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Post by In The News on May 5, 2012 8:26:59 GMT -5
sentinel-echo.com First National Bank of Manchester participates in 'Banker's Give Back' for local tornado relief By Magen McCrarey, Staff Writer
Following a radio challenge by Tim Barnes, president of Hometown Bank in Corbin, 27 banks with the Kentucky Bankers Association (KBA) have collected $38,353 for local tornado victims. This was the first time the KBA has joined together for a fundraiser of this type for Kentucky communities. The Kentucky Bankers Association presented the check to Judy Nicholson, executive director of the United Way of Laurel County, on Friday. Nicholson said there is a special committee who will be voting on how the funds will be used. All of the donations will stay in Laurel County and reports will be given to the KBA on how the funds are used. A total of 27 banks contributed and allowed the public to drop off funds at their various locations. Some of the participating banks included Hometown Bank, First Trust Bank of Hazard, The Bank of Harlan, Citizens Bank of Mount Vernon, Citizens Guaranty Bank, Farmers Bank in Danville, First Federal Savings and Loan, First National Bank in London and Corbin locations, Commercial Bank, First State Financial, Hyden Citizens Bank, Jackson County Bank, Whitaker Bank, Forcht Bank, Community Trust, First National Bank of Manchester, First National Bank of Russell Springs, Citizens National Bank of Somerset, and Cumberland Security of Somerset. Checks were received from as far as Western Kentucky, while the majority was received from Harlan to Boyle counties. The KBA is currently still accepting donations for the Laurel County tornado victims in the same manner within their various locations within Southeastern Kentucky. www.sentinel-echo.com/local/x1720497851/Bankers-Give-Back-One-bank-s-challenge-nets-38K-for-local-United-Way-tornado-relief-fund
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Post by In The News on May 6, 2012 5:47:20 GMT -5
courier-journal.com Bank files to foreclose on Richie Farmer's house Foreclosure suit says mortgage is overdue
A Clay County bank has filed a foreclosure suit against former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer and his wife, claiming that more than $300,000 is due on their mortgage loan of 2004. The suit, filed Wednesday in Franklin Circuit Court by First National Bank of Manchester, says that no mortgage payments have been made “since at least January.” Richie Farmer did not return a phone message Thursday. Rebecca Farmer filed for divorce in April 2011, and the case is pending. Her attorney, Brian Logan, said that Richie Farmer is responsible for making the mortgage payments under an agreement made in the divorce case. Richard Guarnieri, Richie Farmer’s attorney in the divorce case, said he could not comment because he does not represent Farmer in the foreclosure suit and has not seen the suit. The foreclosure suit stems from a mortgage loan originally extended by the bank to the Farmers in October 2004 when they bought a home in Frankfort during Richie Farmer’s first year as agriculture commissioner. Richie Farmer now lives in the house, and Rebecca Farmer lives elsewhere. The foreclosure suit asks that the house be sold to pay off the due amount. If the sale doesn’t generate enough money, the suit seeks a court order directing the Farmers to pay the balance. www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012305030071
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Post by In The News on May 11, 2012 20:19:44 GMT -5
Kenneth Stepp
kentucky.com Kenneth Stepp fails to get Herald-Leader endorsement
Let's face it, the Kentucky Democratic Party has long ago stopped trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, one of the House's most powerful lawmakers who is skilled in the art of bringing federal money and projects home. Neither Democrat running in this primary has reported raising any campaign funds. Michael Ackerman, a Morehead attorney, is the better choice. Ackerman, who grew up in Ohio, is five years out of the University of Cincinnati law school, married to a Legal Aid attorney and a new father. His opponent is Kenneth Stepp, a Manchester attorney who ran against Rogers in 2010, receiving about 34 percent of the vote. That was up from the 26 percent he received in 2006. Stepp, who also made an insignificant showing in the 2008 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, is passionate about supporting the military and education. There is little indication, however, that Stepp aims to be any more than a perennial candidate. He has not used his campaigns to raise his profile as a civic leader. Ackerman may be a better long-term investment, if voters want to nurture a generation of leaders who see politics as relevant to the future. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/05/11/2183869/choose-ackerman-in-5th-district.html
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Post by In The News on May 12, 2012 9:21:40 GMT -5
Werner Grentz
sentinel-echo.com Former Manchester Doctor arrested for tax evasion By Nita Johnson, Staff Writer
