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Ky. lawmakers: Include burley in trade deal
Kentucky legislators have drafted a bipartisan resolution urging the Obama Administration to include burley tobacco in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
Arc: If Kentucky's getting better, watch out!
In case you didn't notice, Kentucky is really, really good. That's an obvious statement about college basketball's No. 1 team, but it's true. The scary part is the Wildcats seem to be getting better.
Florida-Kentucky Preview
The way No. 8 Florida sees it, all the pressure is on top-ranked Kentucky. The Wildcats have a 15-game winning streak, have won a nation-best 48 in a row at home and hold the top spot in the Southeastern Conference. They have five players averaging double figures, including freshman phenom Anthony Davis, and have allowed only three opponents to top 65 points all season.
Florida welcomes pressure-free test at Kentucky
The way No. 8 Florida sees it, all the pressure is on top-ranked Kentucky. The Wildcats have a 15-game winning streak, have won a nation-best 48 in a row at home and hold the top spot in the Southeastern Conference. They have five players averaging double figures, including freshman phenom Anthony Davis, and have allowed only three opponents to top 65 points all season.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp Releases Earnings
HAZARD, Ky. and FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky First Federal Bancorp , the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hazard and First Federal Savings Bank of Frankfort, Kentucky, announced ...
Kentucky starts 3rd straight week at No. 1
Kentucky is on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a third straight week. The Wildcats, who were also No. 1 for two weeks earlier this season, received 63 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. Syracuse, which got the other No. 1 votes, Ohio State, Missouri, North Carolina and Baylor held second through sixth from last week.
Winter Fishing in Kentucky: A Trip Planning Guide
When you think of Kentucky, you are more apt to think of aged bourbon, horse racing, and the distinctive sound of bluegrass music. Well, my friend, it is time that you expanded your view of the unbridled state to include trophy bass and the unparalleled thrill of fishing in the...
Kentucky starts third straight week No. 1
Kentucky is on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a third straight week.
Kentucky Derby Preps: The Winners
The last few weeks have seen half a dozen Kentucky Derby preps, so let's take a look back at the races and the winners, and ahead to what's coming up. The Derby prep circuit takes place at a handful of racetracks: Aqueduct in ; Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs in Florida; Santa Anita in ...
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LSU women upset No. 6 Kentucky, 61-51
Right when LSU's season looked like it was slipping away, the Lady Tigers summoned the kind of end-to-end intensity that even No. 6 Kentucky couldn't handle. "We just played with an attitude like we had nothing to lose, just to leave it all out there, and you saw that from everybody," LSU forward LaSondra Barrett said.
No. 6 Kentucky women stall out against LSU, 61-51
By the time A'dia Mathies took it upon herself to start scoring more, it was too late for No. 6 Kentucky. Mathies scored all of her team-leading 12 points in the second half, but got little help as the Wildcats' saw their 10-game winning streak end with a 61-51 upset at LSU on Sunday. "We were outplayed, outcoached every way you could be," Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell said.
Kentucky's Anthony Davis leads romp
Kentucky 86, South Carolina 52: Anthony Davis had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 8 blocks, and No. 1 Kentucky wiped away the memories of the last time the top-ranked Wildcats came to South Carolina.
Kentucky Conservatory Theatre and SummerFest are...
Last fall, the organization presented its first non-summer show with a production of Tracy Letts' August: Osage County at the Downtown Arts Center.Late last month, Kentucky Conservatory Theatre announced its first yearlong schedule of shows, including the flagship presentation of SummerFest, three productions presented in July in The Arboretum.
Western Kentucky tops South Alabama 76-66
Jamal Crook scored 24 points to lead Western Kentucky to a 75-66 victory over South Alabama Saturday night in a Sun Belt Conference game. Crook's superb shooting was nearly perfect. The guard missed just one shot, making 9 of 10 field goal attempts, hitting his only 3-point shot and going 5 for 5 at the foul line.

Boyle County wins 4A rematch
A rematch of the 2010 Class 4A state championship game Saturday turned out with the same result the second time around. Boyle County (1-1) downed Allen County-Scottsville 21-0 in Danville. The Patriots fall to 0-2 for the first time since 2007.The Rebels got on the scoreboard with a 3-yard touchdown run by Zach Hester on 4th-and-goal in the first quarter. The score would remain 7-0 until halftime.Boyle County added another score in the third quarter and another still in the fourth to complete the scoring.The Patriots have been shut out in two games for the first time since 2005.Allen County-Scottsville will play its third straight road game to open the season Friday, heading to South Warren for a 7 p.m. contest.
Kentucky schools to get $1 million from Gates...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give the Kentucky Department of Education $1 million over two years to help support the introduction of tough new common core content standards for math and English in the state's public schools.The new standards are a key in implementation of Senate Bill 1, the wide-ranging Kentucky educational reform package that will go into effect with the start of the 2011-12 school year.Certain "pilot school districts," including the Fayette County Public Schools,...
