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Post by In The News on Jan 6, 2013 14:41:27 GMT -5
Robert Stivers and Regina Crawford married
State Sen. Robert Stivers and Regina Crawford were married “in a private family ceremony” on Friday, according to a news release from the Senate majority caucus offices on Wednesday. Stivers, 51, a Manchester Republican, was recently picked by his colleagues in the Senate majority caucus to be the next Senate president. He is expected to be formally elected to the post on Tuesday after the 2013 General Assembly convenes. Crawford, 50, is a field representative on the staff of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. The marriage license filed with the Franklin County clerk lists her home as Frankfort. blogs.courier-journal.com/politics/2013/01/02/sen-stivers-married-last-week
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Post by In The News on Jan 7, 2013 22:48:22 GMT -5
Health agencies in Rockcastle, Jackson, Clay, Harlan to lose 14 employees Posted by Ivy Brashear
Environmental and food-safety inspections will be reduced by layoffs in four counties served by the Cumberland Valley District Health Department because of changes in the state Medicaid program, Nola Sizemore of the Harlan Daily Enterprise reports. Health departments in Harlan, Rockcastle, Clay and Jackson counties will lose a total of 14 employees later this month. Health Department Interim Director Lynett Renner told Sizemore said the layoffs, along with furlough days, are a result of decreased funding and the "advent of managed care organizations" in November 2011. The agency has almost $1 million in outstanding accounts because payments from those organizations have been slow to come in. "Also, one of the things that affected the health departments tremendously is we’re the only provider in the state required to pay a Medicaid match, which means for every service we provide for a client who has Medicaid, we have to pay the state back 20 percent and that recently increased to 28 percent," Renner said. Renner told Sizemore that environmental services and restaurant health inspections would be most affected, adding that public health is often taken for granted by the local community. "So much is done behind the scenes to ensure the health and safety of every citizens," she told Sizemore. "My fear is they're reducing the ability of the public health infrastructure to be able to maintain that level of service that provides protection." Read more kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2013/01/health-departments-in-rockcastle.html
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Post by In The News on Jan 14, 2013 22:06:26 GMT -5
Check Day Line Outside the Post Office, Manchester, Clay County, KY 1977
dailyyonder.com Speak Your Piece: Why Regions Fail By Jason Bailey
A recent news column attacked abuses of disability programs in Appalachia, even though SSI payments have been shown to improve outcomes for poor children. Others have rightly jumped on Nicholas Kristof’s December column in the New York Times criticizing the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for children with disabilities. Kristof uses stories of families in Breathitt County, Kentucky, to suggest widespread abuse of the program, including cases where parents have kept their children from learning to read in order to maintain a monthly check. Accusations of systematic abuse of SSI for children have arisen before, and the Government Accountability Office and other investigators have examined and discredited the claim. Getting SSI is in fact difficult, child participation in the program is not mushrooming and 98.6 percent of kids under age 12 in SSI are enrolled in school. SSI is a big help to families paying the extra costs associated with raising a child with disabilities, and a growing body of research shows that poor kids in families receiving an income boost tend to do better in school and work and to have higher earnings as adults. The problem with poverty diagnoses like Kristof’s is that they look narrowly at strategies to treat the poor themselves while ignoring the larger historical and economic context in which those families live. He doesn’t dig deeper to ask why there are so many hardships and so few jobs in a place like Eastern Kentucky. www.dailyyonder.com/speak-your-piece-why-regions-fail/2013/01/08/5574
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Post by In The News on Jan 17, 2013 20:51:32 GMT -5
Chris Piazza, his sister and father, Donald Klinge on a vacation at Lake Michigan.
Does the punishment fit the crime? Greenwood father imprisoned at Manchester FCI for dealing firearms without a license
Editor’s Note: In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy in December, gun control debate is once again at the forefront. Just days after the tragedy, a Greenwood man was imprisoned for dealing firearms without a license. Below is an account by his son, Christopher Piazza.