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. — A London doctor was arrested Tuesday on charges that he misrepresented his earnings to the federal government. The federal indictment against Werner Grentz, a family practice certified physician with the London office of Kentucky Pain Management Services, was unsealed Wednesday on charges of tax evasion. The 63-year-old physician, who worked in hospitals and medical offices in London, Manchester and Monticello, Ky., and in Jellico, Tenn., reportedly earned between $169,000 to $356,000 each year from 2005 to 2010 but did not file tax returns during those years. The indictment states Grentz showed his employers an IRS (Internal Revenue Service) form that falsely claimed Grentz was exempt from having federal income tax withheld from his earnings. These untaxed earnings were then deposited into bank accounts of companies Grentz owned as a means to hide his income, according to the indictment. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Lexington on April 6 but Grentz was not arrested until Tuesday, May 1. If found guilty of the charges, Grentz could face a maximum prison sentence of five years. The investigation into Grentz’s activities was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division. Assistant United States Attorney John Patrick Grant and Kenneth C. Vert, Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division are representing the United States in the case. The indictment was jointly announced by Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Kathryn M. Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, and Christopher A. Henry, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division. An indictment by a grand jury is an accusation only and the person is presumed innocent until proven guilty. www.sentinel-echo.com/local/x157484310/Doctor-arrested-for-tax-evasion
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Post by In The News on May 15, 2012 5:51:02 GMT -5
Dr. Kishore Kumar Jadhav
herald-leader.com Details revealed explaining Manchester doctor's child porn charges By Bill Estep
A Manchester doctor accused of producing child pornography allegedly paid girls to masturbate while he videotaped them with an iPhone, according to a sworn statement filed in his court case. Kishore Kumar Jadhav faces federal charges of producing and possessing child pornography. The FBI and state police began investigating him in March after receiving a complaint that Jadhav had paid two girls to take a survey at his office. The girls and their ages were blocked out of the statement, which was unsealed Monday and provided new details on the allegations against the doctor. Jadhav allegedly recorded video images of the girls with an iPhone and paid the girls $200 each. Jadhav, an internal medicine specialist, has been in custody since he was arrested last month. Read the entire story at: www.kentucky.com/2012/05/14/2187730/details-revealed-explaining-manchester.html
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Post by In The News on May 18, 2012 8:09:28 GMT -5
herald-leader.com Court motion says state trooper solicited sex during Clay County traffic stop By Bill Estep
A state police trooper told a Corbin woman last year that he would ignore a drug offense if she would have sex with him, the woman testified in federal court Thursday. Fred Pennington, who was a trooper at the time, came to Regina West's home in September with a child-welfare worker investigating a report that one of West's sons might have been physically abused. West testified that when the social worker came to her home, Pennington went with her to the bedroom. He saw the crushed pill and found a container with several other pills, which he put in his pocket, West said. West said Pennington's attempt to get her to have sex with him scared her. A federal grand jury indicted Pennington this year on charges of possessing and distributing drugs, for allegedly giving West a pain pill, and on a charge of carrying a gun — his state-issued Glock .40-caliber pistol — in furtherance of a drug crime. Pennington pleaded guilty this week to the drug charges. He is fighting the gun charge, however. A conviction on that count would add at least five years in prison to whatever sentence he receives on the drug charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Hydee Hawkins said in a court motion that in 2004, Pennington pulled over a female driver in Clay County, took her to a cemetery and coerced her to perform oral sex on him. Hawkins asked to present that evidence to jurors to rebut any claim by Pennington that it was a coincidence he had his gun during the encounter with West. U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove disallowed that evidence, saying it would be too prejudicial to Pennington. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/05/17/2191785/testimony-describes-kentucky-state.html
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Post by In The News on May 20, 2012 6:16:56 GMT -5
Amanda Davidson
WLEX-TV Clay County Mother Killed In House Fire
A Clay County mother of three has died after the home she shared with her brother caught fire Saturday afternoon. The fire broke out around 4 p.m. on Highway 1350 outside of Manchester, killing Amanda Davidson, 26. Davidson moved in with her brother about a year ago. A burned out shell is all that's left of the home they shared. Investigators were at the scene throughout the afternoon on Saturday, combing the rubble for clues, trying to figure out what led to such a tragic fire. While investigators have not commented on the cause of the fire, Davidson's family told LEX 18, it appeared to have started in the home's air conditioning unit. www.lex18.com/news/young-clay-county-mother-killed-in-house-fire
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Post by In The News on May 21, 2012 19:43:55 GMT -5
Herald-Leader Foster child doesn't let past dictate future By Merlene Davis, columnist
