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The 150th Run for the Roses gave thousands of visitors a classic experience at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May.
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Daniel Hurt speaks to Kansas City-based soul singer Lady D ahead of her set at Paducah's Lowertown Arts and Music Festival on May 10th and 11th. Lady D got her start in music singing in church choir, which inspired her to perform across the country singing soul, blues, and jazz songs, opening for many notable artists, including Kool & the Gang. -
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FRANKFORT — Former Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes was cleared Monday by Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd of charges by the state Executive Branch Ethics Commission that she improperly ordered the downloading and distribution of voter registration data from her public office while she was Kentucky’s secretary of state.
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