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• Lexington Salvation Army to serve 700 in need for Thanksgiving

  

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) -If you stand back and watch in the crowded room inside Lexington's Salvation Army, it can be hard to know who's getting the most out of the Thanksgiving meal: those who need the food and company or those who need it to feed their family's soul. "Especially this time of year, people just need to feel love from others so we can come out here to love on other people," said Belinda Rees..

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• U of L's Hughley excited to play in hometown

  

  Tobijah Hughley(Photo: Mike DeZarn)As a youngster in Lexington, Tobijah Hughley was a fan of the hometown Kentucky Wildcats.Many years after shifting those allegiances, he’ll return to Lexington on Saturday to face the Cats as the University of Louisville’s starting center and one of the leaders of the offensive line.Hughley, a product of Lafayette High School and a former U of L walk-on, said he expects to have about 20 relatives and friends in Commonwealth Stadium pulling for him, including so..

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• John Clay podcast: Kentucky-Louisville football preview

  

  The Governor’s Cup is upon us again with Saturday marking the 2016 renewal of the Kentucky-Louisville football game, this year at Commonwealth Stadium. For the second year in a row, UK enters the game needing a victory to gain bowl eligibility.I talked withJody Demlingof Cardinal Authority andJennifer Smithof the Herald-Leader about Saturday’s game, which is scheduled to kickoff at noon on the SEC Network.When: SaturdayTime: 12:00 p.m.Where: Commonwealth StadiumTelevision: SEC NetworkRadio: UK R..

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• Firefighters knock out mulch fire in Lexington

  

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)-Quick action by the Lexington Fire Department kept a mulch fire from burning down a home. Around noon on Thursday, firefighters tell WKYT an ember got into mulch around trees at home on Augus Trail. The trees caught fire, melting siding on the side of the home. Firefighters were on scene in minutes and knocked the flames down. Crews removed some of surronding siding to ma..

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• Two people injured in overnight stabbing in Lexington

  

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)-A woman is facing assault charges for a stabbing in Lexington, Wednesday night. Police say a man and woman got into a fight on Magoffin Street just before midnight. Police say the woman was the aggressor, however but both people were stabbed during the fight. The woman was not seriously hurt. The other victim was taken to the hospital with more serious, but non-life threa..

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• Class 6A semifinals preview: Lafayette at Simon Kenton

  What’s it going to take for Lafayette to go to Simon Kenton and come away with its first berth in the state championship game since 1985?“We have to match their intensity and go play football,” Generals Coach Eric Shaw said.Simple enough.Lafayette has been playing plenty of football lately — it played in the region finals for the first time in four years last week and is in the state semis for the first time since 1985.The Generals at some point have trailed in each of their last four games — th..

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• Lexington Rescue Mission serves Thanksgiving dinner to homeless

  

  (WKYT)- A Lexington organization served a special Thanksgiving meal to the city's ... The Lexington Rescue Mission held its 15th annual Thanksgiving dinner, ...

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• Magic get 24 from Oladipo to beat Knicks 100-91

  

  Scott Skiles shook up the Orlando Magic starting lineup, hoping for a better defensive effort and some punch off his bench.He got both as the Magic easily beat the New York Knicks 100-91 on Wednesday night.Victor Oladipo, the odd man out of the new starting lineup, scored a season-high 24 points as a reserve and the Magic defense put the clamps on New York the entire game.Orlando held the Knicks to just 29.3 percent shooting in the first half and 37.3 percent for the game. When New York crept wi..

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• Russia strikes back at Turkey with economic sanctions

  

  Russia plans to retaliate against Turkey for the downing of a warplane by imposing sanctions, cutting economic ties and scrapping major investment projects.Since the plane was shot down Tuesday on the Syria-Turkey border, Russia has already restricted tourism, left Turkish trucks stranded at the border and confiscated large quantities of Turkish food imports.On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered his government to also draft sanctions against Turkey within two days in respon..

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• Lawmakers: Agency not doing enough against dengue fever

  

  Hawaii state Sen. Russell Ruderman worries whenever there's a mosquito buzzing in his home.Until recently, he didn't give the common pests much thought, but now his wife is six months pregnant and there's a growing dengue fever outbreak on the Big Island, where they live."It could threaten her pregnancy, as well as her health," he said of the mosquito-borne illness.The state Department of Health says there were 101 confirmed cases of dengue fever on the Big Island as of Wednesday.It says it's wo..

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