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Post by In The News on Jun 26, 2012 6:30:50 GMT -5
herald-leader.com Manchester doctor facing child porn charges plans to plead guilty By Bill Estep
A Manchester doctor accused of producing child pornography plans to plead guilty. An attorney for Kishore Kumar Jadhav filed a request Monday for a hearing for Jadhav to plead guilty on one charge against him. The motion did not say which charge. Jadhav faces federal charges of producing and possessing child porn. Jadhav lives in Laurel County but practiced in Manchester. He has been held without bond since he was arrested in April. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/06/25/2237817/manchester-doctor-facing-child.html
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Post by In The News on Jun 29, 2012 6:36:45 GMT -5
Gerardo Turcios-Rodriguez
chicagotribune.com Man wanted for slaying of brother of Manchester mayor returned to Kentucky
A Lexington man has been returned to Kentucky to face a murder charge after being caught in Illinois. Fayette County Sheriff's deputies brought Gerardo Turcios-Rodriguez to Lexington from St. Clair County, Ill., where he was arrested on a murder warrant about two weeks after 66-year-old Doug Saylor was killed. He was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Fayette District Court. Friends found Saylor dead in his Elsmere Park home June 2. Saylor and his brother, Manchester Mayor George Saylor, operated Saylor Brothers grocery store on U.S. 421 in Manchester for more than 25 years. www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/sns-ap-ky--mayors-brother-killed-20120628,0,6068500.story
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Post by In The News on Jun 29, 2012 11:22:31 GMT -5
Dr. Melborne Williams License of Danville psychiatrist suspended over drug deaths in Clay County By TODD KLEFFMAN
The medical license of a Danville psychiatrist has been suspended following an investigation that alleges he overprescribed Xanax and other controlled substances and that at least 12 of his patients have died of drug overdoses in the past year. The state Board of Medical Licensure on Tuesday issued an emergency order of suspension for Dr. Melborne Williams which prohibits him from “performing any act which constitutes the practice of medicine.” Williams is also the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation in Clay County, where several of his patients have died of drug overdoses in the past year, said Clay Sheriff Kevin Johnson. Clay County Coroner Danny Finley said this morning a cocktail of drugs prescribed by Williams is listed as contributing factors in 12 deaths there. A review of the clinic’s records showed Williams saw an average of 41 patients a day at CentEx, more that twice as many Wood and Larson. The average visit lasted five to seven minutes, the order states. After leaving CentEx, Williams’ patient load increased to 42 a day, more than twice the number “the average psychiatrist would see in a typical day,” the order said. According to the suspension order, the medical board’s investigation found Williams prescribed 1,352,745 Xanax tablets on 12,622 separate prescriptions between April 2011 and March 2012, making him the leading prescriber of the anti-anxiety medication in Kentucky. In December, a nurse at Manchester Memorial Hospital in Clay County made an anonymous call to the medical board to report she was seeing a trend with Xanax overdoses among Williams’ patients. In January, the sheriff and coroner also called the board to report similar findings. Johnson, the sheriff, said his office has been investigating “the direct link” between Williams and the overdose deaths for about a year. He declined to speculate on what criminal charges might come out of his investigation, and when, and even if, Williams could be charged. www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/local/cky-breaking-news-license-of-danville-psychiatrist-suspended-over-drug-deaths-20120628,0,7881415.story
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Post by In The News on Jul 2, 2012 7:18:45 GMT -5
Dr. Melborne Williams
Doctor's suspension launching review of overdose cases
The investigation into a Danville doctor whose medical license was suspended last week continues after authorities say 12 of his patients died of overdoses. This has promoted other law enforcement agencies to review their overdose cases, to figure out if they were also patients of Dr. Melborne Williams a licensed psychiatrist. After learning of Williams suspension, Lincoln County Coroner Farris Marcum tells 27 NEWSFIRST he started reviewing several drug overdose cases in his county, including the recent death of Crystal Hager. Last week, the Medical Licensure Board ordered an emergency suspension of Williams' license after Clay County Sheriff Kevin Johnson launched an investigation into a dozen deaths in his community alone, he says, were all patients of Williams and were being prescribed excessive amounts of drugs like Xanax regardless of their diagnosis. At this time Dr. Williams has not been criminally charged, but authorities tell WKYT that could change as they further their investigation. According to the Medical Licensure Board Dr. Williams was the number one prescriber of Xanax in Kentucky from April 2011 to March of this year. www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/Doctors_suspension_launching_review_of_overdose_cases_161033415.html
