Kentucky

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Ky. govt group spent lavishly on booze, strippers

AP News 9 days ago

Audit: Ky. county association spent public money on booze, sports tickets and strippers An audit finds a government group in Kentucky spent millions on booze, sports tickets, strippers and other questionable expenses over three years. The Kentucky Association of Counties is a ...

Christmas jeer: Ky. 'holiday tree' angers critics

AP News 10 days ago

Critics say Ky. governor is a Scrooge for calling Capitol evergreen a 'holiday tree' Some Christians in Kentucky are angry over the governor's yuletide terminology. A giant evergreen that will brighten the Capitol lawn this winter won't be called a Christmas tree. ...

Ky. panel weighs ban on bets after post time

AP News 10 days ago

Ky. panel hears fierce debate on whether to oulaw last-minute bets on horse races The sign on the racetrack video board reads "Zero Minutes to Post," but horse bettors know that doesn't mean wagering is cut off. That happens perhaps several minutes ...

Origins of Kentucky Bourbon

Inform 11 days ago

Whiskey, known as the “water of life” for centuries, did not come as a new product to the New World. But it was only in the western parts of Virginia, which later helped to form Kentucky, that the kind of whiskey called ...

Va. to size up impact of increasing elk population

AP News 16 days ago

Virginia officials to study impact of increasing elk population; cattlemen worry about disease Virginia game officials will study the consequences of increasing the number of Rocky Mountain elk in the state's remote southwest corner, a move opposed by cattle farmers fearful of ...

Ky. Supreme Court hears online gambling question

AP News 16 days ago

Kentucky Supreme Court considering online gambling case over Internet domain names The Kentucky Supreme Court is deciding whether the state has the power to seize Internet domain names involved in online gambling after hearing arguments Thursday from lawyers on both sides of ...

Va. may fill its own hills with Rocky Mountain elk

AP Features 17 days ago

Inspired by Kentucky's success, Va. weighs plan to bring back elk to its southeastern hills More than 150 years after Virginia's last native elk was killed, game officials may try to populate the state's southwest corner with its bigger, buff-colored cousin — ...

2 Ky. Senate Republicans offer gambling amendments

AP News 17 days ago

2 Kentucky Senate Republicans meet with horse industry on proposed constitutional amendments Two Kentucky Republican lawmakers are planning to offer different constitutional amendments next year, one that would allow for video gambling and another that would limit how gambling could be expanded. ...

Farm Scene Elk Return

AP Features 17 days ago

Four cow elk and a bull calf made their way up a hill after being released on a reclaimed strip mine near Hazard, Ky. in this Dec. 18, 1997 file photo. They are the first free-ranging elk in Kentucky in 150 years. ...

ANNA NICOLE SMITH

AP News 19 days ago

Larry Birkhead llega a la fiesta Barnstable Brown Derby el 1 de mayo del 2009 en Louisville, Kentucky. (AP Foto/Darron Cummings, Archivo) Copyright 2009 AP News

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