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Lexington Homeless Man Returns Valuable Ring A homeless man in Lexington who found a Georgetown College football ring has returned it to its owner after a months-long search.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Robert “Shorty” Eads found the ring while working for a program that is meant to stop panhandling by putting the jobless to work…
Deadly Car Crashes Drop In KY Kentucky is on track to have the fewest deadly car crashes in the last few years. In 2014, we had about 640 deadly crashes. That number spiked during the next two years. The peak occurred with more than 800 deaths in 2016. This year, the total so far…
Post-Christmas Shoppers Beware! Shoppers are heading to stores to take advantage of the post-holiday sales or use some new gift cards. Many other people are also returning or exchanging some unwanted gifts. If you are doing that, you may not be able to return everything. The Better Business Bureau has some tips on returns.…
Baby Boy for KY’s Secretary Of State Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes and her husband, Andrew, announced the birth of their son Wednesday morning.Crawford “Ford” Case Grimes was born at 8:17 a.m. and weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces.Andrew said, “Both my wife and our baby are doing well.””Andrew and I have prayed for…
KY Road Work On Highway 24 Continues Kentucky transportation officials say a work zone on Interstate 24 will remain in force during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.The state Transportation Cabinet said many travelers and local commuters took suggested alternate routes during the Thanksgiving holiday, reducing the delay to about 20 minutes. The cabinet…
KY Man Donates Gold Coin To Red Kettle Campaign A Kentucky man has donated a gold Canadian coin worth $1,300 to a Louisville Salvation Army kettle campaign for the second year in a row.The Courier Journal reports the donor’s identity hasn’t been publicly shared, but area charity commander Maj. Roy Williams says it’s the…
Baby Tamandua Born At Cincinnati Zoo The Cincinnati Zoo has welcomed a baby tamandua.Zoo officials announced Christmas Eve that the pup was born to first-time mother Isla on Dec. 20. They say the baby tamandua needs to develop and won’t make its public debut for another couple months.Tamanduas have long snouts and are similar…
Salvation Army Serves Dinner To Many On Christmas the Salvation Army in Lexington served delicious meals to those who had no place to go.”I just got out of jail and wasn’t able to be with my family, and this was our best option,” said Jessica Jackson.She was released from jail last week for using…
Turkeys Given Across Eastern KY Nine 4-H volunteers from Johnson County recently were honored for volunteering for at least 20 years at the 4-H Adult and Volunteer Recognition portion of the Indiana 4-H Leadership Summit in November. Max Fitzpatrick was honored for 65 years of service and was recognized as the longest running volunteer…
Federal Government Shutdown Affects Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave National Park in Edmonson County will remain partially open to the public during the partial shutdown of the federal government.As similar to other national parks across the country, Mammoth Cave National Park will be accessible to visitors but emergency and rescue services will be…