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![Louisville metro Police and emergency personnel block the streets outside of the Old National Bank building in Louisville](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AP23100566218270-e1681146721918-900x422.jpg)
A Louisville bank employee livestreamed the attack that killed 5
By: Dylan Lovan | Claire Galofaro | AP
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace Monday morning, killing five people — including a close friend of Kentucky’s governor — while… Read More
![Louisville metro Police and emergency personnel block the streets outside of the Old National Bank building in Louisville](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AP23100566218270-e1681146721918-900x422.jpg)
At least four people are dead after a shooting at a downtown Louisville building
By: Dylan Lovan | Claire Galofaro | AP
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others Monday, police said. The suspected shooter was… Read More
![Corbin Joseph and Molly Foss pick out toys at a donation center ran by Jackie and Donna Roark in Litt Carr. The Roarks started this pick up center on their own because they saw a need in their community.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/22WMMTstillrecoveringflood-02-e1673385911949-900x422.jpg)
Eastern Kentuckians wrangle with cold and flood aftermath as winter sets in
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LITT CARR, Ky. (OVR) — On the outside, it looked like an ordinary shed. But inside, the building bustled. Moving between two long tables, neighbors caught up while they looked through… Read More
![The Ohio River at sunset](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ohio-river-e1481743740128-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky and Ohio will get $1.6B to fix overloaded bridge and add span
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI – Kentucky and Ohio will get more than $1.63 billion in federal grants to help build a new Ohio River bridge near Cincinnati and improve the existing overloaded span… Read More
![A protest outside of the Supreme Court building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/gettyimages-1404931569_wide-b1fb702b48b3e43b46b9989eb29f99333d0069a8-scaled-e1660835793228-900x422.jpg)
What the abortion debate in Kentucky reflects post-Roe America
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Across America, midterm voters in five states had abortion rights on the ballot. In all five, voters decided to protect those rights. Kentucky voters rejected a… Read More
![A red and white ferryboat makes its way in the middle of the Ohio River.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Cave_In_Rock_Ferry_Wide-e1663607478936-900x422.jpg)
Once numerous, the few remaining ferry boats on the Ohio River carry on
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — 62-year-old Rick Turner has seen plenty of sunrises steering his ferry boat, the Loni Jo, between the banks of the Ohio River. But he’s grown… Read More
![Miners walk into the mobile health clinic as it makes a stop in Morgantown, WV.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Coal-Miner-Black-Lung-Screening-081018-NIOSH-TWITTER-e1533928838916-900x422.jpg)
A tax to provide benefits to black lung victims is permanent, but might not fix all the fund’s problems
By: Justin Hicks | Ohio Valley ReSource
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HAZARD, Ky. (OVR) — It’s early in the morning outside a Hampton Inn in Hazard, Ky. A bright blue-and-white RV covered in larger-than-life portraits of coal miners sits smack in the… Read More
![Jacksonville, Ohio- Voters cast in their ballots.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Swensen_voting-1-2-e1492966382495-900x422.jpg)
Independent voter registration is increasing in Kentucky
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT. Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says the number of people registering to vote as independent is outpacing those who are registering with the two major… Read More
![A Perry County school bus lies destroyed after being caught up in the floodwaters of Lost Creek in Ned, Ky., on Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap22210631164139-f7e6d23bdf0715592048ee59e1ea21e1b51401c8-scaled-e1659200466978-900x422.jpg)
Legal advocates applaud FEMA changes in Kentucky, but they say transparency is needed
By: Justin Hicks | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — After heavy flooding in eastern Kentucky, locals and officials are frustrated with the federal government’s system for disaster aid. People say the process is confusing, sending… Read More
![Nelsonville residents' house where the group is collecting donations to being to Eastern Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-2022-08-05-153759-e1659728588148-900x422.jpg)
Nelsonville residents collect donations for Eastern Kentucky flood victims
By: Claire Schiopota
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – A group of Nelsonville residents are collecting donations for relief as they travel to Eastern Kentucky this weekend. For the past several weeks, Kentucky has been… Read More
![The gym in the old Carr Creek High School, now an impromptu mutual aid center.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Knott-Gym-2048x1367-1-e1659639344140-900x422.jpg)
In the epicenter of Kentucky’s flooding, communities help each other and wait for assistance
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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KNOTT COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — Runnels Branch is a long, winding holler that travels deep into a mountain from the Carr Fork Lake area in Knott County, Kentucky. Usually, the creek… Read More
![Flooding debris in downtown Whitesburg.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/messages_0-13-1536x1152-1-e1659543471240-900x422.jpeg)
Whitesburg, Kentucky begins to clean up and recover after record flooding
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — In the Parlor Room, a longtime tattoo shop and music venue in downtown Whitesburg, the art-covered walls meet a bare floor, covered in mud. John Falter… Read More
![Troublesome Creek floods the streets of Hindman, Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FYxukAdWIAATicp-e1659123185994-900x422.jpg)
Eastern Kentuckians sift through the debris after a historic flood