Kentucky schools to get $1 million from Bill &...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give the Kentucky Department of Education $1 million over two years to help support the introduction of tough new common core content standards for math and English in the state's public schools.The new standards are a key in implementation of Senate Bill 1, the wide-ranging Kentucky educational reform package that will go into effect with the start of the 2011-2012 school year.Certain "pilot school districts," including the Fayette County Public Schools,...
Fugitive drives through yards in Nichlosville
A man who is wanted in several Central Kentucky counties fled from Nicholasville police Monday afternoon in a stolen car. Paul David Brown, 31, was sitting in a silver 2006 Volkswagen Jetta parked at 229 Green Street in Nicholasville when police arrived at about 3:15 p.m. to check out a report that the car was stolen, according to a news release.As police approached and saw him in the car, they identified themselves, and at that point Brown put the car into reverse and drove into the back yard...
Man kills woman who was breaking up with him, then...
The break-up between a man and woman escalated into a murder-suicide in Estill County, Kentucky State Police said Monday.Troopers and deputy sheriffs arrived at the scene Sunday afternoon to find two people dead inside a hunting cabin on Meadows Lane northeast of Irvine near the Powell County line, said Trooper Chris Lanham of the Richmond state police post.The woman, Kelli Barr, 35, of Mineral, W.Va., was found dead in the bathroom with a gunshot wound to the head, Lanham said.Michael Boyle,...
83 people arrested on drug charges in eight...
LEXINGTON - Police said a yearlong investigation resulted in 83 drug-related arrests in eight central Kentucky counties. The arrests Tuesday were part of a roundup called Operation November Rain.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports state police, Danville police, Perryville police and the sheriff’s departments in Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer counties began serving arrest warrants on suspected drug traffickers at 5:30 a.m. EST.State police say in a news release the suspects came from...
83 arrested in 8-county drug roundup
Law enforcement officers arrested 83 people in a drug roundup that encompassed eight Central Kentucky counties Tuesday.State police, Danville police, Perryville police and the sheriff's departments in Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer counties began serving arrest warrants on suspected drug traffickers beginning at 5:30 a.m., state police said in a news release.Those arrested were charged with trafficking in marijuana, cocaine, and prescription medications. They were taken to the Kentucky...
Kentucky AP high school football polls
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The latest Kentucky Associated Press high school football polls saw no change among the state's top-ranked teams in each class: Mayfield (1A), Newport Central Catholic (2A), Somerset (3A), Boyle County (4A), Highlands (5A) and Trinity (6A). Click to view the complete polls - released Monday, Sept. 20.
Prison inmate testifies in Harrodsburg doctor's...
DANVILLE A prison inmate testified Thursday that he saw a pontoon boat piloted by Dr. Steven Hall strike a woman as she screamed and swam in Herrington Lake last year.Hall, 48, a Harrodsburg physician, is accused of murder in the death of his wife Isabel Hall, 49. Steven Hall has maintained it was an accident.Wayne McMullen, now an inmate at Marion Adjustment Center near Lebanon, was fishing from the shore of the Northpoint Training Center property in Boyle County when he saw a 24-foot pontoon...
Doctor was infatuated with her, file clerk...
DANVILLE Dr. Steven Hall, accused of murder in the 2009 death of his wife, told a file clerk in his Harrodsburg office he had fallen in love with her and wanted to divorce his wife eventually, the clerk testified Tuesday.But the clerk, Lori Devine, testified, "I did not feel that way towards him," and said she told Hall, "I'm sorry if I have given you the wrong, mixed signals."Hall, 48, is accused of killing his wife, Isabel, 49, by striking her with a pontoon boat on Herrington Lake in Boyle...
Jury selection begins in Harrodsburg doctor's...
DANVILLE Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of Steven Hall, the Harrodsburg doctor accused of running over his wife with a pontoon boat.At least 21 potential jurors were excused from service during a preliminary round of questioning by the judge and attorneys for the prosecution and defense. Most people were excused because they knew a witness or because their work or pending medical procedures would conflict with the trial's anticipated 10-day schedule.Hall, 48, and his wife,...
Harrodsburg doctor's murder trial to start next...
DANVILLE The trial of a Harrodsburg doctor charged with murder in the death of his wife will begin as scheduled next week, despite a defense expert's testimony Thursday that the case should be moved. Dr. Steven C. Hall is accused of striking Isabel Hall with a pontoon boat on Herrington Lake on May 29, 2009. He has told police it was an accident.During a 90-minute hearing Thursday in Boyle Circuit Court, attorneys for the defense and prosecution discussed whether Hall's alleged relationship...
Lexington man charged after three-county pursuit
A Lexington man faces several charges after leading police on a pursuit through three counties that ended with a wreck that injured a child.Justin Falvey, 28, was arrested after the sport-utility vehicle he was driving crashed on U.S. 127 in Anderson County near the Bluegrass Parkway. Danville Assistant Police Chief Tony Gray said the injured child was treated at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center and released.No other details were immediately available.Shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday,...
