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Post by Local News on Jun 24, 2006 19:36:18 GMT -5
Miller mad over not being able to surf 'net on state timeBy Tom Loftus, The Courier-JournalState Treasurer Jonathan Miller said yesterday that the Fletcher administration's decision to block state worker access to some Web sites this week has cut his office's access to sites it needs. Miller, a Democrat, said the action by the Republican administration to limit how he can use his computer "raises serious constitutional concerns." "We face many difficult challenges in Frankfort," Miller said in a statement. "Censoring critical speech, however, will not assist us in moving the state forward." Finance and Administration Cabinet spokeswoman Jill Midkiff said the action was taken to make sure employees aren't wasting time visiting sites not related to their work. Beginning Wednesday, the administration blocked the computers of state employees from access to certain categories of Web sites, including Web logs (or blogs), entertainment, auctions, humor and sites suspected of carrying viruses. Midkiff said categories of sites were blocked, not specific sites. Attorney General Greg Stumbo and state Auditor Crit Luallen, both Democrats, have computer systems separate from the system controlled by the administration. Secretary of State Trey Grayson and Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer, both Republicans, are on the administration system and have not complained. Read the entire article at....
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Post by Local News on Jun 26, 2006 6:37:50 GMT -5
Anti-Baptist Group files lawsuit against the University of the CumberlandsBy Lee Mueller, EASTERN KENTUCKY BUREAUPrivate schools might be in jeopardy of losing millions of state dollars that go to their students, because of a lawsuit that challenges spending $10 million on a pharmacy school at the University of the Cumberlands, critics say. When the Williamsburg school expelled a student this spring because he is gay, there was a firestorm over whether the school should still be able to use public funds to construct a pharmacy school at the private, Baptist-affiliated college. A lawsuit was filed by the Kentucky Fairness Alliance, challenging the constitutionality of giving public money to a school that discriminates. However, few people have raised questions about a scholarship and grant program, created by the Kentucky legislature 34 years ago, that "is available only to private schools," said former state Sen. Benny Ray Bailey, D-Hindman. Should the courts rule against the Cumberlands, the decision could be found to apply to all of Kentucky higher education, crippling funding for some of the state's private colleges, some legislators and education leaders fear. Senate President David Williams, who is pushing for the pharmacy school in his district, and state Rep. Kathy Stein, a Democrat, agree that an adverse ruling could endanger other state funding for private schools. "He raises an excellent point," Stein said of Bailey. "I think it was brought to our attention because of David Williams' audacity in putting this (the $10 million) in the budget and daring people to challenge it." Williams, she said, "is the definition of arrogance. By doing this in the way he did, he almost demanded that the judiciary look at the situation." Williams, a Burkesville Republican, said the use of public funds for construction of the pharmacy school is constitutional. "The bottom line is, the Fairness Alliance people are interested in creating a protected class based upon sexual preference or sexual orientation," Williams said. "That's all they're interested in. They wouldn't care if they closed every school in the state down to get their way on this." Fairness Alliance spokeswoman Christina Gilgor of Lexington said: "Our issue is the singling out of gay students. We would like the Constitution to be followed across the board -- and if that affects the way private schools are funded, it does." Kentucky has given millions of dollars -- $39.5 million last year -- in public revenues as scholarships and grants to students attending private, non-profit colleges. Last year, $20.9 million in public money was given to students attending private colleges through the Kentucky Tuition Grant program. Two other programs are available for students at both public and private colleges -- the College Access Program, for financially needy undergraduates, and the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarships, available to all high school students based on merit. Read the entire article at....
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Post by Local News on Jun 27, 2006 10:09:58 GMT -5
Jefferson County Teacher's Association joins pro-homosexual, anti-Baptist lawsuitA Kentucky Teacher's Association and others are joining a lawsuit against the Governor, which asks him not to allow the use of state money for a new pharmacy school at the University of the Cumberlands. Since the University of the Cumberlands expelled a gay student after it said that student did not meet university standards several legislators and groups have criticized the school. The reason that legislators are criticizing it is because the university is receiving state funds for a planned ten million dollar pharmacy school. The Jefferson County Teacher's Association along with a Lexington minister and a Louisville minister have joined the Kentucky Fairness Alliance in their lawsuit against Governor Ernie Fletcher. The lawsuit says ten million dollars appropriated for a new pharmacy school at the University of the Cumberlands should not be used there. They feel that the school discriminated against a gay student when it expelled him in April based on his sexual preference. Some Kentucky legislators are worried this lawsuit will threatens public money used to subsidize tuition for students who need financial assistance and want to attend private universities across the state. The executive director of the Kentucky Fairness Alliance says that's not what they're going after here. "We don't have a problem with the KTE Scholarship Program! We have a problem with the ten million dollars that's being appropriated for a pharmacy school!" The university says it is going ahead with the pharmacy school. Read the entire story at....