By Christopher Piazza
On Dec.18, 2012, an upstanding Greenwood father turned himself into a Federal Prison Camp in Manchester, Ky. Days later he spent his 53rd birthday and Christmas behind bars. Next year he will do the same. His 13-year-old daughter, for whom he a primary caretaker, is 284 miles away. It started on Oct. 27, 2005 when Klinge was driving through Greenwood on his way home from the Children’s Museum with his daughter and her friends. A Greenwood Police Officer pulled him over claiming that there was a speeding reported, and proceeded to search his vehicle and confiscate a gun that was stored in the back from a recent gun show. The officer told Klinge that he or the A.T.F. would be back the next day to arrest Klinge for carrying an illegal weapon (OA93 Pistol). Klinge, a gun expert, strongly disagreed. The officer took the gun and towed Klinge’s truck due to a lost registration. The next day, a local gun shop owner (whom the officer consulted) informed Klinge that the officer supposedly shot the weapon full-auto. Klinge claimed that impossible – that it was brand-new and unfired; he immediately reached out to Olympic Arms and spoke with a master gunsmith who confirmed that it was impossible for the gun to fire full-auto. The gunsmith called the officer, which led to the officer calling Klinge and asking him to pick up the weapon. Klinge refused to do so without his attorney. After that call, Klinge’s attorney spent 3 months trying to retrieve the gun; he was told it was “in a lab being tested.” In March of 2006, Klinge was surprised by a warrant for his arrest. The brand-new unfired gun was supposedly altered, shooting in a full-auto, and in poor mechanical condition due to erratic firing. In late 2006, Klinge’s attorney demanded a return of the gun, the charges dropped, and Klinge’s record expunged. GPD agreed to this, but the gun was never returned. Klinge proceeded to file a lawsuit against the officer, for the gun and violation of his rights. Judge Larry J. McKinney dismissed the lawsuit. Over the next 2 years, Klinge continued to deal gun parts and accessories at gun shows, most times working for and with law enforcement. At his own table he occasionally bought and sold guns in order to grow his collection – working towards his goal of using his personal collection as collateral to open a boutique gun shop. He had sold his successful Greenwood business many years ago to pursue his passion. Meanwhile, A.T.F. was sending undercover agents to his table in attempts to get Klinge to participate in certain illegal transactions; Klinge never succumbed to such requests and refused to transact with undercover agents on multiple occasions. In his dealings, Klinge actually went above and beyond legal requirements. None of his sales have been linked to a crime and he was never given fair warning by A.T.F. regarding licensing concerns, as is customary. On Dec.10, 2008, the A.T.F. executed a search warrant on Klinge’s home. During the search, a small bag of prescription and non-prescription steroids was found – all of it 10-12 years old and long ago expired. Klinge claimed the non-prescription steroids were left by a disgruntled friend many years ago. Rodriguez handcuffed Klinge for possession. Klinge’s life savings, in the form of his personal gun collection that started at 12-yrs-old (almost 190 guns valuing over $200k), was confiscated. Left literally penniless, over the next 4 years he struggled to support himself and his daughter – he lost his vehicle and would lose his home. 4 years later, Klinge gave up. Facing inflated charges and not having resources to fight them, he pled guilty and gave up his life savings in reasonable hope of not receiving time. On Oct. 30, 2012, despite numerous letters from respectable Greenwood and Indianapolis citizens (including a pro-temp judge), despite this being a first offense, and despite Klinge’s parental responsibilities, Judge Larry J. McKinney sentenced Klinge to 1 year and 8 months in federal prison, plus 3 years probation. Including the demeaning probation, Klinge will have paid with 9 years of his life and his life savings. He will be a felon in perpetuity, making it nearly impossible to find good employment, especially for a middle-aged man with Scheuermann’s disease (a debilitating spinal disorder). Does the punishment fit the alleged crime? www.ss-times.com/2013/01/16/firearms-felony
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Post by In The News on Jan 19, 2013 14:11:45 GMT -5
Paul Barth
courier-journal.com Manchester FCI inmate has home sold to repay fraud
After more than three years, much of the money that convicted embezzler Paul Barth took from the WHAS Crusade for Children and used for family vacations and personal taxes is being returned for its original purpose — helping improve care for the community’s children. About $130,411 from the sale of Barth’s Regency Woods home will be turned over to the government this week to cover part of what Barth owes the charity and the McMahan Fire Protection District, where he had served as chief, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. That payment is about $68,000 shy of the amount Barth was ordered to pay after pleading guilty earlier this year to 15 counts of fraud and money laundering, admitting to taking money intended for the Crusade and using it for his personal benefit. In November, U.S. District Judge John Heyburn sentenced Barth to serve 41 months in federal prison and to pay $190,000 in restitution to the Crusade and $8,277 to McMahan Fire. Some of the shortage could be covered by $66,198 more from the sale of the Regency Woods home that is being deposited in a court account, pending the outcome of an insurance company claim, according to David Hale, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. Barth began serving his sentence, which will be followed by three years of supervised release, on Dec. 20. He is in the Federal Correctional Institution in Manchester, Ky. www.courier-journal.com/article/20130116/NEWS01/301160092/Crusade-Children-embezzler-Paul-Barth-makes-payment-toward-restitution
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Post by In The News on Jan 19, 2013 14:16:07 GMT -5
