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Today's Big Stories
1. 'Survivors don't care about orders': Funding cuts could affect domestic violence victims
According to the Ion Center for Violence Prevention, Kentucky has the country's second-highest rate of intimate partner violence at 47%.
This comes in response to anti-trust lawsuits against the NCAA, reports our partner, the Kentucky Lantern.
3. First business opens at Ovation riverfront project
The development that has been years in the making just reached a significant milestone, with the five-story, 133-room Homewood Suites by Hilton Newport Cincinnati at Ovation opening.
4. Kentuckian Hadley Duvall named one of USA Today's 2025 Women of the Year
USA Today said Duvall "became the face of the national reproductive rights movement."
Bluegrass Buzz
Eden Diaz was born three months prematurely, and for the first five years of his life, he suffered from health issues. He's now valedictorian at Warren Central High School and plays major roles in multiple student organizations. Hear his story in the latest of our Spectrum News 1 High School Scholar Series.
