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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is wading into a precedent-setting legal battle to determine if the fees associated with expunging a criminal record can be waived for people who can’t afford them.
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A meeting to discuss the civil rights organization is set for 6 p.m. Friday at Lane Tabernacle CME Church.
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Cameron, in a Sunday appearance on Fox News, accused President Joe Biden of throwing fuel on the fire in remarks after the Derek Chauvin verdict in Minnesota.
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Ben Montgomery's book, "A Shot in the Moonlight," is about a freed Kentucky slave who found justice with the help of a Confederate war hero.
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As protests continue every Saturday morning in downtown Murray, one woman faces a misdemeanor charge that has lingered for months while the pandemic delays court hearings.
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Democratic Rep. Attica Scott’s bill to ban no-knock warrants, Breonna’s Law for Kentucky, will get its first hearing in the House Judiciary Committee this week.
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According to a count from the Southern Poverty Law Center, 168 Confederate symbols came down in 2020, but 704 monuments are still standing.
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The bill is sponsored by Senate President Robert Stivers, a Republican from Manchester, who said that Breonna Taylor was killed after “a series of bad police judgments.”
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The Rev. Aaron Pettus, an employee of the college, will give a talk titled "Let There Be Peace on Earth."
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King, who is remembered today on the national holiday honoring him, gave the speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to more than 200,000 civil rights demonstrators.
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"The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery" traces the history and lasting impact of slavery and Jim Crow oppression in Kentucky, exploring many of the issues that have exploded into public consciousness throughout the country in 2020.
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Murray State University Football Coach Sherman Neal, speaking for the “coalition” in the ad, said advocates have unsuccessfully tried to reach out to the chapter in recent months.
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