Gladys Webb
sentinel-echo.com Manchester Woman Captured After Making Laurel County Most Wanted By Nita Johnson, Staff Writer
The Laurel County Sheriff’s Most Wanted list has been whittled a bit thinner following the arrests of two of the five wanted persons. Gladys Webb, 64, 221 Third St. in Manchester, turned herself in to the sheriff’s office on Tuesday morning after hearing that she was a wanted suspect in illegal drug trafficking. Sgt. E.R. Rudder placed Webb under arrest and she was taken to the Laurel County Detention Center but was released Wednesday afternoon on a $10,000 fully secured bond. Brenda Garland, 66, who lists an address of 63 Camer Drive in Gray, was arrested by Laurel County Sheriff’s Detective Jason Back and Detective Brad Mitchell around 1 p.m. Wednesday. She was wanted on charges of second-degree and third-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. She is held in the Laurel County Detention Center under a $10,000 cash bond. Three other persons wanted are David Lee Clark, Erma McGraw and Johna Gail Gilbert. All three are wanted for trafficking in a controlled substance and were part of the wanted persons sought during the sheriff’s drug roundup in November of last year. www.sentinel-echo.com/crime/x964874891/Two-Most-Wanted-captured
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Post by In The News on Jan 25, 2013 11:55:59 GMT -5
Commonwealth Journal Somerset may sue Kentucky ABC to get Liquor World into city By Chris Harris
Mayor Eddie Girdler is optimistic that the city can resolve its alcohol store problem the easy way. The hard way, however, is also on the table. Girdler confirmed that a potential lawsuit was one option the city is looking at in order to obtain liquor stores better suited to the vision Somerset officials had when the city went "wet" back in June. In fact, the city will be doing both -- though they still hope to work things out more diplomatically. Girdler told the Commonwealth Journal on Thursday that city officials would both send a letter to the Kentucky Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) requesting additional package liquor retailers and file motions with Pulaski Circuit Court as a sort of back-up plan given the ticking clock looming over the situation. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the Kentucky ABC had selected five businesses to fill the allotted quota Retail Liquor Package licenses for stores to sell distilled spirits and wine (as opposed to beer, which is already sold at an unlimited number of local retailers). Among them were two national drug store chains -- Rite-Aid and Walgreens -- and three smaller-scale businesses: Apple's Wine and Spirits, First Stop Party Supply and Package Store, and Wildcat Beer, Wine, and Spirits. Passed up was Liquor World, a high-volume liquor retailer with stores in Richmond and Manchester, which had plans to invest $5 million in a renovation of the North Plaza shopping center, which would also likely include a national chain restaurant. It was that kind of economic investment that Girdler was hoping for and believed that the state would grant the city -- but it didn't happen. Now Girdler is seeking to lobby the state to allow Somerset more than the five liquor store licenses the state allotted. A sobering discovery was made: Somerset would lose out on a projected $150,000 a year in alcohol fees based on the state's decisions regarding the licenses. Girdler and Liquor World CEO Wesley Morgan have both mentioned that store's recent lawsuit against Kentucky ABC regarding the way licenses were distributed in nearby Corbin -- where Liquor World was also seeking to open a store and was denied -- and how that case may factor into the state's decision not to grant them a license in Somerset either. It's the kind of merchandise volume that Girdler says he's looking for in asking for additional stores, considering that three of the five awardees offered the least economic impact of all 17 quota license applicants, according to the city's research. Girdler made it clear that the city is not asking the state to replace the licensees that were selected, but to add to that number. That said, the city has not issued any Retail Liquor Package licenses yet to finish off the process, and won't until the situation is resolved, according to Girdler. Girdler said the purpose of filing the motions would be for a circuit court judge to take a look at the circumstances and indicate whether or not the city has recourse to take action against the state in order increase alcohol sales revenue.
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Post by In The News on Jan 26, 2013 6:19:48 GMT -5
sentinel-echo.com London couple that operated Clay County pharmacies set for federal trial By Nita Johnson, Staff Writer
A London couple who allegedly sold prescription drugs illegally through their Clay County pharmacies are scheduled for a trial in U.S. District Court in March. Charles Terry Tenhet, 61, and his wife, Melissa Tenhet, 49, are set for trial on March 4 in London on charges they filled out-of-state prescriptions at higher prices than were normally charged, changed prescriptions in order to distribute Oxycodone, and consorted with known drug dealers to provide drugs without a prescription. The Tenhets, who reside in London but owned and operated two pharmacies in Clay County, were arrested last January and were subject to potential forfeiture of property last fall. Their home in Hemlock Falls Subdivision and personal property were considered to have been profits from their alleged illegal transactions by distributing prescription pills illegally. The setup of the operation was through both Tenhet pharmacies — Community Drug and Medi Center — in which Community Drug was the center of filling prescriptions for out-of-state clients of a Georgia pain clinic. Evidence indicates many of the clinic’s clients were referred to Community Drug and that the out-of-state clients were required to pay cash and were charged excessively higher prices than Kentucky ones. One Kentucky pharmacist said Community Drug charged $1,300 cash for 180 Oxycodone pills of 30 milligrams and 120 of 15-milligram Oxycodone. The pharmacist compared the price of 120 of the 30-milligram pills as being around $43. On Sept. 11, 2012, the Tenhets’ home at 300 Blackberry Lane was searched. Records from Community Drug and vehicles registered to it were seized as well nearly $450,000 in cash. www.sentinel-echo.com/crime/x503828266/London-couple-set-for-federal-trial