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Post by In The News on Jul 4, 2012 6:24:17 GMT -5
thetimestribune.com Stop at Manchester Liquor Mart leads to DUI arrest of 17 year old
While directing traffic on KY 192, east of London during the Red, White & Boom celebration Saturday night London Police officers arrested three people. The 17-year-old driver approached the officers and refused to stop for their signals. The car stopped before nearly striking two officers. The driver was arrested for driving under the influence and for having a fraudulent driver’s license. The driver told the officers that he used his fraudulent license to get vodka at the Manchester Liquor Mart. Passenger Kellie R. Smith, the driver’s mother became belligerent with officers and refused to cooperate with them. She and a second passenger, Marc Miller, were also arrested, the police office reported. thetimestribune.com/local/x1483822180/Police-Roundup-July-3-2012
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Post by In The News on Jul 4, 2012 6:28:07 GMT -5
Man critically injured following crash in Clay County
Police say a man has life threatening injuries after an accident Tuesday night in Clay County. It happened on Highway 149 in Manchester. Police say a car skidded across the center line due to wet roads and collided with a pickup truck. The driver of the car, 47 year old Albert Henson of Manchester, was flown to UK Hospital. The driver of the truck was not hurt. www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Man_critically_injured_following_crash_in_Clay_County_161302905.html
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Post by In The News on Jul 9, 2012 8:20:03 GMT -5
Richie Farmer
courier-journal.comRichie Farmer divorce final Reporter Tom Loftus
The marriage of Richie Farmer and Rebecca Ann Farmer has officially been dissolved. Rebecca Farmer filed for the divorce on April 5, 2011. The case made headlines because at the time Richie Farmer was Kentucky agriculture commissioner and running for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor on a slate headed by Senate President David Williams. On Thursday, Franklin Family Court Judge Squire Williams signed the three-page decree declaring the marriage “irretrievably broken.” The decree and other documents in the case file provide no details on issues such as division of property, support payments or custody of the couples three sons. Such matters are spelled out in a separate “mediation/settlement agreement” which both parties did not want incorporated into the court order. Richie and Rebecca Farmer were married in 1998. She works as a teacher’s aide. Richie Farmer’s attorney said in May that Richie Farmer has not been employed since his term as agriculture commissioner expired on Jan. 1. Richie Farmer was a standout basketball player at Clay County High School who went on to play for a University of Kentucky basketball team known as “The Unforgettables.” www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012307060116&nclick_check=1
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Post by ClayLive on Jul 12, 2012 9:29:36 GMT -5
Yahoo! Contributor Network No End in Sight to Youth Joblessness? There's a Good Reason By Robert Craft
FIRST PERSON
I am 26 years old and I live in Manchester, Ky. As of April, the national unemployment rate stands at 8.3 percent. And unemployment in my hometown is not something that is new by any means. Here in Manchester, it's an astounding 15.1 percent. 38.8 percent of the Manchester residents who are employed make less than $15,000 per year. As our nation confronts its newfound joblessness, my hometown has lived with it for as long as I have been alive. A new study from YoungInvincibles says job outlook for young Americans is bleak. I, for one, would have to agree. We have a problem in our country that will not be solved overnight. I don't lean toward any particular political party and remain unbiased as much as I possibly can. This is not a Republican or a Democrat problem. This is an American problem that all parties share. As of late last year, our total national student loan debt surpassed our total national credit card debt at a whopping $870 billion. This is unbelievable. Going to college used to be an American dream and now it has devolved into a public nightmare. Students are going to college and when it is time to pay for their student loans they are unable to find jobs. This is a problem. I am currently in college and will graduate next year with a bachelor's degree in psychology. My wife has graduated and has a bachelor's degree in wildlife management. She graduated several years ago and we are paying for her student loans by working several jobs each. She does not have a job in wildlife management because none exists. As a second job I started my own business as a college tutor. They are paying for help with an education that they have yet to pay for themselves. I made $14,000 last year doing this. Yes, the job outlook feels incredibly bleak. In order to help create change we need to wake up from the American dream and begin living smarter with our eyes open. news.yahoo.com/no-end-sight-youth-joblessness-theres-good-reason-171600307.html
