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Kentucky college degrees climbing while enrollment drops

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The number of Kentucky college and university students receiving undergraduate degrees and certificates is continuing to climb, but preliminary enrollment figures are falling. The state Council on Postsecondary Education said Monday the continuing increase in degrees and credentials despite enrollment challenges indicates a strong commitment on Kentucky campuses to college completion. Council President Aaron Thompson says…
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Kentucky-based insurer Humana to lay off 2% of workforce

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A health insurance provider says it’s laying off more than 800 people. The Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana announced Monday it’d be cutting 2% of its workforce by the end of the year, with some employees being let go as early as Thursday. Severance will be provided. The Courier-Journal reports that Humana employs 41,600 nationwide, so 2% would…
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Man killed in Kentucky house fire

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HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — Police say a man has been killed in a house fire in western Kentucky. Kentucky State Police said in a news release the fire occurred early Monday in Henderson. A female who was inside the residence reported the fire and was able to escape. The statement says an autopsy was scheduled later Monday to determine the…
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Kroger patron sues store, man charged in 2018 shooting

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A woman who was inside a Kentucky Kroger during a shooting last year is now suing the grocer and the man charged in the fatal attack. The Courier Journal reports Denise Clark filed the class-action lawsuit last week, saying witnessing and fleeing the shooting left her with physical, mental “and/or emotional injuries.” The lawsuit names Gregory…
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Man charged with DUI after pedestrian killed in Kentucky

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been charged with driving under the influence after a pedestrian was fatally struck in Kentucky. The Lexington Police Department said in a news release Sunday that 49-year-old Cecilio Reyes failed a sobriety test and was arrested after the crash Saturday night. Officials say the 56-year-old man was hit as he trying…
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3 Ky farmers plead guilty to insurance fraud-related charges

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Three Kentucky farmers have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to crop insurance fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Lexington says 34-year-old Bradley Price pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Price, who farms land in Nicholas and Bourbon counties, was involved in a scheme that allowed him to receive an insurance payment for tobacco…
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Kentucky man charged with murder in off-road vehicle crash

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LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky have charged a man with murder in the crash of an off-road vehicle that left a teenager dead. Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a news release that 24-year-old Jordan Obenauer of London was arrested Sunday. The statement says Obenauer was driving an all-terrain vehicle that crashed on U.S. Route 25 north…
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Poor advocacy group protests at McConnell’s office

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COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A group that advocates for the poor stopped at Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office in northern Kentucky during a national tour. Activists with the Poor People’s Campaign, led by the Rev. William Barber, attempted to deliver a letter to McConnell’s office in Covington Friday but were not allowed in the building, according to a release from the…
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Senate confirms Kavanaugh’s ex-clerk as federal judge

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Photo credit: www.republicanleader.senate.govLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump to the Western District of Kentucky despite being deemed unqualified by the American Bar Association. News outlets report 37-year-old Justin Walker was confirmed Thursday by a party-line vote of 50-41. Walker is a conservative who works as an associate professor of…
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Judges rules for governor in legal battle with lieutenant

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has won another round of a legal fight with his lieutenant governor over who wields hiring and firing authority over the lieutenant governor’s staff. A judge ruled Friday that the Republican governor has “superseding authority” to hire and fire employees assigned to the lieutenant governor’s office. In doing so, Judge Phillip Shepherd…

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