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Post by In The News on Feb 2, 2013 9:31:16 GMT -5
sentinel-echo.com Manchester woman arrested for shoplifting, meth possession By Magen McCrarey, Staff Writer
An irate Kroger customer was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 22 by the London Police Department when Kroger Loss Prevention discovered she was shoplifting. Kelly J. Hoskins, 33, of 3966 Hwy. 472 in Manchester, Ky. concealed stolen merchandise in her purse from the grocery store. When Loss Prevention confronted her, she began to fight with store personnel. Hoskins was arrested and charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance, first offense. Upon the arrival of police a search was performed and a white powdery substance was located within her purse. Officers then used a “field test kit” and positively identified the substance as methamphetamine. www.sentinel-echo.com/crime/x2056597437/Manchester-woman-arrested-for-shoplifting-meth-possession
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Post by In The News on Feb 3, 2013 16:51:56 GMT -5
Dr. Tracy Ragland
Courier-Journal Filling the medical care gap: Despite shortage, physicians still must be involved
Written by Dr. Tracy Ragland [/i] The looming physician shortage facing Kentucky is a huge concern to the 3,800 physician members of the Greater Louisville Medical Society. It is unacceptable that some patients have to wait long periods or travel many miles to receive care because practitioners are either unavailable or limited in number in a particular community, a problem that will only exacerbate as our population ages and health reform laws are fully implemented. In this legislative session and beyond, we plan to work with legislators and others to improve easy access to high-quality, affordable health care for all Kentuckians. But, as we consider potential solutions to this challenge, patient health and safety must remain the top priority. To attempt to solve the problem, some nursing leaders have suggested that Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) are prepared to function independently as complete physician substitutes. By the same token, two national APRN organizations recently merged and announced their intent to bring primary care firmly into the realm of independent nursing practice without physician collaboration or consultation. At one of the most challenging points in our state’s history, this is not the time to risk patient health and safety by cutting standards for the education and training of our designated chief health care practitioners. All Kentuckians, whether they live in urban areas like Louisville or rural areas like Clay County, deserve to have physicians involved in their health care decisions. Consistently, polls indicate that patients want both physicians and nurses working together to care for them. By continuing to develop the collaborative model of health care while simultaneously encouraging more young people to put forth the extra effort it takes to become a physician, we can solve the access to care problem and provide a high-quality, welcoming, safe and affordable practice environment for everyone. Read the entire article at: www.courier-journal.com/article/20130203/OPINION04/301280112/Filling-medical-care-gap-Dr-Tracy-Ragland-Despite-shortage-physicians-still-must-involved
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Post by In The News on Feb 6, 2013 5:06:42 GMT -5
dailymail.com Xinergy sells Clay County thermal coal operations
Xinergy of Knoxville, Tenn., said it has completed the sale of its Straight Creek and Red Bird thermal coal mining operations in Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox and Leslie counties in Kentucky to affiliates of JW Resources Inc. for $47.2 million. Matt Goldfarb, Xinergy's chief executive officer, said, "This divestiture furthers our efforts to position Xinergy's asset portfolio towards a greater mix of premium quality, mid-vol metallurgical coal production." Thermal or steam coal is used to produce electricity. Metallurgical coal, which commands a higher price, is used to produce steel. Xinergy owns or leases several properties in West Virginia, including the Raven Crest mining complex in Boone County, the adjacent Brier Creek property in Boone and Kanawha counties, and South Fork Coal in Greenbrier County, which Xinergy calls its "crown jewel" asset. www.dailymail.com/Business/201302050189
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Post by In The News on Feb 9, 2013 7:01:45 GMT -5
sentinel-echo Roark arrested on Clay County bench warrant in Laurel County By Nita Johnson, Staff Writer
A routine traffic stop sent a driver and a passenger to the Laurel County Detention Center on Saturday afternoon. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Scott conducted a routine traffic stop on a vehicle traveling along Hal Rogers Parkway, three miles east of London, around 4:18 p.m. In that incident, 40-year-old Kristen Roark of Ed Holland Road in Essie, Ky., was charged on a Clay County bench warrant for alcohol intoxication in a public place. Her passenger, 33-year-old Josh D. Roark of Aspin Lane in Roark, Ky., was charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon after Scott discovered a pistol on him. Josh Roark reportedly did not have a permit to possess a concealed weapon. www.sentinel-echo.com/crime/x2056606947/Traffic-stop-nets-two-arrests
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Post by In The News on Feb 9, 2013 7:02:11 GMT -5
WLTX-TV (Columbia, SC) Crimestoppers Tip Leads to Clay County Inmate