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Post by In The News on Jul 14, 2012 7:46:55 GMT -5
courier-journal.com State Personnel Board votes to investigate Richie Farmer Reporter Mike Wynn
The state Personnel Board voted Friday to investigate alleged merit system and employee abuses that were cited in a scathing audit this year of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture under former Commissioner Richie Farmer. The audit, released in April, accused Farmer of prompting a “toxic culture of entitlement and self-dealing” during his eight years at the department, including numerous alleged breaches of personnel law and misuse of employee time at taxpayer expense. The board, in a unanimous vote Friday, directed its staff to investigate two of the findings related to pre-selection for merit positions, the bonuses and employee reclassifications that were granted without the proper recommendations from supervisors. www.courier-journal.com/article/20120713/NEWS01/307130062
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Post by In The News on Jul 14, 2012 9:24:38 GMT -5
sentinel-echo.com London man convicted of manslaughter in crash that killed Manchester business owner By Nita Johnson Staff Writer
Almost two years after a Corbin businessman died from a head-on crash, the man charged with DUI and causing the crash was convicted of manslaughter. Christopher Caudill, 32, of London, was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs/etc. by a Laurel jury last week. He was recommended to serve a 10-year sentence. Caudill was driving eastbound on east Ky. 80 on Sept. 16, 2010, when witnesses say he swerved across the road as if he were losing control of his vehicle. Caudill’s 2004 Chevrolet pickup truck hit a 2006 Chevy van driven by 42-year-old Willie D. Smith of Corbin. The accident occurred near Grubb Road around 8:13 p.m. Smith was pinned inside the vehicle and had to be extricated by members of the London-Laurel County Rescue Squad. He was pronounced dead from massive internal injuries within an hour after the crash. He was the owner of Ultimate Shine Car Wash and Smith’s Grocery in Manchester. Inside Caudill’s vehicle was a bottle of liquor and police investigating the accident said speed was also a factor in the collision that cost Smith his life. Caudill was indicted on murder and DUI by a Laurel grand jury just two months after the accident. He was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter and DUI. The accident was investigated by Officer Jerry Jones of the Kentucky State Police Vehicle Enforcement, while Jones was a deputy with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office. He was assisted at the scene by accident reconstructionalists Trooper First Class Don Trosper and Trooper Lloyd Cochran with the Kentucky State Police and Sgt. Chuck Johnson with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office. www.sentinel-echo.com/local/x471593309/London-man-convicted-of-manslaughter
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Post by In The News on Jul 22, 2012 12:20:52 GMT -5
The News Herald Former Manchester man drowns in Rip-Tide off Panama City Beach ZACK McDONALD, News Herald Writer
Former Clay County resident Charles Smith, 49, was one of two people who drowned while swimming in dangerous surf conditions Saturday. Smith recently transferred to FCI Marianna as Computer Services Manager. The other victim was Fredrick Tillman, 25, of Jackson, Mississippi. A third victim died from a heart attack. Smith, the first victim, drowned while snorkeling near Edgewater Beach Resort. He entered the surf around 11:30 a.m., about the same time the flags were changed to double red. At about 1 p.m., Smith’s wife alerted police and told them he had been snorkeling for quite some time, although she told police it was normal for him to snorkel for long periods of time. Smith was later found beach side behind the Sterling Reef Resort by EMS and pronounced dead at 3:27 p.m., according to reports. By midday, beach goers behind the Ocean Towers Beach Club stared longingly out at the seemingly docile 2- to 3-foot waves breaking as beach patrol drove along the shore announcing through loud speakers, “double red flags mean no swimming — stay out of the water.” The National Weather Service reported that conditions on Saturday were not conducive for an active rip current day. The forecast initially predicted 8 to 10 mph winds and 2- to 3-foot surf height in Bay County and a surf zone forecast of “moderate risk.” However, the NWS officials said multiple wave groups could have helped increase the volume of rip currents throughout the day. Read more: www.newsherald.com/articles/beach-104281-closed-swimmers.html
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Post by In The News on Aug 24, 2012 21:41:36 GMT -5
sentinel-echo.com East 80 Yard Sale begins August 31 By Carol Mills, Staff Writer