Danville adds Lawn Chair to list of Kentucky film...
France has the Cannes Film Festival and Utah the Sundance Film Festival. Later this summer, Danville will debut the Lawn Chair Film Festival.Amateur filmmakers are asked to submit short movies that will be judged and then shown Sept. 9 on an outdoor screen.The festival is an outgrowth of Lawn Chair Theater, a free, outdoor showing of theatrical releases on Friday nights at Constitution Square State Historic Site, said Charlie Cox, spokesman for the Danville/Boyle County Economic Development...
Southland Christian taking time with Lexington...
As Southland Christian Church considers the Lexington Mall property for the second of five planned satellite campuses across Central Kentucky, a church leader stresses one big difference between it and their first foray: They'll take more time.Last year, Southland began services at its campus in Danville just three months after closing on the property that was part of an old Lowe's home improvement store in the Boyle County seat."We moved really fast, almost too fast in getting that up and...
Former Boyle Co. standout brings Bluegrass men's...
For two miles, Saturday's 34th running of the Bluegrass 10,000 was shaping up as the same old, same old footrace.Defending champion David Mutuse was alone in first place, with Kenyan countryman Evans Kiptoo in pursuit.Undeterred, Patrick Morgan used a slight incline to reel in the frontrunners going out Richmond Road.Near Victory Avenue, Morgan and Kiptoo took the lead.
One arrested, one injured after high-speed chase
A Harrodsburg man led Danville police on a high-speed chase early Sunday morning that forced numerous cars off the road and ended with his passenger in a hospital and his arrest, according to police. Earl W. Moore, 22, of Harrodsburg was charged with multiple offenses, including fleeing and evading, DUI, possession of marijuana and 19 counts of wanton endangerment. He is being held in the Boyle County Detention Center. Police said that a few minutes after midnight Sunday morning, a Danville...
Man who killed wife, himself had history of...
DANVILLE The couple who died Sunday in an apparent murder-suicide had been the subject of a number of domestic-violence cases, Boyle County court records show.In February, a district court judge had denied a written request from Sharon Douglas, in which she asked that her husband, Thomas Douglas, "be able to come to the house/business without any violence toward me. He can visit the home with my permission only when he calls. But he can't stay in the home."Judge Jeff Dotson denied that...
Wisconsin family arrested in central Ky.
Police in central Kentucky say a Wisconsin family wanted in connection with burglaries in that state was taken into custody when the mother tried to enroll two children in school. The Boyle County Detention Center confirmed Tuesday that 40-year-old Bridget M. Graves; her son, 18-year-old Sylee O'Neill; and 18-year-old Blaine Warnke remained lodged there without bond.
Goldsmith back home with MSU
Morehead State hopes a winning combination from Boyle County translates into victories.Boone Goldsmith and Rees MacShara of Class 4A state champion Boyle County have signed letters of intent to play college football for the Eagles.
Montana says Lexington company is a pyramid scheme
After receiving numerous phone calls from Montana consumers about a Lexington network marketing firm last year, officials there embarked on a five-month investigation and concluded that the company is an illegal pyramid scheme.Montana has banned Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, which has received as much as $1.9 million from state residents, from doing business there until there is a hearing or settlement of the case, said Jackie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the Montana auditor's office."Basically a lot...
Northpoint riot cases to begin
Seven months after inmates rioted and burned buildings at Northpoint Training Center, evidence in the first of more than 100 criminal cases will be presented later this month to a Boyle grand jury, according to Commonwealth's Attorney Richard Bottoms.With no criminal charges filed yet, some of the 174 inmates who are being disciplined within the prison system on "administrative charges" are questioning the evidence used to keep them in segregation units for months.Thirty-three inmates have...
Prosecutor says criminal cases related to prison...
Seven months after inmates rioted and burned buildings at Northpoint Training Center, evidence in the first of more than 100 criminal cases will be presented later this month to a Boyle Grand Jury, according to Commonwealths' Attorney Richard Bottoms.With no criminal charges filed yet, some of the 174 inmates who are being disciplined within the prison system on "administrative charges" are questioning the evidence used to keep them in segregation units for months.Thirty three inmates have...
Danville voters get alcohol sale question
DANVILLE Voters will decide Tuesday whether to expand alcohol sales to include bars and liquor stores within the city limits of the Boyle County seat.Since March 2003, Danville has allowed alcohol by the drink in restaurants that have seating for at least 100 people. Ten restaurants serve alcohol by the drink.But if the ballot question is approved, smaller restaurants could serve alcohol, and bars and package retail stores would be permitted.The question on the ballot is, "Are you in favor of...
Numerous charges from prison riot expected to...
BURGIN, Ky. - Court officials in Boyle County are bracing for a case overload as charges are expected to be filed against more than 100 inmates from a fiery riot last August at the Northpoint Training Center in Burgin.

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