The earliest picture Elbert Belcher has of himself shows him in his mother's arms as a newborn with a social worker in the background. It was the beginning of 12 years of foster care, followed by four years in an abusive adoptive home and a return to foster care. His sister and two other younger siblings followed a similar path. His desire to help other youth in foster care played a role in his being named a Foster Club All-Star, the first from Kentucky. FosterClub is a national network for young people in foster care. Each year, a nine-week summer internship in Seaside, Ore., is offered to youth, ages 18 to 24, who are trained to plan and facilitate various foster care and child welfare events nationwide. There were no guarantees Belcher's life would be so positive. He was adopted at age 12 along with his younger sister and two younger brothers, he said. All of the children were removed from that placement in Clay County about four years later. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/05/21/2196165/merlene-davis-foster-child-doesnt.html
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Post by In The News on May 23, 2012 16:18:57 GMT -5
bereaonline.com Collett arrested on Sacker after shooting on Doolittle Road
On Monday, May 21, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. EDT Chester Collett, 47 years old, was arrested on Sacker Road in Manchester, KY, by Trooper Jarrod Smith, in connection to a shooting that occurred in McKee, KY. Mr. Collett was lodged in the Jackson County Jail and charged with three (3) counts of Wanton Endangerment in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree (Domestic Violence and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. On Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 10:39 p.m. EDT the Kentucky Sate Police, Richmond Post was contacted by the Jackson County 911 Center requesting assistance with a female on Doolittle Road. As Troopers were responding to the scene additional information was received that the female had been shot in both legs. Preliminary investigation revealed that Sharon Eversole was shot through a door with a shotgun and received minor injuries to her legs. Mrs. Eversole refused medical treatment from the Jackson County EMS but was transported to a hospital in Manchester by family members. Trooper Jarrod Smith is the investigating officer and was assisted at the scene by Sergeant Starlin Hacker, Trooper Glenn Reed, Jackson County Sheriffs Department and Jackson County EMS. bereaonline.com/?p=10827&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kentucky-state-police-investigate-shooting-in-jackson-county
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Post by In The News on May 26, 2012 10:05:01 GMT -5
Harlan Daily Enterprise Manchester man gets five years probation for meth precursor in Harlan Joe P. Asher, Staff Writer
Harlan County Judge James Bowling sentenced a Clay County man to five years probation in Harlan Circuit Court. Kenny Jones, 28, of Manchester, was sentenced to five years and granted five years supervised probation on the recommendation of the commonwealth's attorney for a charge of unlawful possession of a meth precursor. www.harlandaily.com/archives
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Post by In The News on May 30, 2012 14:42:36 GMT -5
herald-leader.com Beshear says no to scholarships for students who live in Republican districts By Linda B. Blackford
Kentucky will spend more than $4 million during the next two years on a new scholarship program for upper-level college students who graduated from high school and attend college in a nine-county region of Eastern Kentucky. The plan ignores several private schools in coal-producing counties, including Union College in Knox County and University of the Cumberlands in Whitley County. Those schools are in the districts of Senate President David Williams, R-Burkesville, and Sen. Robert Stivers, R-Manchester. The scholarships will benefit students from Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin and Pike counties who attend the main campus of Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee as well as UPike and Alice Lloyd College, or the extension campuses of Morehead State University in Prestonsburg, Lindsey Wilson College and UPike. Last week, University of the Cumberlands President Jim Taylor said he had organized a request to Beshear for about $64 million over two years in coal severance money that would have helped students in all 25 coal-producing counties in Eastern Kentucky. The request was turned in jointly by the judge-executives of Whitley and Knox counties. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/05/29/2205008/beshear-approves-43-million-for.html
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Post by In The News on May 31, 2012 6:34:47 GMT -5
sentinel-echo.com Three Manchester residents charged in 30-count indictment By Nita Johnson, Staff Writer
