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wkyt.com | Jessica Umbro
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wkyt.com | Jessica Umbro
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The papal conclave began Wednesday in Vatican City, with 133 voting cardinals entering the Sistine Chapel for the first day of the conclave. “The spirit never takes us somewhere and opens us up only to shut us down,” said Stan “J.R.” Zerkowski, pastoral associate at the Historic St. Paul Catholic Church in downtown Lexington.
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1 week ago | 
wymt.com | Jessica Umbro
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Ky. lawmakers weighed in on potential changes to Medicaid in two events Tuesday. In February, an adopted budget proposal out of Washington, D.C. included a cut of $1.5 trillion in spending over a 10-year period. It includes a task for the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, to find at least $880 billion in spending cuts over the next decade. It is a task that has sparked conversation from Washington, D.C. to Frankfort.
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1 week ago | 
wkyt.com | Jessica Umbro
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Ky. lawmakers weighed in on potential changes to Medicaid in two events Tuesday. In February, an adopted budget proposal out of Washington, D.C. included a cut of $1.5 trillion in spending over a 10-year period. It includes a task for the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, to find at least $880 billion in spending cuts over the next decade. It is a task that has sparked conversation from Washington, D.C. to Frankfort.
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1 week ago | 
wkyt.com | Jessica Umbro
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A zone application has been filed to turn the area on Winchester Rd. between Executive Dr. and Patchen Wilkes Dr. into a Kroger and apartments. People living in the area of the 1800 block of Winchester Rd. may have gotten an email about a Patchen Wilkes Kroger Project. The application lists the location of the project as 1811 Winchester Rd., with the outline of the area being nearly across the street from Frederick Douglass High School.
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1 week ago | 
wymt.com | Jessica Umbro
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - One person is missing, and another was taken to the hospital after a boating accident on Laurel Lake West. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office says it happened around 12:15 p.m. Sunday. Deputies say a boat flipped in the water near East City Dam Road in Southern Laurel County. Game Warden Kyle Clark with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife says two men were fishing when their boat got too close to a dam, got caught in a current, and capsized.
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1 week ago | 
wymt.com | Jessica Umbro
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - A U.S. Senate vote that would have aimed to block President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs in fell just short of passing late Wednesday. Senate Republicans largely voted against the measure. However, Kentucky’s two republican senators were not a part of the group voting against the resolution. The bipartisan resolution was in part pushed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) along with a senate democrat from Oregon. Sen.
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1 week ago | 
wkyt.com | Jessica Umbro
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - A U.S. Senate vote that would have aimed to block President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs in fell just short of passing late Wednesday. Senate Republicans largely voted against the measure. However, Kentucky’s two republican senators were not a part of the group voting against the resolution. The bipartisan resolution was in part pushed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) along with a senate democrat from Oregon. Sen.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Jessica Umbro
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WKYT) - The Kentucky Derby is just days away, but derby week celebrations are not limited to Churchill Downs and Keeneland. For John Chmela of Queenslake Horse Farm, the Friday before the derby brings a special opportunity. “People always want to go to Vegas, and not Kentucky except one day of the year -- one day of the year they’d choose Kentucky over Las Vegas and that’s Derby Day,” said Chmela. The picturesque farm will host their inaugural Salute to our Troops.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbko.com | Jessica Umbro
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - President Donald Trump’s second administration has now hit 100 days. The 100-day mark is often used to measure the early progress of a presidential administration. “When an administration does something good for Kentucky, like approving assistance for our families, I’ll give them credit,” said Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Kentucky). Gov.
