News Headlines for Albany, Kentucky

Conn. church group helps build Kentucky homes (Lexington Herald-Leader)
STAMBAUGH . Summer vacation takes on a whole different meaning for members of The United Churches of Durham, Conn., who for six years have been making the nearly 800-mile trip to Eastern Kentucky to help construct homes. The members spend all year raising money to make the weeklong summer trip, said the group's leader, the Rev. Dr. Elven Riggles Jr. Many participate yearly. The ...

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13 injured in Kentucky bus crash (UPI)
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., July 6 (UPI) -- Thirteen people were injured Sunday when a charter bus crashed into a concrete freeway barrier in Kentucky, officials said.

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Kentucky State University Tries Out 4-day Work Week (WLKY Louisville)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky State University is trying out a four-day work week for non-faculty employees to help offset rising fuel costs.

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Kentucky Senator Looking To Get Electric Cars On The Road (WYMT Mountain News)
One Kentucky lawmake says he intends to sponsor a bill in the next General Assembly that would allow low speed electric cars on certain Kentucky roads.

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13 injured in Kentucky bus crash (Moldova.org)
Thirteen people were injured Sunday when a charter bus crashed into a concrete freeway barrier in Kentucky, officials said. The bus was traveling southbound on Interstate 65 near Bowling Green, Ky., early Sunday when the accident happened, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal reported. The injured were taken to a hospital in Bowling Green. None of the injuries were life-threatening and the ...

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Clinton campaign outspent Obama in Kentucky (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, spent almost no time in Kentucky for the state's presidential primary and got clobbered by Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.

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News briefs from around Kentucky at 5:58 p.m. EDT (Lexington Herald-Leader)
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - An early morning bus crash on I-65 in Bowling Green on Sunday sent more than a dozen people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police say the bus was traveling in the southbound when it struck a concrete barrier around 12:30 a.m. CDT. There were 28 people aboard the bus, including the driver Marlo Powell. Thirteen were taken to medical center in ...

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News briefs from around Kentucky at 5:58 a.m. EDT (Lexington Herald-Leader)
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - The Ellis Park race track in western Kentucky will open after its owner and horsemen reached a deal giving the group a larger share of account wagering revenues. Marty Maline, executive director of the Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, said owner Ron Geary and the group reached an agreement Saturday that gives the horsemen at least 6 percent of ...

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Around Kentucky (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Crab Orchard Baby boy found dead at sitter's home A 3-week-old infant was found dead Friday morning at his baby sitter's home in Lincoln County, Kentucky State Police said. The baby, Tyler Lee Young, was spending the night at his sitter's house on Ky. 39 south of Crab Orchard and was sleeping with the sitter. When she awoke at 8 a.m., she found the baby unresponsive. The child was ...

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Kentucky receiver Keenan Burton reaches deal with St. Louis Rams (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Former University of Kentucky receiver Keenan Burton says he's reached a three-year deal with the St. Louis Rams.

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