The biggest yard sale in southeastern Kentucky begins August 31 and runs through Labor Day September 3. The 13th annual East 80 Yard Sale starts on East Fourth Street and continues on Ky. 80 to Manchester in Clay County for more than 22 miles. Anyone who owns property along the route is encouraged to participate by offering yard sale items in hopes of making this the biggest yard sale the area has ever seen. There are also sales on the side roads along east 80. Sellers are asked to place yard/garage sale signs where they are visible enough for cars to have plenty of room to signal and stop. This is an extremely busy road during the yard sale. If you pass a sale, turn around and go back. Use turn signals and give plenty of warning when turning. Please bring small bills, especially in the mornings, so change can be made easily. Traffic is expected to be heavy. Because of the number of people the sales draw, safety is a big issue. Anyone traveling along east Ky. 80 be patient, drive slowly, make no sudden stops and above all, use turn signals. www.sentinel-echo.com/local/x1685970951/East-80-Yard-Sale-begins-Aug-31
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Post by In The News on Aug 30, 2012 17:13:46 GMT -5
Hazard Herald Oneida man arrested for possession while shopping in Hazard by Bailey Richards, Staff Reporter
An Oneida man was arrested in Hazard this week for possession and other charges after police say he was shopping at local pharmacies in an attempted to buy a well-known meth ingredient. Hazard Police Officer B.J. Caudill allegedly witnessed a man later identified as 28-year-old Ralph J. Hoskins, of Clay County, attempting to buy pseudoephedrine at the Medicine Shoppe on the Ky. 15 bypass. When he was told they would not sell it to him he became upset, according to the arrest citation, and that’s when Caudill saw Hoskins go to the nearby CVS and attempt to buy the medicine there. Pseudoephedrine is the only ingredient in methamphetamine that cannot be substituted. Because of that, restrictions were placed on how much one person can buy in a month, and stores reserve the right not to sell the medication. HPD Officer James East later arrived at the CVS and located Hoskins, whom he described as having slurred speech. When Hoskins was searched, police say he was found to be in possession of a metal pill container wrapped in black tape. The pills inside were identified as Percocet, and according to the citation, Hoskins admitted that the pills were his. After he was arrested, police reported finding rolling papers and marijuana as well, while what appeared to be a crushed pill was also sent off for identification. A woman in the car with Hoskins was also arrested for possession of a controlled substance. Jessica Arnett, 34, also of Oneida, failed a sobriety test and was found to be in possession of a container with pills inside, police allege. The pills were identified as Lortab, and Arnett was also alleged to have been in possession of drug paraphernalia. Hoskins was charged with public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, tampering with physical evidence and first-degree possession of a controlled substance, and was also served with a warrant from a prior charge. Arnett was charged with public intoxication, third-degree possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Both Hoskins and Arnett could face further charges pending the analysis of items sent to the Kentucky State Police Crime Lab. They were both taken to the Kentucky River Regional Jail. Read more: www.hazard-herald.com/view/full_story/19981602/article-Man-arrested-for-possession-while-shopping-in-Hazard
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Post by In The News on Sept 1, 2012 10:06:50 GMT -5
herald-leader.com State review finds questionable spending at regional health department By Beth Musgrave
A state review of the Cumberland Valley District Health Department found poor oversight and questionable spending, and it slammed the former executive director for interfering with a state investigation. State Auditor Adam Edelen released the 57-page review of the health department's management practices Friday. The department serves Clay, Jackson, Rockcastle and Harlan counties. In its review, state auditors found that the department's director of nursing received state pay on days when she was teaching at Berea College nearly all day. The report also outlined several questionable spending practices by the department, including using state-issued credit cards meant for overnight travel on iPhones for employees. The department also had 15 Wal-Mart credit cards that were used to buy gift cards, which allegedly were used as prizes at public health events. Kathy Fields, former executive director, was placed on administrative leave by the Cumberland Valley District Health Department board earlier this month. An interim executive director has been named. The health department is run by a board that includes county officials from its service area and medical professionals. The health department receives a combination of state, county and federal money for its operations, which include environmental regulation and health services. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/08/31/2318700/state-review-finds-questionable.html
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Post by In The News on Sept 3, 2012 11:27:07 GMT -5
Charles E. Samuels Jr.
