The volunteer group, Vecindarios 901, responded to 3-5 calls each day about immigration enforcement activities in Memphis during the first Trump administration. Now it gets up to 140 calls daily.
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Legal challenges put SAVE borrowers in limbo for months, a time during which they were not required to make payments on their loans. That would change if the proposed settlement is approved.
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A new Christmas-themed work from an award-winning playwright is set to make its world premiere on a western Kentucky community theatre stage Friday night.
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The CSX Santa Train recently made its 83rd annual voyage across parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia to greet thousands of people and deliver gifts to kids of all ages.
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Rose Marie Wood is the third of four finalists to interview for the position of Murray State University's provost. At a town hall meeting Wednesday, Wood said she thinks Murray State is 'blessed,' expressing enthusiasm for the opportunities the school is pursuing surrounding the planned veterinary medicine program and the possible medical school program.
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Families of victims who died in the UPS plane crash in Louisville filed the first wrongful death lawsuits on Wednesday.
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Countering a House GOP leader, the Kentucky Senate’s top Republican says he will not push for an income tax cut in the coming session, adhering to budget trigger rules.
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Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."
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Demand for professional Santas and other seasonal workers seems to have cooled. Could that be a sign we're in a recession?