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For corn farmers across Kentucky, April means it’s time to till fields and plant acre after acre of the row crop. This year, though, the growing season has come with an undercurrent of stress, with small agricultural producers across the U.S. under financial strain stemming from the country’s war with Iran.
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Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha ran the London Marathon in under two hours, but he only got second place. He told NPR he hopes to run his next marathon a minute faster.
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Severe weather is likely to impact western Kentucky, western Tennessee and southern Illinois later on Monday and into Tuesday. -
GOP lawmakers clashed with the Kentucky Supreme Court in the final days of the legislative session over how far their impeachment powers stretch and whether the judiciary has any say in the matter. -
The Tennessee General Assembly has passed nearly a dozen bills to aid the Trump administration’s mass deportations at the state level. -
The majority opinion of Kentucky justices ruled government business conducted on private devices are not public records, which critics say could “eviscerate” open records law. -
The Tennessee House and Senate have passed the so-called Fair RX Act after a multi-million dollar opposition campaign from pharmacy giant CVS. -
Murray State University leaders and local officials broke ground Wednesday on a new facility that’s expected to house Kentucky’s first doctorate of veterinary medicine program, and will also provide new spaces for undergraduate veterinary science classes.
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An attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday has, again, highlighted the climate of political violence in the U.S. But there are still many questions about the motive. -
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