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WKYT Investigates: Kentucky Power says data centers could lower electric bills in eastern Kentucky (opens the original)
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ASHLAND, Ky. (WKYT) - Several Kentucky communities have passed moratoriums temporarily halting approval and construction of data centers, giving elected officials more time to understand how data centers work and what protections are needed. Some residents fear data centers will drive up their utility bills. “The energy of those data centers increases our electric bill as citizens,” said Nicole Merz, who lives in Nicholasville. However, Kentucky Power says data centers could actually lower elect
Court records: Suspect in trooper’s killing was on probation (opens the original)
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WARREN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Court records show Emonnie Branch was one year into a five-year probation sentence out of Tennessee when he was arrested in Jefferson County in connection with the murder of Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips. Kentucky State Police said the fatal shooting happened during a traffic stop at around 2 p.m. on I-65 in Warren County. During that stop, Trooper Hayden Phillips was shot and killed by “an occupant of that vehicle,” police said. The vehicle then fled
WKYT Investigates: Who foots the bill when Flock cameras are vandalized? (opens the original)
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - At least a dozen Flock cameras in central Kentucky communities have been damaged in recent weeks, as debate over the cameras and their use continues. Police say the automated license plate readers are a key crime-fighting tool. Some believe the cameras are a violation of privacy and don’t want their tax dollars paying for them. RELATED: WKYT Investigates: Lexington residents call for end to Flock camera contract after WKYT investigation This week, three people have been a
Fact✓Check|Lexington has 9 sewer projects left under EPA consent decree (opens the original)
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Construction is underway on a new sanitary sewer project on Tates Creek Road, one of more than 100 projects Lexington is required to finish by 2030 under a settlement with Kentucky and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2006, Kentucky and the EPA sued Lexington for Clean Water Act violations, arguing the city failed to properly maintain its sanitary and storm sewer systems, causing pollution and flooding of waterways. The lawsuit led to a settlement, called a co
WKYT Investigates: Lexington residents call for end to Flock camera contract after WKYT investigation (opens the original)
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Community members called on the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council Thursday night to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety, citing WKYT Investigates’ reporting on the police department’s camera system. Isaac Looney was one of several community members who raised WKYT Investigates’ recent reporting on Flock cameras during the meeting. “Reported by WKYT, over the past seven months, there were 7 million searches on the Lexington Flock camera system and a staggering 9
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