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The 2025 session of the Kentucky legislature may have ended in March, but businesses and advocacy groups still spent $10 million lobbying lawmakers in the subsequent five months.
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'Tell me where my daughter is': mother of Crystal Rogers speaks as Brooks Houck is sentenced to lifeA judge in Bardstown has formally sentenced Brooks Houck to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend and mother of his child. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms went with a jury’s recommendation on Wednesday in sentencing Houck to the maximum punishment for the murder of Crystal Rogers. -
A Franklin Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by State Auditor Allison Ball against the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The case stems from 2024 legislation on kinship caregivers. -
Public anger is growing over rising electricity prices nationwide. In West Virginia, Appalachian Power customers have been paying hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden costs. -
Hundreds of Out of the Darkness Walks are planned across the country as part of Suicide Prevention Week, including a walk in Bowling Green. -
A new 12,000-square-foot facility in Bowling Green will store food resources to be distributed to partner agencies in local counties such as Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, and Warren.
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Matt Slocum/APAuthorities say the five officers were following up on an investigation that was "domestic related." -
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Ben & Jerry'sGreenfield said the Vermont ice cream maker "has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power" by Unilever, the multinational corporation that bought Ben & Jerry's in 2000. -
Matthew Hatcher/Getty ImagesThe National Park Service has until Wednesday to address signs that "inappropriately disparage" historical figures. One target is George Washington's house in Philadelphia, where he had slaves. -
Snezhana Kudryavtseva/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesDermatologists often recommend nicotinamide — a form of Vitamin B3 — following skin cancer. A study of nearly 34,000 veterans finds this supplement reduces the risk of skin cancer recurrence. -
Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe Yale Humanitarian Research Lab says Russia's network of sites for Ukrainian children is larger than previously thought, and programs includes military training for children as young as 8. -
Jose Luis Magana/APThe Department of Justice is escalating its demands for sensitive data from voting officials, suing two Democratic-controlled states who have thus far rebuffed the department's requests.
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