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Ford will build an electric truck in Louisville, but the new assembly process requires fewer workers
Ford Motor Company plans to invest nearly $2 billion in the Louisville Assembly Plant to expand and build a new midsize electric truck. Its plans will require an expansion and retooling of the entire factory, but will mean fewer jobs.
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Philip Miller's sinister thriller is set in a Great Britain that's lost its bearings. But even when she's terrified, fictional journalist Shona Sandison will always risk everything to get the story.
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A late comeback attempt wasn't enough for the Racers in the team's first ever Men's College World Series game, as Murray State lost 6-4 to UCLA on Saturday. The Racers will face Arkansas in a win-or-go-home game on Monday. -
People demonstrated across Kentucky on Saturday to express their outrage at President Donald Trump’s administration. -
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador put a spotlight on President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, pleaded not guilty to charges of human smuggling during a court hearing Friday in Nashville. -
Prolific songwriter and founder of The Black Swans, Jerry David DeCicca, returns to Murray, Kentucky, for a show at Wits' End Records on Sunday, June 15. Tracy Ross speaks to DeCicca ahead of the performance. -
Organizers with the group Paducah Pride United Together – which formed last year to put on its first large-scale Pride event – have planned a day of live music, comedians and a drag show for Saturday at the McCracken County Convention & Expo Center. -
More than a dozen Kentucky cities will participate in nationwide protests Saturday against President Donald Trump's massive military parade. The nationwide "No Kings" protests coincide with the military parade in Washington D.C. to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary, which falls on President Trump's birthday.
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