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Evidence against accused was excluded after judges found that detectives breached evidence-gathering laws

The restoration of Northern Kentucky’s signature waterway offers economic recovery and hope for communities throughout its basin.

Biologists have just begun to learn whether their bold plan worked to save the golden riffleshell, a freshwater mussel teetering on the brink of extinction.

PENDLETON COUNTY — Wendell Haag wades through the cool, moving water of the Licking River, his eyes scanning across the silty bed for the distinctive shells he’s studied for decades.

PENDLETON COUNTY — Wendell Haag wades through the cool, moving water of the Licking River, his eyes scanning across the silty bed for the distinctive shells he’s studied for decades.

Editor's note:This is the seventeenth article in an occasional series on small lakes in central and eastern Kentucky.Williamstown Lake is east of Interstate-75 in Grant County, reached via US

The zebra mussels are problematic for Kentucky's native mussels, as they compete with native fish and mussel species and can impair water and power infrastructure

Credit KXAN The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is warning that a popular moss ball sold for aquarium use could harbor live, invasive zebra mussels, which look like small, striped clams. State and federal fish and wildlife agencies are asking retailers to remove moss balls from their shelves. Aquarium owners should properly dispose of this algae product and decontaminate the tank to prevent the potential spread of zebra mussels. Zebra mussels are prolific breeders and can smo...