Three Manchester residents face multiple counts of forging checks and deceiving those who cashed the checks during a 12-day spree in February. Chase A. Prilaman, 29, of 470 Gregory Branch Road; 40-year-old David A. Taylor of 2312 Ky. 149, and Betty J. Tipton, also known as Betty Fultz, age 35, of 253 Cemetery Road, all of Manchester, are named in a 30-count indictment returned by a Laurel grand jury last week. Prilaman faces 14 charges of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, nine charges of theft by deception, and being a first-degree persistent felony offender. According to the indictment, Prilaman forged eight checks on one person at Walmart, Sears, Gas City and Check Into Cash amounting to over $4,000 between Feb. 10 and Feb. 22. A second man fell prey to Prilaman’s check cashing spree to the tune of a $200 check, again at Gas City. Prilaman has four prior felony convictions dating back to 2006. He was sentenced to five years in prison, but was probated for three years, in Clay Circuit Court on Jan. 23, 2008 for two counts of criminal mischief. He was convicted of criminal possession of a forged instrument in Perry Circuit Court in 2008, with a one-year sentence in August 2009 that ran after the Clay County sentence, giving Prilaman a total of three years. In April 2010, Prilaman was probated on a five-year sentence for criminal possession of a forged instrument in Laurel County. The other two defendants, Tipton and Taylor, are charged with four counts of possessing a forged instrument and cashing checks amounting to $1,600 on Feb. 22. Taylor is a convicted felon charged with being a second-degree persistent felony offender in the indictment. Taylor was charged with two counts of theft by unlawful taking of $300 or more in Clay County in 2006. He received a two-year sentence that was probated for five years, meaning he served no jail time but remained on probation for five years. That sentence was imposed on Dec. 3, 2007. www.sentinel-echo.com/local/x1561294786/Three-charged-in-30-count-indictment
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Post by In The News on May 31, 2012 6:43:27 GMT -5
courier-journal.com Beshear scholarship program does not include Clay County, EKU Manchester Reporter Mike Wynn
Some county officials around the state say Gov. Steve Beshear’s new coal-funded scholarship program in southeastern Kentucky will neglect students and schools in other coal-producing areas. Doug Whitlock, president of Eastern Kentucky University, said he likes the idea of a pilot program that might be replicated in other areas, but wishes it would have included EKU’s extension campuses in Manchester and Corbin. Jim Nickell, judge-executive in Rowan County, where Morehead State University is located, said the scholarship program should apply to all universities and colleges across Kentucky. The Kentucky Coal County College Completion Scholarship Program will use $4.3 million in coal-severance funds during the next two years to help students in nine Kentucky counties who are seeking to complete a bachelor’s degree. The students can take courses at the University of Pikeville and its extension campuses, Alice Lloyd College, or extension campuses for Morehead State University, Lincoln Memorial University and Lindsey Wilson College. The students must be from Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin or Pike counties. Beshear also stressed that officials will evaluate the pilot project after two years. County officials already are arguing for a broader program. Knox County Judge-Executive J.M. Hall said Whitley and Knox counties have submitted a proposal that would provide scholarships for more eastern counties. Read the entire article at: www.courier-journal.com/article/20120530/NEWS0105/305300105/Steve-Beshear-scholarship-program-criticized-neglectful-some-Kentucky-coal-counties
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Post by In The News on Jun 2, 2012 15:29:35 GMT -5
Clay County resident reappointed to Kentucky State Corrections Commission
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 1, 2012) – Gov. Steve Beshear has reappointed a Clay County resident to the Kentucky State Corrections Commission. Billy Wayne Thompson of Manchester, the director of substance abuse services for the Cumberland River Comprehensive Care Center. He represents service providers. Thompson shall serve for a term expiring Feb. 17, 2015. To see the complete list go to: www.lanereport.com/6545/2012/06/governor-announces-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions
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Post by In The News on Jun 4, 2012 10:43:13 GMT -5
Doug Saylor
herald-leader.com Elsmere Park homicide victim identified as Douglas Saylor, 66 By Josh Kegley
The Fayette County Coroner's Office said a man found dead in his home Saturday on Elsmere Park was a homicide victim. Douglas Saylor, 66, was found by neighbors who hadn't heard from him and noticed that his car hadn't been moved for a while, Coroner Gary Ginn said. Ginn would not say how Saylor was killed, only that it was a homicide and that possible weapons were found in the home. He said investigators were asking for the public's help to find out when and where Saylor was last seen alive. Saylor's medication had not been taken since Wednesday, but the coroner did not know exactly when he was killed. Ginn said it was too early in the investigation to discuss what might have been the possible motive. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/06/02/2209870/police-investigate-possible-homicide.html
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Post by In The News on Jun 4, 2012 10:48:34 GMT -5
Knoxville News Sentinel Additional lane opened at slide site on I-75
Workers have opened one lane of Interstate 75 South and both lanes of Interstate 75 North in Campbell County. Northbound and southbound drivers have been running on a single lane each on the northbound side of I-75 as workers struggle to rebuild a slope that claimed both southbound lanes. Since March 8 the section of I-75 near the Stinking Creek Road interchange has been proving troublesome for the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the more than 28,000 drivers who daily use that portion of road. First, the southbound lanes were obliterated by a slope slide that ate away at a 180-foot drop in the hillside. Then authorities had to close one of the two northbound lanes because of continued deterioration of the slope. A second “slide within the slide” occurred May 7, disrupting the already limited flow of traffic for which crossover lanes had been constructed following the original slide. The entire $9.3 million project to stabilize and rebuild all lanes of I-75 in the impacted area is slated for completion by September 28. More details: www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/04/i-75-lanes-in-campbell-county-set-to-reopen-this
