mobile home fire
Last Updated: 3:07 AM 12/19/11 - A disabled man dies after being trapped inside a burning mobile home in Whitley County.
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Student responsible for dorm room fire won't be released from jail early
Last Updated: 3:35 PM 12/18/11 - The State-Journal reports a judge denied Juanisha Feliciano's request for shock probation.
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Student charged with arson for dorm room fire
Last Updated: 3:26 PM 12/18/11 - Williamsburg police say University of the Cumberlands student Quintine Cayo set fire to papers hanging on a door.
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Murder suspect to appear in court Monday
Last Updated: 3:22 PM 12/18/11 - Percy Hargrove will be arraigned in Clark County for the murder of 33-year-old Andrew Ingram. Police found Ingram's body underneath the deck of a home on Whitney Court.
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Deadly southern Kentucky house fire
Last Updated: 3:17 PM 12/18/11 - The fire broke out late Saturday night on Sandy Creek Road in Whitley County.
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Last weekend till Christmas
Last Updated: 8:21 PM 12/16/11 - With this weekend being the last full weekend till Christmas stores are offering deep discounts and keeping their stores open later for those last minute shoppers.
Man arrested after string of car lot thefts
Last Updated: 5:34 PM 12/16/11 - Workers at Prime Motor Sales on New Circle Road say thieves are hurting their business.
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Man who admitted killing friend ordered back into custody
Last Updated: 8:01 AM 12/15/11 - Jamar Mays received was granted probation last month, but a Fayette County judge says he may have violated the terms of his release.
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