blog.al.com Former Manchester FCI warden holds reins over US prison system
Charles E. Samuels Jr. says an interest in public service is what led him to take his first job as a federal prison corrections officer. That was the year after his 1987 graduation from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in social and behavioral sciences. Over the 24 years since that time Samuels has worked in the Federal Bureau of Prisons at sites around the country, culminating Dec. 21, when he was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to become BOP's director. Samuels is the eighth director of the BOP since its creation 82 years ago. He's also the first African American at the helm of the nation's largest corrections system, with nearly 218,000 inmates. He chose a career in corrections because of his desire for public service. He began his career in March 1988 with the BOP as a corrections officer and has worked in various positions at facilities in Talladega, Atlanta, Arizona, California, New York, West Virginia, Kentucky and New Jersey. He was warden at the federal corrections facilities in Manchester, Ky., and at Fort Dix, N.J., according to the BOP. Samuels was senior deputy assistant director of the BOP's Correctional Programs Division before being named assistant director of that program in January 2011. Among his duties in that program was oversight of intelligence and counter-terrorism initiatives, security and emergency planning, inmate transportation, case management, mental health and religious services and community corrections, inmate skills development and re-entry. blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/09/birmingham_native_charles_samu.html
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Post by In The News on Sept 6, 2012 21:26:51 GMT -5
dailycommercial.comFormer Manchester FCI camp administrator is new warden at largest federal prison complex in the nation
Charles L. Lockett is the new warden at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Coleman, the largest federal prison complex in the nation. The Alabama native replaces Warden D.B. Drew, who retired on Aug. 31 after 25 years of service. Lockett began his career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in December 1987 as a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fort Worth, Texas. Since then, he has held various positions of increasing authority, including serving as a contracting officer at FCI Tallahassee; supervisory contract specialist/assistant controller at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Miami and FCI Fort Worth; controller at MCC in Chicago; executive assistant and camp administrator at FCI Manchester, Ky.; and associate warden at FCI Morgantown, West Va., and FCC Petersburg, Va. Lockett is not new to FCC Coleman, having served as deputy warden for two years after being tapped for that position in 2005. In October of 2007, he was selected as the senior deputy regional director for the North Central Region, Kansas City. In July 2009, he was selected as the Warden at FCC Terre Haute, Ind., and has subsequently returned to FCC Coleman as warden. Lockett is married with four children. FCC Coleman is composed of five separate components: an administrative (shared services) facility, a male low-level security, a male medium-level facility with a female satellite camp and two high-level security facilities. www.dailycommercial.com/News/LakeCounty/090612warden
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Post by In The News on Sept 10, 2012 18:03:39 GMT -5
Richie Farmer
lex18.com Richie Farmer's House To Be Auctioned September 24
The one-time Frankfort home of former state Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer is scheduled to be sold at auction later this month to help satisfy a foreclosure lawsuit against him. Franklin Circuit Court Master Commissioner Charlie Jones told the Lexington Herald-Leader the auction will start at 11:30 a.m. EDT September 24 at the temporary county courthouse. It is the 19th of 21 properties on the auction block that day. Farmer faces a foreclosure lawsuit on a mortgage loan of $317,929.22 plus interest. First National Bank of Manchester filed a foreclosure suit in May. The Clay County bank said in its lawsuit that no mortgage payments have been made on the Farmer property since at least January. The foreclosure suit says the Farmers borrowed $321,561 from the bank in October 2004.In April 2010, the Farmers signed a promissory note with the bank for $307,192 at 5.75 percent interest. The loan was to be repaid in monthly payments through April 2017, followed by a balloon payment - a large, lump-sum payment scheduled at the end of a series of smaller periodic payments. Farmer has been trying unsuccessfully to sell his Franklin County house. The house, built in 2004, is assessed at $230,000, said the Franklin County property valuation administrator's office. The house will be sold to the highest bidder at the auction, Jones said. A private purchaser must pay 10 percent of the sales price and close the deal within 30 days. www.lex18.com/news/richie-farmer-s-house-to-be-auctioned-september-24
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Post by In The News on Sept 17, 2012 16:48:49 GMT -5
devilslakejournal.com Man charged in death of Manchester guardsman to go to court
Christopher J. Brandt, 23, Lowmansville, Kentucky is heading to court Monday morning in Devils Lake to face two counts of manslaughter and one of reckless endangerment for the Wednesday, Sept. 12 midnight accident that took the life of two of his fellow guardsmen Ronald J. Forsyth, 31, Owneton, Kentucky and Jason S. Burnette, 23, Manchester, Kentucky Both were deceased on the scene, according to the report from Devils Lake Police Department investigators. Another man, David K. Duncan, 23, of Hueysville, Kentucky and Brandt were treated and released from Mercy Hospital following the incident. www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20120917/NEWS/120918861
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Post by In The News on Sept 19, 2012 5:04:13 GMT -5
kentucky.com Many Kentuckians will vote against Obama because of his "War on Coal" Bill Estep
Many Kentuckians who receive government help are expected to vote for Mitt Romney — or against President Barack Obama — for a range of reasons, including the Obama administration's tougher environmental regulations on coal and Romney's opposition to same-sex marriage. Officials with some community-action agencies in Kentucky, which receive government money to help low and moderate-income people, also said Romney's remarks seemed harsh. Mike Buckles, head of the Daniel Boone Community Action Agency, which operates programs in Clay, Jackson, Laurel and Rockcastle counties and others pointed out that many people who receive some form of government help may not pay federal income taxes, but do pay property, sales and other taxes, and that many worked and paid federal taxes at some point. Romney is expected to win Kentucky easily, even with an estimated 2010 poverty rate of 17.7 percent compared to 13.8 nationally, and median household income well below the national level. And Romney's margin in Eastern Kentucky, home to many of the state's poorest counties, may be greater than across the state as a whole, observers said. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/09/18/2341886/many-kentuckians-who-rely-on-federal.html
