Oil platform explodes off La. coast, spreading oil 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:36 PM 09/02/10 - NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - An oil platform exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water in their protective "Gumby suits." (Full Story)

Clarification to Knott County Drug Bust story 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:26 PM 09/02/10 - We want to clarify a story we told you about last week involving a drug roundup in Knott County. (Full Story)

Officials in Knox County: Circuit Court will be open Friday 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:23 PM 09/02/10 - The first state furlough day is Friday and officials with the Knox County circuit court want to clear up some confusion. (Full Story)

Highway 15 Closed In Breathitt County 0 Comments Last Updated: 5:11 PM 09/02/10 - Highway 15 north of Jackson is shut down for at least a third time this summer. (Full Story)

Judge denies stay of Ky. execution 2 Comments Last Updated: 6:19 AM 09/02/10 - COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky judge has denied two requests to halt the scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of murder and rape, saying the grounds for doing so were too flimsy to support a stay. (Full Story)

Hurricane Earl approaches East Coast 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:05 AM 09/02/10 - BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) - More North Carolinians are leaving the coast ahead of Hurricane Earl as it heads toward the Eastern Seaboard. (Full Story)

Rand Paul touts importance of coal 11 Comments Last Updated: 12:04 AM 09/02/10 - Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul visited a power plant Wednesday to tout the importance of coal to the state's low energy rates. (Full Story)

Judge denies stay of Kentucky execution 7 Comments Last Updated: 12:02 AM 09/02/10 - A Kentucky judge on Wednesday denied two requests to halt the impending execution of an inmate convicted of murder and rape, saying the arguments were too flimsy to support a stay. (Full Story)

Organizers cut budget for World Equestrian Games 8 Comments Last Updated: 9:42 AM 09/02/10 - The World Equestrian Games are set to begin later this month. Now, the event sponsor, Alltech, is coming to the rescue of the event's budget. (Full Story)

Search is underway for the next HCTC president 1 Comment Last Updated: 11:28 PM 09/01/10 - The search is underway for the next president of one higher education system. (Full Story)

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