Louisville was the top trending topic on Twitter for most of Friday night. Why? Because widespread media attention gave credence to a teenager’s joke that the city would be caught in the grips of a “purge”, inspired by the 2013 film The Purge in which society is free of emergency services for twelve hours and crime runs […]
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Threat of Violence Inspired by Movie Creates Internet Chaos in Louisville
Louisville was the top trending topic on Twitter for most of Friday night. Why? Because widespread media attention gave credence to a teenager’s joke that the city would be caught in the grips of a “purge”, inspired by the 2013 film The Purge in which society is free of emergency services for twelve hours and crime runs […]
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Poll: McConnell Pulling Away from Grimes, Conway Leads All Republicans
A new poll released shows Senator Mitch McConnell opening up a lead on his Democratic challenger, and Attorney General Jack Conway ahead over all Republicans in next year’s governor’s race. The results of the latest Public Policy Polling survey show McConnell, who is seeking his sixth six-year term in Washington, leading Democratic Secretary of State […]
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Poll: McConnell Pulling Away from Grimes, Conway Leads All Republicans
A new poll released shows Senator Mitch McConnell opening up a lead on his Democratic challenger, and Attorney General Jack Conway ahead over all Republicans in next year’s governor’s race. The results of the latest Public Policy Polling survey show McConnell, who is seeking his sixth six-year term in Washington, leading Democratic Secretary of State […]
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There are More Species of this in the Licking River than All of Africa — and They May Disappear
As a group of Sierra Club members canoes the Licking River near Falmouth on a hot summer Saturday morning, state mussel expert Dr. Monte McGregor tells them there are twenty-five separate species of the hardshelled, water-cleaning clams in the river. At the first stop, a shallow shoal with about twofeet of murky brown river around it, McGregor […]
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There are More Species of this in the Licking River than All of Africa — and They May Disappear
As a group of Sierra Club members canoes the Licking River near Falmouth on a hot summer Saturday morning, state mussel expert Dr. Monte McGregor tells them there are twenty-five separate species of the hardshelled, water-cleaning clams in the river. At the first stop, a shallow shoal with about twofeet of murky brown river around it, McGregor […]
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Northern Kentucky Officers Honored for Seat Belt Citations
Police officers from Northern Kentucky were among the 137 across the Commonwealth to be honored for their efforts to increase the use of seat belts and child restraints in motor vehicles. The awards were given out by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety. The fourth annual Governor’s Occupant Protection Awards ceremony was held at the […]
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Northern Kentucky Officers Honored for Seat Belt Citations
Police officers from Northern Kentucky were among the 137 across the Commonwealth to be honored for their efforts to increase the use of seat belts and child restraints in motor vehicles. The awards were given out by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety. The fourth annual Governor’s Occupant Protection Awards ceremony was held at the […]
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Northern Kentucky Officers Honored for Seat Belt Citations
Police officers from Northern Kentucky were among the 137 across the Commonwealth to be honored for their efforts to increase the use of seat belts and child restraints in motor vehicles. The awards were given out by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety. The fourth annual Governor’s Occupant Protection Awards ceremony was held at the […]
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Kentucky Sees Sharp Decline in Uninsured After Implementing Obamacare
Kentucky achieved the second-sharpest decline in the uninsured rate of adults since the Affordable Care Act took effect in January 2014. According to a Gallup poll released this week, Kentucky’s uninsured rate dropped from 20.4 percent in 2013 to 11.9 percent halfway through 2014 for an 8.5 percent decline. All of the top 10 states […]
