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UPDATE: Registered Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Attacking Young Girls
Last Updated: 9:34 AM 02/09/12 - Clayton Clouse, Jr. pleaded guilty to rape, sodomy and assault charges. - (Full Story)

UPDATE: Kentucky Gets No Child Left Behind Waiver
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Last Updated: 9:35 AM 02/09/12 - Education Commissioner Terry Holliday says the relief means the state can use its newly developed accountability model to report progress to the federal government. - (Full Story)
UPDATE: Man Charged with Murder in Fatal Crash
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Last Updated: 9:57 AM 02/08/12 - 26-year-old Billie Evans is charged with murder and DUI following a wreck that killed a passenger in his car, 21-year-old "Bubby" Irvin Spaulding. (Full Story)
UPDATE: Ky.Judge Orders Redo of Legislative Redistricting
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Last Updated: 5:19 PM 02/07/12 - Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd made that ruling Tuesday afternoon (Full Story)
Early Morning Stabbing Reported in Ashland
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Last Updated: 10:32 AM 02/07/12 - Police learned of the incident after getting a call from KDMC about 2:30 Tuesday morning.
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UPDATE: City Street Closed After Part of Building Falls; Engineer Consulted
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Last Updated: 11:41 PM 02/06/12 - Catlettsburg City Council consulted with an engineer during an emergency meeting Monday night to address the partial collapse of an old building along Center Street. (Full Story)
Tanker Overturns in Pike County, Ky.; Some Evacuated
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Last Updated: 10:47 AM 02/07/12 - The single vehicle wreck happened on Ky. 3415 in the Robinson Creek community of Pike County. (Full Story)
NEW INFO: Public Forum Pushes University of Pikeville to Become State School
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Last Updated: 9:39 PM 02/06/12 - The forum offset some regional opposition to funding a state university with coal severance tax money. (Full Story)
Children Making Valentines for Soldiers
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Last Updated: 11:11 AM 02/06/12 - Children in eastern Kentucky are creating hand-made Valentine cards to send to soldiers and nursing home residents. (Full Story)
UPDATE: License Suspension Closes Williamson Nightclub; Man Arrested
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Last Updated: 12:38 PM 02/06/12 - The ABCA suspended Yesterday’s license on Friday. (Full Story)
Different Kind of "Souper Bowl" Party
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Last Updated: 12:15 AM 02/06/12 - When you think of charity you may think of days like Christmas and Thanksgiving, but some say there's no reason Super Sunday can't be on that same level.
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Make a Wish Foundation Grants a Local Boy His Ultimate Wish
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Last Updated: 7:20 PM 02/04/12 - Cancer can affect the lives of people everywhere, but for one boy in Ashland, overcoming the odds has made one of his wishes come true.
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Pikeville Arsons Likely Related
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Last Updated: 9:27 PM 02/03/12 - A string of suspicious fires remain under investigation in Pikeville. (Full Story)
Alpha Natural Resources Announces Cutbacks; 320 Employees Affected
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Last Updated: 7:59 PM 02/03/12 - Alpha Natural Resources announced late Friday evening coal production will be reduced at mines in southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. (Full Story)
Ashland Fire Department Gets Independent Review
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Last Updated: 8:03 PM 02/02/12 - The very positive review still included more than 90 recommendations. (Full Story)
UPDATE: Beshear Calls for Coordinated Effort on Drug Abuse
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Last Updated: 10:48 AM 02/07/12 - Bill would make it easier for law enforcement to target and then stop prescription drug abuse. (Full Story)
NEW INFO: Man Indicted in Pike County Deputy's Death
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Last Updated: 1:33 PM 02/02/12 - Deputy James I. Thacker, 53, was serving papers last Monday night when investigators say an SUV crossed the center line on U.S. 460 and hit him head-on. (Full Story)
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