A Kentucky man wanted on drug charges has been found in Lexington County. Phillip McBride was being held on manufacturing methamphetamine, and other criminal misconduct in Clay County, Kentucky, when he disappeared. Kentucky police had reason to believe McBride was headed to Lexington County. Acting on a Crimestoppers tip, the Lexington Sheriff’s Department, SLED, and U.S. Marshalls set up surveillance in the area he was believed to be hiding. A task force officer drove by the area in an unmarked car and spotted McBride in an area along Pelion Road in Gaston. When officers approached McBride, they say he attempted to escape by assaulting a SLED agent. McBride was arrested a few moments later and was taken to the Lexington County Jail, where he awaits court proceedings. www.drivebusinesssales.com/2013/02/crimestoppers-tip-leads-to-kentucky-inmate
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Post by In The News on Feb 12, 2013 22:23:50 GMT -5
wtvq.com Elam arrested in Ohio after robbery in Clay County
On Sunday, February 10, 2013 at approximately 10:49 a.m., the Kentucky State Police received a report of an Armed Robbery at Sharps Grocery on KY 11 North of Manchester in Clay County. Upon arrival Detective Jeff Senters determined that a white male entered the store and brandished a fire arm while demanding money. The male then fled the store, with an undisclosed amount of cash, and went to a silver Chevrolet passenger car that was waiting nearby. Upon further investigation Detective Senters was able to identify the main perpetrator as Michael J. Elam, 36, of South Lebanon, OH along with a juvenile who drove the get-away car and a third male identified as Beck Callahan, Jr., 24, of Manchester. Detective Senters secured warrants of arrest for all three subjects. Michael J. Elam was arrested by the Montgomery County Ohio Sheriff’s Office, on unrelated charges, and then charged with Robbery 1st and Wanton Endangerment in connection with the Robbery in Clay County, KY. Beck Callahan, Jr. was arrested by Detective Senters on the charge of Complicity to Commit Robbery and lodged in the Clay County Detention Center. The juvenile was also taken into custody, charged with Complicity to Commit Robbery, and lodged at a juvenile detention center. Detective Senters is in charge of the investigation and was assisted by officers of the Kentucky State Police and the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. www.wtvq.com/content/localnews/story/Robbery-Arrests/hDCzHk9eHU2MhYQkFYOi6g.cspx
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Post by In The News on Feb 22, 2013 5:06:37 GMT -5
Hazard Herald Manchester woman indicted in Perry County by Amelia Holliday
A Perry County grand jury has indicted Stacy E. Sizemore, 28, of Manchester, who allegedly took her infant child into Mountain After Hours Clinic while under the influence of alcohol and other intoxicating substances on Sept. 6, 2012. Police found Sizemore to be in possession of hydrocodone, a schedule III controlled substance, and drug paraphernalia. Sizemore is facing one count of first-degree wanton endangerment, one count of second-degree possession of a controlled substance, one count of public intoxication, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $20,000. Read more: www.hazard-herald.com/view/full_story/21765958/article-Woman-charged-with-theft-of-nursing-home-funds
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Post by In The News on Feb 22, 2013 5:07:38 GMT -5
The Hanging By Rich Schapiro
The body of William Sparkman Jr., a 51-year-old census worker, was found in 2009 in an isolated cemetery in the Appalachian region of Kentucky. He hung naked from a tree, hands bound, the word FED scrawled in black marker across his chest. Sparkman's death briefly made headlines: to some, it seemed to implicate our polarized politics; to others, a region long known for its insularity. And then the case disappeared from the national view. Here is the story of what really happened to Bill Sparkman, a complex man whom few people truly knew. ATLANTIC MAGAZINE - March 2013www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/03/the-hanging/309210
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Post by In The News on Mar 1, 2013 17:57:58 GMT -5
herald-leader.com Tornado survivors, one year later By Jim Warren
Saturday will be a day of both joy and sorrow. That afternoon — just two days after at least 11 tornadoes had struck various parts of Kentucky — a powerful weather front unleashed the state's deadliest wave of twisters in 38 years. Scattered tornadoes raged across a wide swath, from Henderson County in Western Kentucky to Kenton County in Northern Kentucky, extending south almost to Tennessee, and reaching east to West Virginia. The storms directly or indirectly caused 25 deaths in six counties and millions of dollars in damage. Only the tornadoes of April 1974, which caused 77 deaths, had more fatalities. According to state figures, more than 670 homes were destroyed and more than 4,500 were damaged. Those figures didn't include damage to businesses and governmental properties. Over the past year, government agencies have pumped millions of dollars in relief and assistance into communities affected by the storms. According to state estimates, that includes $8.3 million in housing assistance, $2 million in other forms of assistance, $11.6 million in Small Business Administration loans, $500,000 in SBA business loans, and $16.8 million obligated by the Federal Emergency Management Administration for government repair or replacement projects. But even as buildings are being restored, residents who lost their loved ones, or who saw everything they owned destroyed, are trying to rebuild their lives. Some, like Cassie Gray of Manchester, continue to ask "why?" Gray lost a daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Sherman Dewayne Allen, when a tornado destroyed their mobile home in East Bernstadt. Gray's grandson, Eric Allen, who also was in the trailer, was seriously injured, as was his then-fiance, Amy Harris. "Debbie was the one I counted on, because my other daughters live farther away," Gray, 71, said last week. "She was always there, her and Dewayne both. I know we're not to question God. But why he took them both ... I don't know." Read the entire story: www.kentucky.com/2013/03/01/2537950/tornado-survivors-one-year-later.html
