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The organization said it will close this month and direct clients to services through partner programs.
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The Louisville-based public radio report highlights Yolen’s career spanning novels and picture books, and her writing process centered on family and community feedback.
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The fair, scheduled for July 17 through July 25, will not be held after organizers cited an ongoing water shortage and related capacity limits.
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A hiker reported suffering a copperhead snake bite and was located and rescued early Saturday by Powell County Search and Rescue and Powell County EMS, according to a social media post reported by LEX18.
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The Mom-Moms Lavender Festival brought families to French lavender fields in Lexington, with proceeds and event outreach aimed at supporting an animal rescue group that said it is operating amid a shortfall in donations.
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A man identified as Jose Hill appeared in court Saturday, June 20, after being arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in Louisville’s Russell neighborhood, according to local reporting.
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Emergency responders were called shortly before 9 a.m. after reports of a small aircraft crash in Jessamine County, where both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene, according to local reporting.
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A new report from Whitesburg describes how opioid settlement money is being directed toward addiction services in parts of eastern Kentucky where residents say the drug crisis has shaped daily life for years.
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The article says Purdue Pharma introduced OxyContin in late 1995 and that marketing and prescribing patterns in areas with high rates of chronic pain became central to the opioid epidemic’s toll.