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Post by In The News on Jun 4, 2012 15:17:57 GMT -5
Doug Saylor
WKYT-TV Man found murdered in Lexington is the brother of Manchester Mayor
Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn says the man found murdered in his home on Elsmere Park was 66 year-old Douglas Saylor. 27 New First has learned Douglas Saylor is the brother of Manchester, Kentucky Mayor George Saylor. Neighbors tell us police were called out Saturday morning when one of the neighbors saw Saylor through a window of his home lying in a pool of blood. They were checking on him because his car had been parked for a few days Police set up a perimeter while friends and family gathered outside of his home. That investigation continued for hours while police interviewed people who knew Saylor trying to put together a time line of when he was last seen. Saylor's neighbors say they knew him well and they can't believe anyone would want to hurt him. Police are asking for help from the public. They ask that anyone who has had contact with Douglas Saylor within the past few days give them a call at 258-3600. www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Lexington_man_found_murdered_in_his_own_home_156828335.html
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Post by In The News on Jun 5, 2012 6:17:21 GMT -5
bereaonline.com Manchester man arrested on Meth charges in Berea
On 05/26/2012 Officers received a complaint at Save-A-Lot on Richmond Road. The caller stated that a subject was attempting to sell drugs to people in the parking lot. Upon arrival Officers located the vehicle and stopped it for a traffic violation. The driver was identified as 32 year old Jason Cottongim of Manchester. Officers got consent to search and located meth making materials in the vehicle. Officers also located burnt pieces of aluminum foil and 5 green pills. He was charged with the following.... Manufacturing Methamphetamine Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Drug Paraphernalia Possession bereaonline.com/?p=11147&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=berea-police-report-june-5-2012
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Post by In The News on Jun 5, 2012 6:21:36 GMT -5
Doug Saylor
kentucky.com Manchester Mayor remembers slain brother
The Lexington man killed in his Elsmere Park home last week was a jack of all trades who did everything from working on farms as a youth to "extreme couponing" in his retirement, a relative said. On Saturday, Doug Saylor, 66, was found dead in his home on Elsmere Park in Lexington. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn has called his death a murder but provided few other details. Saylor was the brother of Manchester Mayor George Saylor, who shared details of his brother's life on Monday. Most of George Saylor's memories centered on Saylor Brothers grocery store on U.S. 421 in Manchester. George and Doug Saylor co-owned the store for 25 or 30 years starting in the early 1970s, George Saylor said. Doug Saylor was well known and well liked by Manchester residents who frequented the store. George Saylor said he had spoken to other family members about his younger brother's killing, and no one seems to know many details. He said the family thinks Doug Saylor was stabbed with a kitchen knife. The coroner had not released a cause of death Monday afternoon, though neighbors said Saylor was found in his kitchen in a pool of blood, and Ginn said Saturday that possible murder weapons were found in the house. One concern the family had was that Saylor occasionally hired homeless people to help around his house, and sometimes they would come back intoxicated after their employment ended and ask to borrow money. Doug Saylor was one of nine children who grew up on a farm in Manchester, although he didn't care much for farm work. George Saylor said his little brother used to get out of laborious farm tasks by refusing to work and getting into scrapes with other kids. He was more successful in the grocery business, and had worked in management positions at hotels in Lexington and Frankfort after moving from Manchester, the mayor said. He also owned a Lexington nightclub for a while. Since retiring, Doug Saylor made some money by clipping coupons and selling discounted goods at flea markets in Louisville and Tennessee, George Saylor said. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/06/04/2212377/brother-says-lexington-murder.html
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Post by In The News on Jun 5, 2012 19:57:47 GMT -5
Doug Saylor
kentucky.comDoug Saylor died from "multiple sharp-force injuries"
The Fayette County Coroner's Office released a cause of death for the Lexington man found dead Saturday in his home on Elsmere Park. Doug Saylor, 66, died from "multiple sharp-force injuries," deputy coroner John McCarty said in a news release. No other details were provided. The coroner's office did not release a cause of death when they identified Saylor on Saturday evening. However, his brother, Manchester Mayor George Saylor, said the family thought Doug Saylor had been stabbed with a kitchen knife. Neighbors who went to his house to check on him found him lying on the blood-stained floor of his kitchen Saturday morning. Possible murder weapons were found at the scene, the coroner has said. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/06/05/2213597/coroner-releases-cause-of-death.html
