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Presidenti Trump did not reveal the trading partner, saying only that it was "A BIG, AND HIGHLY RESPECTED, COUNTRY" and that representatives would join him at 10 a.m. ET in the Oval Office.
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Leadership with the western Kentucky police department wanted to create a new space to host in-service trainings, yearly courses that officers are required to take. The Madisonville Police Regional Training Complex, completed in 2024, houses a variety of law enforcement training spaces for the Madisonville Police Department and the Department of Criminal Justice Training.
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Nine weeks in the summer is a long time for a child not to have school meals. One organization in Calloway County is helping to bridge that gap. Asia Burnett talks with Soup for the Soul's Noraa Ransey about her story, the needs this summer, and how the community can help.
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Paducah, Kentucky's Solid Rock'it Boosters perform on the next installment of Sounds Good's Live Lunch series on Friday, May 9, at 12 noon.
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More than 80,000 Kentuckians aged 65 and older live with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis as reported in the 2025 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report, released by the Alzheimer’s Association last week.
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Kentucky is reporting a 30.2% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024. The new report is giving state leaders a surge of confidence that prevention and treatment efforts are making progress against an addiction epidemic.
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Organizations penned a letter to Congress saying federal cuts are putting their towns at risk.
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An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly electronics and save money on bills, consumer and environmental groups said.
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Nearly 100 potential jurors were whittled down to a group of 45 on Wednesday ahead of the mogul's case for racketeering and prostitution. For many, his outsized celebrity was an issue.
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Since he announced his intention to impose a 100% tariff on movies made outside of the United States, President Trump has hedged, saying he's open to meeting with industry leaders.
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AI experts say this is likely the first time that AI has been used in the U.S. to create an impact statement read by an AI rendering of the deceased victim
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A jury found the three men not guilty of all charges in connection with the 2023 fatal beating, including the most serious charge of second-degree murder.