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Stroke Drug Could Save More Lives If Patients Arrived at ER Sooner
A stroke can devastate a person's life. Stroke is the ...
A stroke can devastate a person's life. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. In 2005, it was the fifth leading cause of death in Kentucky. The 51 percent in Kentucky who survive have the chance of lifelong paralysis.
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McCracken Sheriff Jon Hayden Speaks on Bath Salts
A new drug has taken to the market in McCracken ...
A new drug has taken to the market in McCracken County. Already, 10 people have been hospitalized after exposure to what people are calling legal, synthetic cocaine. The products are being labeled as bath salts and when consumed give the user a
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McCracken Official Opens Up about County/City Lawsuit
McCracken County's Fiscal Court voted Monday to sue the city ...
McCracken County's Fiscal Court voted Monday to sue the city of Paducah over annexation of a hundred-plus acres of Paducah Power and Tennessee Valley Authority property along Schneidman Road. In a phone conversation, County Commissioner Jerry
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Increased Meth Labs Put Strain on the Kentucky State Police
Kentucky law enforcement busted 1,060 meth labs in Kentucky last ...
Kentucky law enforcement busted 1,060 meth labs in Kentucky last year. That's over 300 more than in 2009. More meth labs means more police investigations, and more stress on the state's law enforcement officers. As Angela Hatton reports,
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Kentucky Civil War Dispatch 4: Kentucky's Pro-South Region
We continue our look at what was happening in Kentucky ...
We continue our look at what was happening in Kentucky 150 years ago as the nation descended into disunion. Here's Part 4 of our on-going series, Kentucky's Civil War Dispatches. A visit to the Commonwealth's lone pro-south region, the
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The Q&A - Rep. Melvin Henley on upcoming General Assembly
Kentucky's State Senate passed a flurry of bills before the ...
Kentucky's State Senate passed a flurry of bills before the recess this month, but despite the activity, one House member isn't convinced senators really got anything done. A Q&A with 5th District State Representative Melvin Henley.
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Market forces in conservative talk radio
Justified or not, conservative talk shows have been blamed for ...
Justified or not, conservative talk shows have been blamed for a lack of civility in American society. The hosts of these radio programs are often provocative, critical of President Obama, his Democratic colleagues and liberal causes, and they're
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Purchase Players Present "Dearly Departed"
The Purchase Players of Mayfield open their show "Dearly Departed" ...
The Purchase Players of Mayfield open their show "Dearly Departed" tonight at 7PM, a comedy that begins with a Southern family's father figure suddenly keeling over at the breakfast table. Rose Krzton-Presson spoke with Pam
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Beshear's Plan to Balance the Medicaid Budget Garners Mixed Reviews
Gov. Steve Beshear's plan for balancing Kentucky's Medicaid budget is ...
Gov. Steve Beshear's plan for balancing Kentucky's Medicaid budget is getting mixed reviews in Frankfort. Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeigh looks at the proposal, its backers, and biggest critic.
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Agriculture Business Changes as Area Farmers Grow Older
Kentucky has 124-thousand farmers, the sixth largest number in the ...
Kentucky has 124-thousand farmers, the sixth largest number in the nation. But the number of farm operators has been declining steadily; the U. S. Census Bureau reports in the past decade 4,000 Kentucky farms went out of business. Fewer people are