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Post by In The News on Jun 8, 2012 18:58:30 GMT -5
courier-journal.com Richie Farmer's wife, two agriculture employees interviewed by attorney general's office
Officials of the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office this week interviewed Richie Farmer’s estranged wife and two employees of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. The visitor’s log at the Attorney General’s Department of Criminal Investigations office shows that Rebecca Farmer signed into the office at 1:05 p.m. Monday and signed out at 2:15. Two officials of the Department of Agriculture under both Farmer and current Commissioner James Comer also signed the visitor’s log at the office this week. The sign-in sheet is the first public evidence of Conway’s follow-up investigation. Shelley Catharine Johnson, spokeswoman for Attorney General Jack Conway, declined to comment on the visits. Richie Farmer did not return calls to his cell phone Friday. His attorney, Guthrie True of Frankfort, said he was unaware of this week’s interviews. But True said he does not believe matters revealed in the audit will produce criminal charges. A recording on Rebecca Farmer’s phone did not allow the leaving of a message. And Rebecca Farmer’s attorney, Brian Logan, did not return phone messages. Rebecca Farmer filed for divorce in April 2011, while Farmer was running as lieutenant governor on a Republican slate headed by Senate President David Williams. The Farmers’ divorce case is still pending. Attorneys for both sides have said for six months that only minor issues need to be resolved and that a final decree dissolving the marriage will be entered soon in Franklin Circuit Court. Last month the First National Bank of Manchester filed a foreclosure suit against the Farmers, saying that $304,680 is due on the 2004 mortgage on their marital residence in Frankfort where Richie Farmer is now living. Richie Farmer recently put a for sale sign in the yard. www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012306080116
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Post by In The News on Jun 9, 2012 7:19:21 GMT -5
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Post by In The News on Jun 9, 2012 7:24:08 GMT -5
clintonnews.net Mark and Bopper take part in Clinton County Trooper Island Camp Appreciation Day
A mix of local residents and others from across the region and state came together Saturday in the far south-western corner of Clinton County for Trooper Island Camp Appreciation Day. Trooper Island Camp, located on Dale Hollow Lake, began its 48th camping season this week when some 60 underprivileged boys and girls, ages 10-12, made the trip across the water on the Trooper Island barge. Saturday’s Appreciation Day is traditionally held to mark the beginning of yet another camping season for the facility, but also to recognized the fallen members of the Kentucky State Police agency who have been killed in the line of duty. Saturday also included a fundraising silent auction, inflatable attractions for the younger crowd on hand, lunch and entertainment from an Elvis impersonator. The crowd was also afforded the opportunity to meet two of Kentucky’s newest celebrities, Bopper and Mark, best friends from Manchester, Kentucky, who competed this past season on the television reality show, The Amazing Race. Operated by the Kentucky State Police but funded entirely through donations, Trooper Island Camp each year gives some 700 underprivileged 10-12 year old youth the opportunity to enjoy a free week of summer camp that they likely wouldn’t be able to enjoy otherwise. clintonnews.net/pages/?p=5278
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Post by In The News on Jun 9, 2012 7:26:54 GMT -5
Running Buffalo Clover on EKU's Taylor Fork Site Photo by Jessie Godbold
Student from Oneida helping to restore Natural Habitat at EKU By Stu Johnson, WEKU
A piece of land on the far end of Eastern Kentucky University’s Richmond campus may become a new home for native plants and animals. It’s becoming an outdoor classroom for EKU students. It’s a beaten down grassy path which winds behind EKU’s law enforcement complex and onto the Taylor Fork Ecological Project site. Just inside the large gate, the landscape changes. The land is clear with room for a picnic table. A sign outlines an interpretive trail, and there’s a boot scrubber. David Brown is a Biology Sciences professor at Eastern. “A lot of natural areas have something that so that when you enter it, you scrape your feet and if you’re carrying seeds or burrs or whatever, you leave them behind,” said Brown. The Eastern Ecological Project was once pastureland. For ten years, EKU leased it out to neighboring farmers. David Brown says an undergrad in biology had the idea of restoring the land back to a natural area and converting it into an outdoor classroom. Brown says the idea was taken to school officials who said, ‘yes.’