Local/Regional News
11:39 am
Tue May 7, 2013

Downtown Parking Garage Reopens, Has New Name

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A downtown Lexington parking structure formerly known as the Annex Garage reopened to the public on Monday after an eight month renovation.

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Musical interests led Bill Rice into radio during the early 80s. While in college at the University of New Haven he spent most of his time at the student run station, acting as Station Manager, Jazz Director and Jazz Jock, Bottle Washer and Hall Monitor. Perplexed at being finally ejected - after all, he had graduated, they told him - Bill moved to Baltimore, where he landed his first real radio job at a little AM outfit. A short time later Bill went to work recording chamber concerts for broadcast at WBJC-FM, the NPR station in Baltimore. Heââ

Local/Regional News
2:35 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Pyramid Scheme Case Moved To Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The case involving a Lexington company accused of operating a pyramid scheme has been moved from Illinois to Kentucky.

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Local/Regional News
2:24 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Not All Food Truck Vendors Happy With Pilot Program

LEXINGTON, Ky. - By early summer, an increased number of food trucks are expected in downtown Lexington, but not all vendors are pleased with the compromise pilot program.

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Local/Regional News
1:30 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Jefferson County Prosecuters Working To Expunge Dismissed Felony Cases

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Prosecutors in Jefferson County are seeking to expunge felony cases that have been dismissed.

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What Lies Beneath
9:45 am
Sat May 4, 2013

What Lies Beneath: Digging Deep In Carter County

Credit Mike Lynch
This site was prepared in early March for a project by the Kentucky Geological Survey to drill a well nearly a mile deep on the property of a limestone quarry.

CARTER CO., Ky -  In 2007, the Kentucky legislature allocated $5 million for research into deep underground storage of carbon dioxide, produced by the burning of fossils fuels in power plants and other large industrial plants. The money went to the Kentucky Geological Survey at UK for the research, and Mike Lynch reports that the last of the carbon-storage projects has begun.

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Joseph Lord is a Louisville native who was raised in Jeffersontown. He attended Western Kentucky University before covering public safety and later city government for The Anniston (Ala.) Star. He's also covered education for The Tribune and Evening News in southern Indiana and music and pop culture for Velocity, The Courier-Journal's weekly entertainment magazine. 

 
Most recently, Joseph has been a digital news reporter for The Courier-Journal.
 
Joseph, 32, and his wife, Brandy Warren, have two daughters and live in the St. Joseph neighborhood.

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Eve Troeh is WWNO's News Director. In this role, Eve oversees the stationâ

Local/Regional News
4:06 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

Eastern State Hospital Move Delayed; Hospital and Community College to Share Site

A rendering of the new classroom building at BCTC's Newtown Pike campus

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A delay in moving Eastern State Hospital to its new facility in Lexington is causing headaches for officials at Bluegrass Community & Technical College.

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Local/Regional News
2:30 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

Black Onyx Scratched From Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Long shot Black Onyx is a late scratch for the Kentucky Derby, leaving 19 horses to vie for the roses.

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