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Post by In The News on Sept 21, 2012 18:30:25 GMT -5
Richie Farmer
Judge declines to lower Richie Farmer’s child-support payments By Beth Musgrave, herald-leader.com
A judge declined Friday to lower the child-support payments that former Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Richie Farmer must make for his three boys, calling Farmer “voluntarily underemployed.” Franklin Circuit Court Judge Squire Williams did allow Farmer to suspend his $1,227-a-month child support payments in September and October while Farmer recuperates from hip replacement surgery in August. Williams decision followed a Sept. 13 hearing where Farmer and his former wife Rebecca Farmer testified. Farmer, a former University of Kentucky basketball star, had asked the court to lower his child support payments due to his surgery and because the payments were based on his $110,000-a-year job as commissioner of agriculture, a position he left in December. Farmer ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket with Senate President David Williams in November 2011. Farmer has argued in court documents and during the Sept. 13 hearing that an ongoing investigation into alleged improprieties at the Department of Agriculture while Farmer was commissioner has hampered his job search. The attorney general and other agencies are investigating whether Farmer improperly used state employees and resources. Farmer served two four-year terms as commissioner. Farmer has two college degrees, is a former University of Kentucky basketball stand out and was licensed to sell insurance prior to becoming agriculture commissioner, Williams said. Williams said Farmer doesn’t have to make child-support payments in September and October because hip replacement surgery will limit Farmer’s ability to work during those months. Farmer used a walker during the September 13 hearing. bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2012/09/21/judge-rules-farmer-can-not-lower-child-support-payments-but-can-suspend-them-for-two-months
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Post by In The News on Sept 22, 2012 8:09:10 GMT -5
Richie Farmer
wkyufm.org FBI Investigating Richie Farmer's Eight Years as Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner By Kevin Willis
The FBI has opened an investigation into Richie Farmer's tenure as agriculture commissioner. Farmer's successor, James Comer, confirmed the revelation Friday. Comer says the office of Attorney General Jack Conway informed him the FBI would be contacting current agriculture commission employees who served during Farmer's eight year stint, from 2004-2011. Comer said he doesn't know exactly what aspects of Farmer's tenure are under investigation. wkyufm.org/post/fbi-investigating-richie-farmers-eight-years-kentucky-agriculture-commissioner
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Post by In The News on Sept 24, 2012 18:28:01 GMT -5
courier-journal.com Richie Farmer's home sold for $175,000 at auction Written by Mike Wynn The Franklin County home of former state Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer was auctioned off to a Clay County bank for $175,000 Monday as part of a foreclosure suit on an unpaid mortgage loan from 2004. First National Bank of Manchester — Farmer’s hometown — filed the foreclosure suit in May, claiming that more than $317,900 was owed on the loan and payments had lapsed since January. First National was the only bidder during the auction at the Franklin County Courthouse, and bank representative James Davidson said the property, valued at $250,000, will be put up for sale. Davidson also said the loan was backed by additional collateral in Clay County although he did not elaborate. Farmer and his ex-wife, Rebecca Farmer, obtained the loan to purchase the home during Farmer’s first year as agriculture commissioner. Rebecca Farmer filed for divorce in April 2011, and the marriage was dissolved in July. Rebecca Farmer’s attorney has said that the divorce agreement called on Richie Farmer to take responsibility for the mortgage payments and refinance the loan solely in his name. www.courier-journal.com/article/20120924/NEWS01/309240059/Richie-Farmer-s-home-sold-175-000-auction
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Post by Press Release on Sept 26, 2012 16:47:31 GMT -5
Joyce Ellen Bowling
Joyce Ellen Bowling selected as outstanding Kentucky educator Kentucky Department of Education Press Release
The Kentucky Department of Education and Ashland Inc. have selected 24 outstanding Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2013 Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Awards (TAA) including Clay County teacher Joyce Ellen Bowling, a teacher at Manchester Elementary. These teachers qualify to compete for the 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, which will be announced next month. All 24 teachers will be honored at a ceremony in Frankfort on October 17 in the State Capitol Building. Representatives of the Kentucky Department of Education, the Governor’s Office and Ashland’s Chairman and CEO Jim O’Brien will be present to honor the teachers and to recognize the Kentucky Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers of the Year. From that group of three finalists, the Kentucky Teacher of the Year will be named and will represent the state in the National Teacher of the Year competition. Ashland will present the 24 TAA recipients with cash awards and certificates at the awards ceremony. In addition to their cash awards, the three Kentucky Teachers of the Year also will receive custom-designed glassware commemorating their accomplishments, and all 24 educators will be honored at a special luncheon after the ceremony. The Kentucky Teacher Awards program combines the best elements of the Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Awards and the Kentucky Teacher of the Year programs. This marks the 12th year the Department of Education and Ashland have partnered to honored Kentucky educators. Judging was conducted in August by a blue-ribbon panel of veteran educators, many of whom have more than 25 years of teaching experience. Applications included information on the nominees’ teaching philosophies, teaching experiences and involvement in their respective communities, as well as letters of recommendation from peers, students, parents, administrators and others. Ashland has recognized outstanding Kentucky teachers with its Teacher Achievement Awards since 1988. Approximately $658,000 has been awarded to more than 425 teachers of grades K to 12.