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Post by Jim Wilson on Jul 16, 2006 8:40:06 GMT -5
How to Get Your Free Credit ReportWTVQ Channel 36 With growing concern over identity theft many people are taking the advice to get a copy of their credit report to check for inaccuracies or suspicious activity. It's a vital step to take, but make sure you're going to the right place. A "Free" credit report shouldn't cost you, but you have to be careful. Watch for hidden fees and now your free report may not offer all the financial information you're hoping to receive. To get a FREE copy of your report call 1-877-322-8228 or visit: www.annualcreditreport.comRead the entire article at....WTVQ-TV Lexington
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Post by Local News on Aug 28, 2006 20:37:22 GMT -5
London newlyweds die in plane crashSkating rink owner believed to be on boardBy Denis House, Sports Editor A newly married Laurel County couple, heading to their honeymoon early Sunday, were two of the 49 victims in a tragic airplane crash at the Bluegrass Airport in Lexington. Jon Hooker and Scarlett Parsley Hooker were married Saturday at The Headley-Whitney Museum in Lexington. At 6 a.m. Sunday morning, they boarded Comair Delta Flight 5191 enroute to Atlanta. Just seconds after the airplane took off, it crashed about a mile west of the airport at 6:07 a.m. There were 50 people aboard the plane. The lone survivor, James Polehinke, 44, the plane's first officer, was rushed to the University of Kentucky Hospital and is listed in critical condition. Hooker was a 1997 graduate of North Laurel High School, where he had an outstanding athletic career, starring in both baseball and basketball. He was a pitcher for the University of Kentucky baseball team from 1997 to 2001, and played professionally for the Chicago White Sox organization. He received a bachelor's degree from Eastern Kentucky University, and was employed as a counselor for Cumberland River Comprehensive Center. At various times he also served as a coach in the school system. Parsley was a 2000 graduate of North Laurel High School, and a 2004 graduate of Centre College, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was attending the University of Kentucky, pursuing a master's degree in communication disorders. Another London resident, Mike Finley, owner of Finley's Fun Center, is believed to have been on the plane. He was rumored to be on his way to Las Vegas on a business trip. Read the entire article at....
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Post by Local News on Sept 21, 2006 15:47:44 GMT -5
Four Clay County Elementary Schools named Pace SettersKENTUCKY CORE CONTENT TEST SCORES RELEASEDResults from the 2005-2006 accountability cycle of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) show that more than half of the state's public schools met or exceeded their individual goals, and fewer than 45 are in the assistance categories. Scores from the April 2006 administration of the Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT) and the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) and the school accountability performance judgments based on the 2005 and 2006 results were released Thursday. Non-academic data, which also is a component of school and district accountability indices, was released in May. All Clay County Elementary Schools and Clay County Middle School met their goals. Clay County High School missed their goals due to a high number of dropouts. Click here for the Herald Leader Online Searchable database"In every subject tested, at each grade level, students’ achievement levels are increasing,” said Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit. "Since CATS was fully implemented in 2000, the percentage of students scoring at the novice, or lowest, level in elementary schools has been cut in half in nearly every subject area. The percentages of novice performers at the middle and high school levels also have decreased. "Although only a handful of our schools are in need of state assistance, I am concerned about those schools that are languishing at low levels. CATS holds schools and districts accountable for progress, and some schools are not moving forward as they should.” Wilhoit noted that the Kentucky Department of Education provides targeted assistance and resources for struggling schools. “The department’s overarching goal is to help schools provide the best possible learning environment for their students,” he said. “Whether through the Highly Skilled Educators program, the Scholastic Audits and Reviews, voluntary assistance or other activities, the focus is on student learning and achievement and how to improve those.” Student performance is categorized with four levels: novice, apprentice, proficient and distinguished. The lowest percentages of novices by subject area are in science at the elementary level (7.36 percent); reading at the middle school level (7.26 percent); and writing at the high school level (14.11 percent). The