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A new mural featuring a racing horse with ties to western Kentucky will be unveiled in Paducah this week.
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Three Democratic and one Republican candidate vying for Sen. Mitch McConnell's open seat attended Monday night's televised debate on KET. The longtime Republican leader and former Senate majority leader is retiring at the end of his term.
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