A Kentucky woman learned she won an $80,000 top prize in a lottery game, but only after accidentally throwing her ticket away ...

SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WJW) — Her family calls her lucky. Kentucky’s own Pamela Howard-Thornton continued to prove them right ...

A Kentucky woman has won the state lottery after nearly losing the winning ticket by throwing it in the trash. Pamela ...

Howard-Thorton’s final prize will be $57,600 after taxes. She plans to buy herself a new car, pay bills and toss some of her ...

"I was like ‘Where’s my fourth ticket?’ " recalls Pamela Howard-Thornton Pamela Howard-Thornton, of Shepherdsville, Ky., said ...

A Kentucky wom­an rescued an unscratched lot­tery ticket from the trash and dis­covered it was an $80,000 winner.Shepherdsville resident Pamela Howard-Thorton told the lottery company’s (Ken­tucky ...

Kentucky’s Pamela Howard-Thorton unearthed an $80,000 scratch-off ticket from the trash — after nearly losing it forever.

A Kentucky woman is celebrating an unexpected windfall after nearly discarding an $80,000 winning lottery ticket.