. Now, about a year a half later, the area features ten wetlands and two buffalo wallows…those are muddy, circular areas that hold some water. Students are already at work restoring the site. For example, Jessie Godbold of Oneida Kentucky is bringing a native plant known as Running Buffalo Clover back to Taylor Ford. It’s found nearby, at the Blue Grass Army Depot, which he says is ripe with the rare clover. “Myself and another undergraduate and graduate student did a lot of monitoring out at the blue grass army depot.. which as far as we know is the largest population in the state..and one of the largest populations of it in the world,” said Godbold. Some of that Running Buffalo Clover along with hundreds of trees have already been transplanted to Taylor Ford, and is marked with small colored flags. Biology professor David Brown says such restoration projects will be ongoing. Brown says it also offers the flexibility to practice different nature management techniques. He adds the Taylor Fork area will never be a Lilly Cornett Woods. The property, which is also managed by Eastern Kentucky University, preserves an old growth forest. But, he says Taylor Ford will still offer sanctuary to native wildlife and plants. www.weku.fm/post/restoring-natural-habitat-eku
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Post by In The News on Jun 17, 2012 18:29:53 GMT -5
prospect.org Clay County is one of five poorest counties in the United States
While most of Appalachia is poor, Southeast Kentucky, where the mountains start turning into hills, is the worst off. There was never enough coal for deep mining that would at least provide well-paying jobs. The ground, mostly black slate, is too rocky for farming, though some families grew tobacco on a few flat bottomland pastures until the government bought them out in the 1990s. Five of the poorest counties in the United States — Owsley, Clay, Lee, Knox, and Wolfe — touch here, huddled along a swath of wilderness, the Daniel Boone National Forest, that divides them from the rest of the state. Owsley County does the rest of these small, poor counties the favor of being a little bit smaller and a little bit poorer. Less than 200 square miles, slightly bigger than the city of New Orleans, it’s shaped like a bowl with hills on the edges and the low, slow south fork of the Kentucky River cutting through. It has the distinction of being the poorest county in the United States with a majority-white population. Read the entire article at: prospect.org/article/pressing-upward-way
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Post by In The News on Jun 18, 2012 7:20:54 GMT -5
Doug Saylor
WLEXTV.com Doug Saylor Knew His Alleged Killer by Josh Breslow
A close friend and former business partner of a Lexington man found stabbed to death inside his home says the victim knew the man accused of killing him. Lexington Police said detectives traveled to East Saint Louis, Illinois on Saturday and arrested Gerardo Turcios-Rodriguez, 29, for the murder of Douglas Saylor, 66. Saylor's body was found June 2 around noon inside a house on Elsmere Park, where he had lived for about 15 years. Daryl Lyons said Saylor would pay Turcios-Rodriguez to do house work for him and when he needed it, Saylor would even give the guy a place to stay. Lyons had met Turcios-Rodriguez, but he said he never thought anything about him seemed suspicious. Turcios-Rodriguez is awaiting extradition to Kentucky. Investigators have not said how long that could take. Saylor is survived by three sons and several grandchildren. Read the entire article and see the video at: www.wlextv.com/news/friend-lexington-murder-victim-knew-his-alleged-killer
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Post by In The News on Jun 19, 2012 20:35:40 GMT -5
Misty Smith
thetimestribune.comManchester women arrested for breaking into building
Two women were arrested Saturday after 11 p.m., one of whom was found in a building reportedly owned by a deceased woman, according to Laurel County Sheriff John Root. After Kirk Mays responded to a complaint about a break in on TIB Drive, located three miles south of London, he found Virginia R. Smallwood, 53, of London, inside the building. He determined she didn’t have permission to be in the building or to remove items from it. Also arrested at the scene was Misty D. Smith, 34, of Manchester. Both women were charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal trespass and public intoxication. Both were jailed in the Laurel County Corrections Center. thetimestribune.com/local/x138781744/Police-Roundup-June-19-2012
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Post by In The News on Jun 19, 2012 20:46:47 GMT -5
Gerardo Turcios-Rodriguez
kentucky.comSuspect in Saylor killing was considered trusted employee and friend
A man arrested in Illinois will not fight extradition to Kentucky to face a murder charge in the death of Lexington resident Douglas Saylor, officials said. Gerardo Turcios-Rodriguez, 29, is accused of stabbing Saylor to death in Saylor's Elsmere Park home earlier this month. Turcios-Rod riguez helped Saylor around the house and in his home business, said Daryl Lyons, Saylor's close friend. Police have not discussed a motive in the case or said how Turcios-Rodriguez knew Saylor, but Lyons said Tuesday that Saylor considered Turcios-Rodriguez a trusted employee and friend. He said Saylor met Turcios-Rodriguez at the Hope Center, where Turcios-Rodriguez had been staying. Saylor hired him occasionally to do "odds and ends" around the house and to help in a couponing business. Family and friends have said Saylor was into "extreme couponing" and made money buying discounted items and reselling them. Lyons said he knew Turcios-Rodriguez as "José." Turcios-Rodriguez had worked with Saylor off and on for more than a year. He occasionally would stay at Saylor's home if the Hope Center was full. Lyons said Saylor was known to hire people down on their luck, in part to help them and in part to help with Saylor's business. Between clipping coupons, shopping and hauling truckloads of goods to flea markets in Tennessee and Louisville, couponing was a full-time job, family and friends have said. Saylor was known as a jovial guy and clever businessman. For more than 20 years, he co-owned Saylor Brothers grocery store in Manchester with his brother, George Saylor, who is now Manchester's mayor. After Doug Saylor moved to Lexington, he and Lyons jointly owned a nightclub in the Woodhill area called Club Liquid. Lyons said they sold the nightclub when couponing started to become a full-time job for Saylor. The two remained friends. