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Looking for a stocking-stuffer?
State government might have just what you need.
That’s right.
Do your holiday shopping with the state.
The Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet’s Division of Historic Properties has released its 2008 Kentucky State Capitol ornament, the sixth in a limited-edition series.
“This year’s ornament features the west lunette, depicting the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals,” the announcement [...]

Lexington’s Big Ass Fans and the television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition have teamed up to help a once-promising boxer pass along his talents to the next generation.
“Tim Hill was an aspiring boxer whose boxing dreams collapsed when he broke his back on a construction site,” Big Ass says. “But Hill found a way to [...]

The next time your alarm clock goes off and you feel like you can’t face another work day, think of Nancy Larkin.
The Glasgow resident is 83 years old and still working as a Holter heart monitor and pacemaker technician for Cardiology Associates of Southern Kentucky. She also runs a pacemaker clinic.
Larkin received her medical certification [...]

The Salvation Army is looking for a little help during this holiday season.
The non-profit group needs a vacant big box store or supermarket in Lexington that it can use during November and December to distribute toys and food to local families.
The vacant supermarket that was used last year is not available this year, said Major [...]