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Post by In The News on Mar 9, 2013 7:35:20 GMT -5
Harlan Daily Enterprise District Board of Health addresses finances, staffing at Manchester meeting by Joe P. Asher, Staff Writer
The Cumberland Valley Health District may be getting some financial relief. During a district board meeting in Manchester on Thursday, Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Stephanie Mayfield announced a large payment for delinquent bills is imminent. Mayfield said checks have been issued from the state finance cabinet to Kentucky Spirit and the respective health departments for payments owed from November 2011 through February. Mayfield was asked if the full amount of the delinquency, approximately $532,000, would be received. A board member pointed out they should not forget about the remaining $24,000 owed. Cumberland Valley Health District Lynette Renner addressed recent employee furloughs. According to Renner, furloughs cannot be ended at this time. A board member stated many employees were dissatisfied with the furloughs. Renner said the furloughs were necessary to retain as many jobs as possible. According to Renner, these issues will not go away overnight. The board did not address the possibility of Harlan County pulling out of the district. Read more: www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/21925722/article-District-Board-of-Health-addresses-finances--staffing
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Post by In The News on Mar 12, 2013 16:42:30 GMT -5
lex18.com Missing Clay County Man Found Dead
Rescue crews found a Clay County man missing in the Daniel Boone National Forest dead Monday night. Forestry Rangers and firefighters found Earl Smith, 49, around 8:30 p.m. Relatives say Smith went out on a four-wheeler Saturday morning and never came back. Officials say Smith was found pinned underneath the four-wheeler, not far from his home. The coroner listed the preliminary cause of death as blunt force trauma. www.lex18.com/news/missing-clay-county-man-found-dead
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Post by In The News on Mar 14, 2013 19:56:12 GMT -5
Kishore Kumar Jadhav
Times-Tribune New date April 25 in federal court for man charged with making child porn By Jeff Noble
The sentencing for a Manchester doctor who admitted he produced child pornography last year has been postponed until next month. Dr. Kishore Kumar Jadhav was to be sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in London, but the sentencing was postponed. That’s because Jadhav’s attorney, R. Burl McCoy, is scheduled to be out of state handling another legal matter Thursday. In addition, the government’s prosecutor, Jason Denney, also has a conflicting obligation Thursday. Instead, the sentencing will be at 11 a.m. April 25 at the federal courthouse in London. Jadhav, 50, lives in London but practices medicine in Manchester. According to a plea agreement filed Sept. 27, Jadhav admitted to producing pornography involving a 14-year-old Laurel County girl. During a re-arraignment last September, Jadhav pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography as part of a plea agreement that calls for the dismissal of three other counts of the same charge. When he pleaded guilty, Jadhav admitted he visited a Laurel County girl March 14, 2012, at her home. Court documents said Jadhav told the girl he would pay her to participate in a “medical study involving female sexual stimulation.” After having the girl write personal information on a piece of paper and answer several medical questions, Jadhav asked the girl to disrobe and perform a sex act, which she did. Jadhav also touched the girl. According to court documents, Jadhav recorded three video clips of the acts with his cell phone. He paid the girl $300 and told her not to tell anyone about the study. On April 3, federal law enforcement officials searched Jadhav and his office and found video clips involving the girl as well as sexually-explicit clips involving other minors. Jadhav was arrested by federal authorities April 20, and remains in federal custody. He was indicted in May for producing child pornography. The FBI and Kentucky State Police conducted the investigation preceding the indictment. Jadhav could face a sentence of 15-30 years, a fine of up to $250,000 and suspended release for at least five years. The plea agreement also calls for him to pay restitution to his victims, as well as forfeit assets including certain equipment from Kishore Internal Medicine, about $9,980 and a 2009 Cadillac CTS-V automobile. Once he’s released from prison, Jadhav will have to register as a sex offender. thetimestribune.com/x2016923666/Doctor-s-sentencing-postponed
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Post by In The News on Mar 19, 2013 17:22:44 GMT -5
EKU budget cuts to include Manchester Campus By Tom Martin
A day after announcing three finalists to succeed the retiring Doug Whitlock as president, Eastern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents held a special meeting to determine what the institution’s future leadership will find upon arrival, including budget reallocation and cuts, a voluntary buyout program and staff layoffs. The plan announced following the meeting sets a goal of reallocating 10 percent ($23 million) of the University’s operating budget for the support of strategic initiatives. To address the staffing reductions such a plan will require, the Regents also unanimously approved a Staff Voluntary Buyout Program (VBP), Staff Reduction in Force Program (Staff RIF) and an Enhanced Retirement Transition Program (ERTP) for Faculty. All programs become effective Wednesday, March 20. EKU has about 2,100 full-time faculty and staff on its main campus in Richmond as well as regional campuses in Corbin, Danville, Manchester and Somerset. A statement said the programs will assist the University in addressing budgetary constraints due to declining state appropriations and potential budget reductions in the forthcoming fiscal years. Developed and recommended by the University’s Strategic Budget Reallocation Task Force, the programs provide an opportunity to adjust the University’s financial and human resources to meet the University’s Strategic Plan goals and state mandates for recruiting, retention, and growth of the University. bizlex.com/2013/03/eku-board-in-special-meeting-on-budget-reallocations-job-cuts
