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Communications Director @KentuckyBaptist, @KyTodayEditor. Disciple of Christ. Grateful husband. Proud father. Ecstatic grandfather.

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Bend, Ore. school shooting deeply impacts Southern Baptist community kentuckytoday.com/baptist_li… via @kytodayeditor

Bend, Ore. school shooting deeply impacts Southern Baptist community

BEND, Ore. (BP) — “Unthinkable” is how North American Mission Board church planter Jody Faison described the Oct. 15th mass killing of three students and a teacher, and the wounding

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Former UK student will serve 10 years for the death of her newborn son kentuckytoday.com/news/local… via @kytodayeditor

Former UK student will serve 10 years for the death of her newborn son

LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) -- Laken Snelling, a former University of Kentucky student who was arrested in connection to her infant's death last year, will serve 10 years in state prison

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Trump touts his power at Kentucky rally to energize voters ahead of midterm elections kentuckytoday.com/news/trump… via @kytodayeditor

Trump touts his power at Kentucky rally to energize voters ahead of midterm elections

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump touted his power in his second go around in the White House Saturday while rallying in Kentucky to bolster Republican turnout as

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving the job after a rocky start kentuckytoday.com/news/white… via @kytodayeditor

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving the job after a rocky start

WASHINGTON (AP) — Katie Zacharia is departing as White House press secretary, a person familiar with the matter said Friday, after a short and rocky tenure that was defined by

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Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter kentuckytoday.com/news/trump… via @kytodayeditor

Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced

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Kelsey takes the stand, urges court to 'end the chaos' in NCAA eligibility kentuckytoday.com/sports/kel… via @kytodayeditor

Kelsey takes the stand, urges court to 'end the chaos' in NCAA eligibility

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) - Instead of on the court, Pat Kelsey had his day in court Wednesday trying to make his point in front of a judge and lawyers rather

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Social Security recipients to get 3.6% cost of living boost, an average of $75 per month kentuckytoday.com/news/socia… via @kytodayeditor

Social Security recipients to get 3.6% cost of living boost, an average of $75 per month

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration projected Wednesday that the annual cost-of-living adjustment for older adults and people with disabilities will go up by 3.6% beginning in 2027,...

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Trump coming to northern Ky. Saturday for GOP candidates kentuckytoday.com/news/trump… via @kytodayeditor

Trump coming to northern Ky. Saturday for GOP candidates

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (KT) – President Donald J. Trump is making a visit to northern Kentucky on Saturday to drum up support for Republican candidates in the November General Election.

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Disaster Relief team turns back after hurricane threat eases kentuckytoday.com/baptist_li… via @kytodayeditor

Disaster Relief team turns back after hurricane threat eases

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) — The timing may not have been great, but it was still very good news. Right before a Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief team arrived in Florida to

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Kentucky Disaster Relief headed to Panama City with challenge of 10,000 meals a day kentuckytoday.com/baptist_li… via @kytodayeditor

Kentucky Disaster Relief headed to Panama City with challenge of 10,000 meals a day

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are heading to Panama City, Florida, this week to help prepare as many as 10,000 meals a day for those affected

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DR volunteers from at least 6 states helping in wake of Isaias kentuckytoday.com/baptist_li… via @kytodayeditor

DR volunteers from at least 6 states helping in wake of Isaias

DESTIN, Fla. (BP) – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are set up in several locations throughout the western Panhandle of Florida and southeast Alabama after Hurricane Isaias brought...

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Phillips remembered for heroism, being family man kentuckytoday.com/news/phill… via @kytodayeditor

Phillips remembered for heroism, being family man

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Speakers at the funeral for Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips paid tribute Sunday to his heroism and sacrifice while on duty and also lauded his

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Kentucky Baptist churches step in to minister after state trooper’s killing kentuckytoday.com/baptist_li… via @kytodayeditor

Kentucky Baptist churches step in to minister after state trooper’s killing

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (BP) – Church leaders say years of building relationships with law enforcement officers provided meaningful ways to serve the Kentucky State Police during a tragic week. A

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Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, her lawyers say kentuckytoday.com/news/chris… via @kytodayeditor

Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, her lawyers say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike was in critical condition Thursday and receiving “lifesaving care” at a hospital, her lawyers said, a day after a failed attempt to execute her

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Tennessee man indicted in trooper slaying kentuckytoday.com/news/tenne… via @kytodayeditor

Tennessee man indicted in trooper slaying

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (KT) – A Warren County grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally shooting a Kentucky State Police Trooper during a traffic stop earlier this week,

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SCOTUS to review Kentucky religious liberty case kentuckytoday.com/news/scotu… via @kytodayeditor

SCOTUS to review Kentucky religious liberty case

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a religious liberty case involving a northern Kentucky church’s effort to build an outdoor shrine on its property,

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GuideStone, ERLC applaud Senate’s passage of Clergy Act kentuckytoday.com/baptist_li… via @kytodayeditor

GuideStone, ERLC applaud Senate’s passage of Clergy Act

DALLAS –The U.S. Senate passed the Clergy Act Wednesday (Sept. 30), which sends the legislation to President Donald Trump for consideration. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the act in

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Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt kentuckytoday.com/news/tenne… via @kytodayeditor

Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death

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A pilot on a flight carrying Israelis stabbed another and apparently tried to crash, Netanyahu says kentuckytoday.com/news/a-pil… via @kytodayeditor

Pilot stabs fellow pilot on flight to Israel before passengers intervene to stop attack

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A copilot stabbed a captain in an apparent attempt to crash a jetliner as it was flying 174 people to Israel on Wednesday. But passengers

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Funeral arrangements set for slain trooper who ‘devoted his life to serving others’ kentuckytoday.com/news/funer… via @kytodayeditor

Funeral arrangements set for slain trooper who ‘devoted his life to serving others’

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky State Police officials announced funeral arrangements for Trooper Hayden Phillips on Tuesday night at Hillvue Heights Church.

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