Kentucky primary looms:

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With a wide-open race for the White House and the balance of power in Congress up for grabs again, AP’s special election services have become more essential than ever.

The AP's commitment to accuracy on election night is unsurpassed. Quality control teams check every election result and reporters are in contact with every local election office in the nation. No one else -- in the media or outside -- can offer that assurance.

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2008 Kentucky AP Broadcasters Awards Presentation Held Tuesday, April 1, in Lexington

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ Paducah broadcasters WPSD-TV and WKYX-FM and WLEX-TV in Lexington were big winners at the Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters 2008 awards presentation on Tuesday. The broadcasters group is made up of Kentucky radio and television stations who are members of The Associated Press. Stations in Louisville and Lexington are in Class One and all others in Class Two. The awards were presented Tuesday, April 1.

WPSD won 11 first-place awards, including Best Spot News and Best Enterprise/Investigative Reporting in Class Two Television. In Class One Television, WLEX won in nine categories, including Sarah Lane for Best Reporter and Nancy Cox for Best News Anchor. In Class Two Radio, WKYX took six first place awards. The station's Donna Groves won or shared the awards for Best Spot News, Best Continuing Coverage, Best Web Site and Best Radio Reporter. In Class One Radio, WHAS won first place in four categories _ Best Newscast, Best Spot News, Best Continuing Coverage, and the station's Ted Werbin was named Best Radio Anchor. WEKU won five first place awards, including Best Newscast and Best Enterprise/Investigative Reporting in Class Two radio.

Click here for a complete list of the "winners". 

Best of Show Radio

Best of Show Television

MARCH

Mike Lawrence of The Gleaner is the winner of the Kentucky AP Photo of the Month for March.  His photo shows Henderson County Rescue Squad members Scott Trodglen, left, and Amanda Coghill evacuating Katie Rheinhardt, Amy Thomas, Andrew Rheinhardt and their two year-old daughter Reed from their flooded home in Henderson, KY, Wednesday, March 19, 2008.  The National Weather Service posted flood and flash flood warnings from Texas to Pennsylvania on Wednesday, and evacuations were under way in parts of Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio.

Lawrence will receive $100 and his winning photo will be showcased on PhotoStream.

Members are urged to transmit news and feature photos to the State Photo Center in Washington on a daily basis in order to produce a strong daily photo report, and each picture transmitted will be considered for the award.  If you don't share, you can't win.

The winning photographer receives $100 and the Photo of the Month moves in a special display on the wire along with an advisory alerting members about the winner.  At the end of the year, the photo of the year will be selected from the monthly winners and the winning photographer will receive a plaque.

2008 Photo of the Month winners.   
 

Kentucky Multimedia Showcase

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