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Post by In The News on Mar 23, 2013 8:25:58 GMT -5
sentinel-echo.com Gray indicted in Laurel County
Billy Gray, 28, also known as Billie Gray, of 519 Lost Fork Road in Manchester, was indicted in Laurel County for two counts of theft by unlawful taking over $500 and being a first-degree persistent felony offender. Gray is accused of taking a guitar from another person on Aug. 5 and again on Sept. 16. Gray has prior felony convictions in Laurel County in 2005 for theft by unlawful taking and received a five-year sentence. In 2012, he was convicted of attempted manufacturing of methamphetamine in Clay County and received a five-year sentence. An indictment is an accusation only and does not imply guilt or innocence. www.sentinel-echo.com/crime/x2000918045/Man-indicted-for-working-without-a-license
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Post by In The News on Mar 25, 2013 16:29:49 GMT -5
Times-Tribune Bio-fuel company eyeing building owned by multi-county authority of Whitley, Knox, Bell, Clay and McCreary counties By Jeff Noble, Staff Writer
Patriot Bioenergy Corporation is getting specific about a site for their plant in the Tri-County — specifically a spec building and location at the Southeast Kentucky Regional Business Park in Corbin. The company is looking at the Corbin site to build an integrated energy facility that would convert sugar beets called “energy beets” into fuel. Patriot already has more than 20 acres of energy beets growing throughout Whitley County, which are being used to test growing conditions. That is because the original site Patriot looked at near Willamsburg — after much effort and consideration — doesn’t have the infrastructure and highway access they were looking for, according to Patriot CEO Roger Ford. The Corbin site is near the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company’s facility in the Southeast Kentucky Regional Business Park, located just off the Corbin Bypass (KY 3041) within the Corbin city limits in Knox County. According to the site data sheet, the site is owned by the Southeast Kentucky Regional Industrial Development Authority, Inc., governed by a multi-county authority of Whitley, Knox, Bell, Clay and McCreary counties. The price per acre was listed at $20,000.
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Post by In The News on Mar 26, 2013 19:45:40 GMT -5
cato.org Obama Health Care pays $8000 per vote By Michael F. Cannon
The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard writes: The 61-page online Obamacare draft application for health care includes asking if the applicant wants to register to vote, raising the specter that pro-Obama groups being tapped to help Americans sign up for the program will also steer them to register with the Democratic Party.
That may strike some as unseemly. After all, people go to jail for buying votes. But the real problem here is that ObamaCare is paying too much. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the average subsidy ObamaCare offers for private health insurance will rise from $5,500 next year to more than $8,000 in 2023. But according to the Washington Post: The price of one bona fide, registered American vote varies from place to place. But it is rarely more than a tank of gas.
Indeed, as a rising furor over voter fraud has prodded some states to mount extensive efforts against illegal voters, election-fraud cases more often involve citizens who sell their votes, usually remarkably cheaply. In West Virginia over the past decade, the cost was as low as $10. Last year in West Memphis, Ark., a statehouse candidate used $2 half-pints of vodka. At the high end, corrupt candidates in Clay County, Ky., once paid $100. But that was probably too much: It attracted one woman who already had sold her vote. The man who bought it first was outraged, and he beat up the man who bought it second. ObamaCare overpays for everything. www.cato.org/blog/heres-free-health-care-would-you-care-vote
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Post by In The News on Mar 26, 2013 19:46:38 GMT -5
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Post by In The News on Mar 29, 2013 13:00:40 GMT -5
A proud sailor and a pretty soldier were married in January 1945 as Dave Abner and Rozella Littlefield teamed up for love and life.
The Morehead News Lest we forget: Dave Abner, World War II veteran [/b] By Keith Kappes, Publisher
When Tom Brokaw used “The Greatest Generation” to describe America’s World War II veterans in his books, he was referring to men like the late Dave Abner of Morehead. We had planned to feature that proud Navy veteran in the first of a series of articles about the men and women who served in World War II and are living today in Rowan County. But fate intervened and Dave left us just a few days before this story was to run in The Morehead News. However, in the spirit of the project, we are writing about Dave’s life today as a means of introducing the series to our readers. We at the newspaper believe that Dave personified the veterans of that war who saved the world from Hitler and Hirohito. The humble circumstances of his life began in a one-room school in Clay County where he was responsible for building and maintaining a fire in the pot-bellied stove, all for the grand wage of five cents a day. To get to high school, he walked three miles to Oneida Baptist Institute on Sundays and three miles back home on Fridays. Read the entire article at: themoreheadnews.com/local/x1340800801/Lest-we-forget-Dave-Abner-World-War-II-veteran
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Post by In The News on Apr 4, 2013 17:01:56 GMT -5
Clay County Middle School student, Gabrielle Brown sits at a small round table, discussing cell mitosis and diffusion with Tennessee “Teacher of the Year” Tina Woods at Vanderbilt children’s hospital.