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — Andy Morell and his family watch layers of mud roll down into the storm gutter as a man power washes the residue left behind on their street… Read More
![A Perry County school bus lies destroyed after being caught up in the floodwaters of Lost Creek in Ned, Ky., on Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap22210631164139-f7e6d23bdf0715592048ee59e1ea21e1b51401c8-scaled-e1659200466978-900x422.jpg)
At least 25 people have died in Kentucky’s floods, governor says
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (NPR) — Kentucky’s governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 25 people when torrential rains swamped towns… Read More
![Troublesome Creek floods the streets of Hindman, Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FYxukAdWIAATicp-e1659123185994-900x422.jpg)
Flooding devastates eastern Kentucky with more rain expected
By: Ryland Barton | Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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HINDMAN, Ky. (OVR) — Eastern Kentuckians are living through one of the most devastating floods in state history. Torrential rains rolled in Wednesday night, washing away homes and submerged entire downtowns by… Read More
![Blackey’s now-defunct water plant behind fence. The fence has a no trespassing sign on it.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/294723034_1036325793918307_2773880670119116519_n-scaled-e1658759602501-900x422.jpg)
As a storied Kentucky town ‘dissolves’, others may follow
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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BLACKEY, Ky. (OVR) — The mayor of Blackey stepped down years ago. The city council dwindled down to nothing. No one stepped up to replace them. Though the former coal camp town… Read More
![Metallurgical coal sits in a pile after being loaded onto a barge at the SunCoke Energy Partners LP Ceredo Terminal in Ceredo, West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-682310660-edit_slide-72905c2d5cb7c3e31d5767e2fa3c30b500b11014-scaled-e1649884912760-900x422.jpg)
Feds issue guidance on the cleanup plan for abandoned coal mines
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior has issued guidance for nearly $725 million in funding available this fiscal year for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines… Read More
![Ruhullah Rezai and his son Farhan shop for clothes after moving to Lexington from Afghanistan.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ruhullah-and-Farhan-scaled-e1651508705800-900x422.jpg)
Refugees, evacuees find homes and support in the Ohio Valley
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · Refugees, evacuees find homes and support in the Ohio Valley LEXINGTON, Ky. (OVR) — On a warm April afternoon, Ruhullah Rezai, his wife Mahriya and son… Read More
![A clinic escort looks at their phone. The picture is a reflection of the photographers side mirror on their vehicle.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/feat-e1645471409770-900x422.jpg)
As the Supreme Court deliberates abortion rights, access is already limited in the Ohio Valley
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource, Katie Meyers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · Reproductive Health in the Ohio Valley 02/18/22 KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (OVR) – On a cold Wednesday morning in February, cars arrive at an abortion provider in Knoxville,… Read More
![A damaged public housing unit in Mayfield overlooks other damage in the city limits.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Feature-Mayfield-Public-Housing-Unit-e1645136130819-900x422.jpg)
Displaced Kentuckians are still searching for housing after tornadoes
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MAYFIELD, Ky. (OVR) — Jimmy Galbreath works hard. The scrap dealer and father of nine from Mayfield, Ky. started working when he was 12 years old. He grew up in… Read More
![Ohio Department of Job and Family Services](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/odjfs_-_credit_daniel_konik-e1550766161657-900x422.jpg)
Parents struggle for support in Ohio Valley child care ‘deserts’
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · Parents struggle for support in Ohio Valley child care ‘deserts’ ATHENS, Ohio (OVR) — Stacy Bilodeau has wanted to go back to work for years, but… Read More
![Dawson Springs on Dec. 11, 2021, the afternoon following the largest tornado system to ever hit the state.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/download-1-e1639358152445-900x422.jpeg)
Kentucky tornado recovery continues, with charities and government providing aid
By: PBS Newshour
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PADUCAH, Ky. (NewsHour) — The tornadoes that swept through the midsouth region one week ago left thousands homeless and killed at least 77 people in Kentucky alone. It was the… Read More
![Dawson Springs on Dec. 11, 2021, the afternoon following the largest tornado system to ever hit the state.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/download-1-e1639358152445-900x422.jpeg)
Kentucky communities in shock as death toll from tornadoes rises
By: PBS Newshour
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PADUCAH, Ky. (NewsHour) — Search and rescue operations continue across several states after the devastation caused by the tornado outbreak in the central and southern U.S. Kentucky has reported scores… Read More
![Kentucky's Sahvir Wheeler (2) dribbles up court in the Wildcats' game against Ohio on Friday, Nov. 20, 2021 [Ethan Sargeant | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ky-featured-pic-3-900x422.jpg)
Second half surge pushes Kentucky past Ohio
By: Ethan Sargeant
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WOUB) — After one half at Rupp Arena, the Ohio Bobcats were down just two and had led for long stretches of the first half against one of… Read More
![West Virginia Governor Jim Justice](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/091918Justice3-e1538772746314-900x422.jpg)
A Kentucky court orders West Virginia’s governor to pay penalty over mine reclamation
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (OVR) — A Kentucky court has found coal companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in default of a 2019 mine reclamation agreement. A judge in Frankfort… Read More
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