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Kentucky Derby Watch 2023: Forte emerges as clear favorite with race now a month away

LEXINGTON, Ky. — With only one month left until the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, one horse has separated itself from the pack as a clear front-runner for this year’s Run for the Roses.

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Kentucky High School Football Player Dies After Head Injury Sustained in Spring Game

The junior sustained the injury during a scrimmage Friday.

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Diehard Prohibitionist Mitch McConnell's State Just Became the 38th To Approve Medical Marijuana

Under the new Kentucky law, state-licensed dispensaries will begin serving qualifying patients in 2025.

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John Clay: Kentuckians will soon be able to legally wager on sports. Why that’s a good thing.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mark Twain might or might not have famously said he wanted to be in Kentucky when the world ends. Everything happens 20 years later here.

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Cason Wallace declares for NBA draft. What’s next for Kentucky at the point guard spot?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As expected, Cason Wallace’s first season as a Kentucky Wildcat will be his last.

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Grief and tangled politics were at the heart of Kentucky's fight over new trans law

This week, GOP lawmakers overruled Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's veto and passed a sweeping law limiting the rights of transgender youth across the state, both at school and in their personal lives.

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‘A lot to celebrate’: Kentucky governor signs medical marijuana, sports betting into law

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed two “historic” pieces of legislation into law Friday, paving the way for both medical marijuana and sports betting to be legalized in the commonwealth.

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Kentucky helicopter crash: Army names all nine US servicemen killed in fireball horror

A horror crash between two Black Hawk helicopters at Kentucky's Fort Campbell in Trigg County killed multiple people in a horror mid-aid fireball during a routine training exercise

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Kentucky Legislature OKs legalization of medical marijuana on final day of session

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky legislature gave final passage to a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state on Thursday.

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9 people dead after Blackhawk military helicopters crash in Western Kentucky

Nine U.S. military members have died after a crash involving two military helicopters in Western Kentucky Wednesday, according to officials with the military.

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9 people are dead after Army helicopters crash during a training mission in Kentucky

Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky. The crash is under investigation.

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Kentucky Legislature easily overrides Gov. Beshear’s veto of gender-affirming care ban bill

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Republican-dominated Kentucky General Assembly acted swiftly Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the controversial Senate Bill 150, which bans gender-affirming care for trans youth.

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A barge carrying methanol broke free in the Ohio River

"There is currently zero evidence of a tank breach or any leaks, and air and water monitoring resources are in place," according to Louisville Metro Emergency Services in Kentucky.

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Darrion Trammell’s free throw sinks Creighton, sends San Diego State to historic victory

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The program that 25 years ago was among the worst in college basketball, that had 14 losing seasons in 15 years, that had never been ranked in the Associated Press poll until 2010, that hadn’t won an NCAA Tournament game until 2011, that hadn’t been past the…

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Five big questions for Kentucky basketball (and John Calipari) as the offseason begins

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A pattern is developing for the Kentucky basketball program, and it’s not pretty.

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San Diego State faces familiar foe Creighton with spot in Final Four at stake

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — San Diego State and Creighton were both in the Maui Invitational last November. They decided to share a charter flight there and back.

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The biggest decision of the Kentucky basketball offseason could reshape the next Wildcats roster

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Their final game finished and Kentucky’s basketball season officially done, the Wildcats filed off the court in Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. The last Cat to leave the playing surface was freshman Chris Livingston, his head down, and UK assistant coach Chin Coleman walking alongside with a…

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San Diego State shocks top-seeded Alabama, 71-64, to advance to Elite Eight

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It is the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, with an exclamation point.

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2023 NFL Draft: Seahawks take selfie with Kentucky QB Will Levis

The Seahawks Spring Selfie Stretch continues in Lexington, KY

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Kentucky governor vetoes controversial bill banning gender-affirming care for youth

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a controversial bill Friday that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in Kentucky.

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Bryce Miller: Can the bully handle being bullied? Aztecs rare underdog vs. No. 1 Alabama.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This amounts to unfamiliar territory for San Diego State's basketball team, the whole underdog thing. The No. 18 Aztecs are used to being the pursed, rather than the pursuer.

Reason

Sen. Rand Paul: 'Dr. Fauci Is Disingenuous. He Is Conflicted.'

The Kentucky Republican also expressed disappointment that Congress has not repealed the war on terror authorization of military force.

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John Clay: My confession: I’ll be rooting for Rick Pitino to save St. John’s basketball

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In what may or may not be the final act for Rick Pitino, the site is the perfect fit.

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John Clay: Sweet 16 reasons this college basketball season and the NCAA Tournament make no sense

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 play begins Thursday, 16 reasons college basketball this season makes no sense:

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Bryce Miller: The 3s could tilt fates in Sweet 16 clash between San Diego State and Alabama

Analysis of San Diego State's Sweet 16 tangle-in-waiting with No. 1 overall seed Alabama on Friday in Louisville, Ky., hints at a different sort of crimson against the Crimson Tide.

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