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Post by ClayLive on Sept 29, 2012 9:21:13 GMT -5
greghoard.com Former Clay County man gets to meet childhood hero Posted by Greg Hoard
This is a story about friends. It is also about the bond of baseball and how deep that bond can run. This is the story of Danny Dean, whom you have never heard of, a man nearing sixty who retains the smile and spirit of a boy, and Jim O’Toole, Reds Hall of Famer, the hard throwing left-hander with a killer curve and a fastball that once hissed and spit into the catcher’s mitt. During his prime, O’Toole was well respected, but not widely acclaimed. His was a time dominated by the likes of Sandy Koufax, Whitey Ford, Don Drysdale and Bob Gibson. At the same time, Danny Dean was facing difficulties no child should. He never knew his father and his mother had taken him to Clay County, Kentucky, to live with relatives, who weren’t that interested in his upbringing or his whereabouts. He had one set of clothes: a pair of jeans, some old sneakers, a t-shirt and a black sweatshirt. His prized possession, however, was a memory, listening to Reds games on radio back in those early days when he still lived with his mother. Existing in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, Dean remained steadfast to the Reds, following them as closely as he could. His favorite player, the one he admired most among all the Reds, was Jim O’Toole. Read the entire story at: greghoard.com/2012/09/27/the-gentleman-otoole-a-story-of-friendship/
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Post by In The News on Sept 30, 2012 14:20:02 GMT -5
Doctor Kishore accepts plea deal
Dr. Kishore Jadhav of Manchester, in a plea agreement offered last week, said he produced child pornography, would pay restitution to his victims and would forfeit some of his assets. The agreement was signed by Jadhav, two of his attorneys and the assistant U.S. attorney. It awaits approval by the federal judge in the case, Gregory F. Van Tatenhove. Jadhav’s attorneys also filed a motion to amend his conditions of release, saying he would surrender his passport and post a bond until he is sentenced. Under the agreement, Jadhav would plead guilty to a charge that says he knowingly got someone younger than 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of it, and then distributed the material. www.kentucky.com/2012/09/30/2355133/doctor-accepts-plea-deal.html
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Post by In The News on Oct 4, 2012 16:15:21 GMT -5
kentucky.com EKU weather volunteer to be honored
MANCHESTER, Ky. — The National Weather Service is recognizing an Eastern Kentucky University employee who has voluntarily contributed weather data for 38 years. EKU says Robert Watts will receive an award from the weather service Thursday at the school's Manchester campus. Watts is the manager of the school's 554-acre nature preserve called Lilley Cornett Woods in Letcher County. Lilley Cornett Woods is a site for ecological and environmental research that includes 250 acres of what is known as "old-growth forest," or forest untouched by humans for 150 years. According to the school, Watts is one of 14 people nationwide receiving the same award for longtime volunteerism. It's called the John Campanius Holm Award. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2012/10/04/2359578/eku-weather-volunteer-to-be-honored.html
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Post by In The News on Oct 6, 2012 8:08:40 GMT -5
pineisland-eagle.com Former Manchester FCI inmate arrested for murder of police officer
Authorities are not releasing details about the evidence used to tie a former Manchester FCI inmate to the 1996 fatal shooting of an officer in North Carolina. Scott Vincent Sica, 36, of Coral Gable, Flordia was arrested Wednesday on a warrant and charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 5, 1996, death of Sgt. Gregory Keith Martin, from the Jonesville Police Department. He is awaiting extradition to North Carolina at the Lee County Jail. The North Carolina Special Bureau of Investigation and FBI are processing additional evidence to further the investigation. Wednesday's arrest was not Sica's first run-in with authorities. In 1999, Sica was sentenced in the Middle District of Tennessee to 57 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery and 60 months for carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence - 117 months consecutively. He originally had been charged with five counts, according to the Clerk of Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Sica also pleaded guilty to a second count of armed bank robbery in an incident in Lee County. He was again sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, with the sentence to run concurrent with the Tennessee ruling. In 2006, Sica was released from the federal facility in Manchester, Ky., where he had been incarcerated after his sentencing seven years earlier. He was transferred to a halfway house, then later released in August 2006. Martin, 30, had been with the department for three years. He left behind a wife and three children. In May 2005, the well-know television show "America's Most Wanted" spotlighted the case. It re-aired the story two times the following year. www.pineisland-eagle.com/page/content.detail/id/522527/Few-details-in-police-shooting-case.html