Manchester girl to be featured on 'Calls for Kids' telecast on April 13
Gabrielle Brown, now 15 years old, and her mother, Dee Henson, have stayed more than 300 days in the Nashville Ronald McDonald House as Gabby battles cancer and their stories will be told during the 23rd annual “Calls for Kids” Telecast fundraiser on Saturday, April 13. Gabby battled cancer in 2011 and returned to the House for chemotherapy treatments after she relapsed in 2012. Gabby and her mom are from Manchester, Ky. The House is hosting the event, which will highlight RMHC of Nashville families – like Brianna Martin, the twins’ mother, and Marsi and Chris Shelton, Katelyn’s parents – and community organizations that support the charity. According to a news release issued by RMHC of Nashville, the Telecast will be broadcast live from 7 to 10 p.m. on WKRN, Nashville’s News 2. It will also be streamed live on the WKRN website. The Telecast will be hosted by Nashville’s News 2 personalities Neil Orne, Lisa Patton, Samantha Fisher and Justin Bruce. Proceeds from the Telecast support the 32-bedroom Ronald McDonald House and the Ronald McDonald Family Room, located on the fifth floor of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the release said. The funds make it possible for RMHC of Nashville to serve all families, regardless of their ability to pay anything to stay, the release said. “Our annual ‘Calls for Kids’ Telecast aims to raise funds and include the Greater Nashville community in the experience of the programs of RMHC of Nashville,” Elizabeth Piercy, RMHC of Nashville executive director, stated in the release. “This year, we hope to gain more recognition and attention through the touching stories of all our families.” During the Telecast, local celebrities, community leaders and volunteers field phone calls from donors. Contributions can be made during the event by calling 615-322-7900 or 866-766-9933 or online at: www.rmhcnashville.comDonations prior to the event include becoming a “Minute-Match” Sponsor by matching one to 25 minutes of the Telecast with donations of $1,000 per minute. Those unable to view the Telecast may make a donation by calling, visiting www.rmhcnashville.com or mailing the donation to 2144 Fairfax Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212. The evening features interviews with families who have stayed at the House while their child received treatment at Nashville-area hospitals and a tour of the House and Family Room. The 23rd annual “Calls for Kids” Telecast sponsors are: Bridgestone Americas Trust, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, VF Imagewear, Alpha Delta Pi Nashville Alumnae, Baptist Healing Trust, Modern Babies and Children Magazine, Hippie Radio 94.5, Comcast and WKRN Nashville’s News 2. Community supporters for the Telecast include: Alpha Delta Pi Nashville Alumnae, Cumberland Valley Quilters, Earl Swensson & Associates, The Jordan Hackett Foundation, Schneider Electric – Square D Foundation, The Sleeping Bear Lodge, Taziki’s Mediterranean Café, Tennessee Department of Transportation and the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation of Women. The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville is to “keep families close” by providing essential resources and a “home away from home” for families of critically ill children receiving inpatient or outpatient medical care at Nashville-area hospitals. The Ronald McDonald House has served more than 11,700 families from throughout the country and around the world since it opened in 1991, and the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has provided services to 270,000 individuals since it opened in 2004. For more information about Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville, please visit: www.rmhcnashville.comwww.theleafchronicle.com/article/20130403/NEWS01/304030027/-Calls-Kids-telecast-April-13
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Post by In The News on Apr 5, 2013 19:02:52 GMT -5
sentinel-echo.com Manchester woman arrested for public intoxication By Magen McCrarey
On Saturday, March 20, at 5:02 p.m., London Police officers received a complaint for a possible intoxicated driver on Hal Rogers Parkway. Tabitha G. Lovins, 26, of 697 Gregory Branch Road, Manchester, was arrested and charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), first offense; public intoxication of a controlled substance, and third-degree possession of a controlled substance. Officer Jacob Bormann located Lovins' vehicle and noticed she was slumped over and unresponsive. He was able to wake her and, soon after, arrested her for public intoxication. During a search, Officer Bormann located a clear bag in a pocket containing 32 pills, which were later identified by Poison Control as being Xanax. In addition, another clear bag was found inside the passenger seat of the vehicle containing a white crystal substance. The substance was field tested positive for methamphetamine. According to police, Lovins told Officer Bormann the baggie in the vehicle was hers. Assisting Officer Bormann was Officer Jordan Hopkins. www.sentinel-echo.com/crime/x2055657555/Manchester-woman-arrested-for-public-intoxication
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Post by In The News on Apr 13, 2013 11:14:30 GMT -5
thetimestribune.com Woman arrested on Clay County warrant
A Laurel County woman was arrested on a Clay County warrant Thursday. Laurel County Sheriff John Root said Detective Jason Back arrested Catherine J. Evans, 21, of London, on Blackwater Church Road. The warrant charges operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. She was jailed in the Laurel County Correctional Center. thetimestribune.com/local/x237744490/Police-Roundup-April-12-2013
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Post by In The News on Apr 13, 2013 11:15:30 GMT -5
Harlan Daily Enterprise Engineers promote profession to students
Joseph Mosley and Erika Smith are problem solvers. That is the key focus of their careers in engineering at the Kentucky Department for Transportation. And last week, they shared information about their jobs, education and career opportunities, and available scholarship information with Harlan County High School juniors and seniors interested in similar careers. Mosley, a graduate of Cawood High School, and Smith, a graduate of Clay County High School, met with potential engineering students in the high school auditorium, sharing detailed information with the students to encourage them to pursue their career dreams. Students also learned about summer employment and scholarship opportunities provided through their agency. A composite score of 24 is required to be eligible to apply for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Civil engineering scholarship, with a 2.5 grade point average necessary to retain it through college. nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=1457F7246A06BA60&p_docnum=1
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