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HealthMore than 100 people gathered in Circus Square Park in downtown Bowling Green to protest the Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade. -
A 22-year-old graduate of the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville considers the overturning of Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in U.S. history.
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Kentucky state Representative Patti Minter, a Democrat from Bowling Green, said the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade is extreme and dangerous.
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Tennessee is likely to see a nearly total ban on abortion in about 30 days, after the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion ending federal protections for abortion on Friday, June 24. What’s next for Tennessee is laid out in a 2019 law known as the “Human Life Protection Act.”
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On Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case and effectively overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that provided federal protection for a person’s right to choose an abortion. This decision makes abortion illegal in Kentucky in almost all circumstances. Kentucky politicians reacted swiftly to the decision.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the state of Mississippi in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The decision effectively overturns Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that provided federal protection for a person’s right to choose an abortion.
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The first shovels of dirt have been turned for the Interstate 69 Ohio River Crossing.The span will carry traffic from the planned I-69 extension over the Ohio River between Henderson, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana.
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As summer gets underway, forest officials are reminding people that a popular summertime item is prohibited in the National Forest.
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TennCare will begin chipping away at its waiting lists for home-based elderly care next month. That means thousands of people could soon be eligible for home health services paid for by the state.
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Two ex-Louisville Metro Police Department officers pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to allegations they threw large drinks at people through the window of their unmarked cruiser.
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Ozone pollution in Louisville and surrounding counties has improved enough that regulators say the area now meets federal standards designed to protect human health.
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Officials in the Crittenden County seat are working to overcome a water shortage as summer gets off a hot start across Kentucky.
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Kentucky’s Farms to Food Banks program is off to a healthy start this season, with 49 farmers already participating to sell 'ugly produce' that's not visually perfect enough for many grocery stores.
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Central City is creating Festival Square to honor three icons who put Muhlenberg County on the worldwide music map – Don Everly, Phil Everly and John Prine.
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Nationally, a trend has been growing in recent years — kids seeking mental health treatment in emergency rooms. Often that means waiting there several days until they are safe, or until an adolescent psychiatric bed becomes available. Self-harm injuries have also increased among kids.
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Researchers have discovered the same man-made chemicals that coat non-stick pans and waterproof clothing are also ubiquitous in the Ohio River — a drinking water source for more than five million people, according to a new study from the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission.
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T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow has hydration stations with cold bottled water available for people who work outside, are unhoused, have no air conditioning, or just need a short respite from temperatures in the mid-to-upper 90s.
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