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Post by In The News on Oct 6, 2012 18:25:38 GMT -5
Clay County Police may get cross-jurisdictional authority
An agreement among local police agencies in southeastern Kentucky would allow more authority across jurisdictional lines. The Kentucky Attorney General's Office hasn't yet signed off on the idea. Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell told WKYT-TV in Lexington the textbook reason for the interlocal agency agreement is the city of Corbin. It lies in both Whitley and Knox counties and part of the suburbs extend into Laurel County. The sheriff of Laurel County is Rodney Van Zant, who said a crime committed right across the street is often just outside a department's jurisdiction. Rockcastle, Laurel, Knox, Whitley, and Clay counties along with Barbourville, London and Williamsburg are working on the agreement. The judge-executives in the counties have agreed to it as have the city councils. Read more www.sacbee.com/2012/10/02/4873469/police-want-cross-jurisdictional.html
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Post by In The News on Oct 9, 2012 18:12:22 GMT -5
Times-Tribune Laurel couple with businesses in Clay County targeted for drug trafficking By Becky Killian, Managing Editor
A Laurel County couple who own two Clay County pharmacies were the target of an investigation into illegal drug trafficking, according to documents filed in London’s U.S. District Court. The civil action calls for the forfeiture of property owned by Terry Tenhet and his wife, Melissa Tenhet, at 300 Blackberry Lane, London, in Hemlock Falls subdivision. According to an affidavit filed Sept. 13 by Douglas I. Dalrymple, a special agent with the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration, the Tenhets own Community Drug and Medi Center pharmacies and that “Community Drug regularly fills prescriptions for controlled pharmaceuticals from out-of-state pain clinics, and the prescriptions are filled despite indicators that customers are involved in the diversion of controlled substances.” The drug trafficking investigation began in January and resulted in a Sept. 11 search of the Tenhets’ Clay County businesses, a storage building and their London home. The affidavit states that a new client base with out-of-state prescriptions for oxycodone began using Community Drug. Those out-of-state clients were charged more for the drug than Kentucky clients. A Kentucky pharmacist who was interviewed as part of the investigation reported Community Drug charged $1,300 cash for 180 30-milligram and 120 15-milligram oxycodone pills. That pharmacist said a comparable prescription for 120 30-milligram pills should cost about $43. An employee at a Georgia pain clinic that was searched June 14 said the clinic routinely referred patients to Community Drug to fill prescriptions written at that clinic. The employee had memorized Community Drug’s phone and fax numbers, the affidavit states. Read the entire article at: thetimestribune.com/local/x1149577597/Pharmacy-owners-under-investigation
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Post by Press Release on Oct 11, 2012 22:05:22 GMT -5
Jamie Sparks
Clay County native James "Jamie" Sparks named Kentucky Emergency Management Regional Response Manager
Kentucky Emergency Management (KYEM) Director John Heltzel recently announced the selection of three new KYEM Regional Response Managers (RRM). Clay County native James "Jamie" Sparks was introduced as the new RRM for KYEM Region Six, replacing Rick Watkins who retired last month. Region Six is made up of Carroll, Gallatin, Owen, Scott, Grant, Robertson, Pendleton, Mason, Bracken, Harrison, Boone, Kenton & Campbell. Patrick Hardsety was named the RRM for KYEM Region Two, which consists of Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union and Webster counties. Hardesty replaces RRM Vicki Martin who transferred to Region Five, replacing John Bastin upon his retirement. Rick Bobo was named as the RRM for KYEM Region Four which includes Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Meade and Nelson counties. "I am very pleased to make these announcements and know each region will continue to receive the excellent support offered by their predecessors," Heltzel said. KYEM has 11 regional response offices across the Commonwealth that serve as the conduit for local and regional perspective and provides a physical presence for KYEM functions at the local level in all phases of emergency management. Each RRM serves as a direct liaison to county officials and has the responsibility to carry out the coordination of information and resources within the region between the state and regional level to ensure effective and efficient support. For additional information and contact information for the Regional Response Management office nearest you, please visit: kyem.ky.gov/teams/Pages/rrm.aspx
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