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/06/19/2230122/man-agrees-to-return-to-lexington.html
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Post by In The News on Jun 23, 2012 7:53:10 GMT -5
Gregory Jackson
Middlesboro Daily News Clay County man charged after First State Financial is robbed in Middlesboro Anthony Cloud, Staff Writer
At about 2 p.m. on Friday, the east branch of the First State Financial Bank was robbed. Gregory Jackson, 20 of Manchester, was apprehended a short time later and charged with first-degree robbery. According to initial reports, it is alleged that Jackson entered the bank and handed one of the tellers a note demanding money and saying that he had a gun. When the teller opened the drawer, Jackson allegedly reached across the counter and took all the bills from the drawer. He then allegedly left the bank in a blue Ford pickup truck. Bank employees immediately activated the alarm and notified the Middlesboro Police Department. Responding officers obtained a description of Gregory and his vehicle that was broadcasted to all local police agencies. The department was able to deploy both on and off-duty officers to the event quickly. While two officers were gathering further information from the bank and reviewing video evidence from several sources, other officers began a search of the east side of the city for the vehicle. Approximately an hour after the robbery, Lt. David Buis spotted a vehicle matching the description of the truck traveling north on U.S. 25E. Buis, Lt. Tom Busic, officer Justin Barton and Chief Jeff Sharpe stopped the truck about two miles north of the city. According to the press release, evidence linking the driver to the robbery was discovered immediately and he was taken into custody. Upon further investigation, officers recovered the cash, merchandise purchased between the time of the robbery and the arrest and clothing worn during the incident. Busic also recovered the note in the trash at a business near the bank. Jackson was also served with several outstanding arrest warrants from Laurel, Knox and Clay counties, mostly on theft charges. According to police, one of those warrants related to theft of the truck that Jackson allegedly used in the robbery. The Corbin Times-Tribune reports that Jackson fits the description of a man that tried to rob the Community Trust Bank in north Corbin around 10:45 a.m. on Friday. According to the Tribune, Kentucky State Police First Class Trooper Don Trosper said a masked man had approached the Corbin bank wearing a long sleeved shirt and a mask. There has been no confirmation on whether or not Jackson was the attempted robber in Corbin. Jackson was taken to the Bell County Detention Center and will be arraigned in Bell District Court on Monday morning. Barton is the investigating officer and filed all charges on Jackson. Read more: www.middlesborodailynews.com/view/full_story/19083502/article-First-State-Financial-is-robbed
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Post by In The News on Jun 25, 2012 20:31:34 GMT -5
Dennis Meyers
lanereport.com Hospital association recognizes Dennis Meyers of Manchester Memorial Hospital
The Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) presented several awards during the Association’s Awards Gala on May 23, at the 83rd Annual KHA Convention in Louisville. KHA’s Award of Excellence was presented to Dennis Meyers, president and chief executive officer of Manchester Memorial Hospital. The Award of Excellence is a prestigious award given to individuals who have made significant contributions to health care in Kentucky and to KHA. KHA’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, was bestowed upon Stephen L. Meredith, chief executive officer of Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield. The award is presented to individuals who have given exceptional service to the Association and demonstrated outstanding leadership in the health care field. The Association also recognized three hospital board members with this year’s Health Care Governance Leadership Award – Dr. Dallas Blankenship, Georgetown Community Hospital; Sheree Gilliam, Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford; and Gregg Thornton, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital in Lexington. This award recognizes individuals who have had a positive and sustainable impact on the quality of care in their community. About the Kentucky Hospital Association: KHA was established in 1929. The Association represents hospitals, related health care organizations and integrated health care systems dedicated to sustaining and improving the health status of the citizens of Kentucky. The Association is headquartered in Louisville. www.lanereport.com/7505/2012/06/twin-lakes-ceo-earns-top-honor-hospital-association
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