highest percentages of proficient and above scores by subject area are in reading at the elementary and middle levels (69.67 and 63.06 percent, respectively) and practical living/vocational studies at the high school level (55.5 percent). There are three main performance judgment categories for schools and districts: Meets Goal, Progressing and Assistance. Those three are divided into subcategories. Schools must meet dropout rate and novice reduction requirements. The dropout rate requirements are that a school must have an average dropout rate of less than 5.3 percent over the biennium or an average rate that is at least one-half of one percent lower than its average rate of the previous biennium. The novice reduction requirements are that a school must reduce its percentage of novices so that, by 2014, it has only five percent of its students in the novice category. Schools are expected to have accountability indices of 100 (on a 140-point scale) by the year 2014. During this cycle, 44 schools (24 for the first time) have reached or exceeded 100 on their 2005-2006 combined indices. 100 and Above -- District, School and Combined Accountability Index Clay County -- Big Creek Elementary (101.9), Hacker Elementary (103.6) Pace Setter schools are the highest-scoring five percent of all schools that have reached the fourth recognition point (88) and met the dropout rate and novice reduction requirements. Sixty-three schools are Pace Setters for this accountability cycle, with indices ranging from 97.9 to 116.1. Clay County -- Big Creek Elementary, Hacker Elementary, Oneida Elementary, Paces Creek Elementary CLICK HERE for more information from the Kentucky Department of Education.
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Post by Local News on Oct 6, 2006 23:25:55 GMT -5
University of the Cumberlands drops request for suit's dismissalSuit filed by three pro-homosexual groups: the Interfaith Alliance; the Jefferson County Teachers Association, and the Kentucky Fairness AllianceBy Art Jester, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER The University of the Cumberlands has dropped its request for dismissal of a lawsuit that challenges an $11 million state appropriation to the private, church-affiliated university for a pharmacy school and pharmacy scholarships. Mark Overstreet, a Frankfort lawyer who represents the Baptist university, said the motion was withdrawn because it would have left the larger constitutional issues unresolved. Overstreet said the motion argued that the plaintiffs, which include groups interested in church-state and gay rights issues, do not have legal standing, or a "substantial interest," to bring their lawsuit because they are not directly affected by the case. Overstreet and David K. Tachau, a Louisville lawyer who represents the plaintiffs, said they plan to continue gathering evidence and building their case to ask for a summary judgment, probably late this year or in early 2007. Tachau and Overstreet said that university officials, as yet unnamed, will give depositions on Nov. 17. If neither side can get the court to issue a summary judgment, then the case could go to trial as soon as it could be scheduled. The case is currently assigned to acting Franklin Circuit Court Judge Sam McNamara, who is scheduled to serve through the end of the year. Two new Franklin Circuit Court judges will be elected in November. The plaintiffs include the Rev. Albert M. Pennybacker of Lexington, a board member representing the Interfaith Alliance; the Jefferson County Teachers Association, which opposes giving public funds to a sectarian school that has practiced discrimination based on sexual orientation; and the Kentucky Fairness Alliance, made up of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in April, arguing that the $11 million state appropriation is illegal under Kentucky's constitution. At the end of the 2006 General Assembly, state Senate President David Williams, R-Burkesville, earmarked the $11 million from coal severance tax money. He said the appropriation was justified because his part of the state needs a pharmacy school to address a shortage of pharmacists. The appropriation occurred a few weeks before University of the Cumberlands kicked out Jason Johnson, a junior from Lexington, because he stated on a Web site that he is gay. Johnson is now a student at Eastern Kentucky University. In July, 13 Republican state legislators joined the university as defendants in the case. They are: Sens. Vernie McGaha, Russell Springs; Gary Tapp, Waddy; Jack Westwood, Crescent Springs; Carroll Gibson, Leitchfield; Damon Thayer, Georgetown; Ernie Harris, Crestwood; and Dick Roeding, Lakeside Park; and Reps. Danny Ford, Mount Vernon; Joe Fischer, Fort Thomas; Mike Harmon, Junction City; Tom Kerr, Taylor Mill; Marie Rader, McKee; and Addia Wuchner, Burlington. Read the entire article at....
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Post by Local News on Dec 28, 2006 7:42:36 GMT -5
BIG HILL WELCOME CENTER HOLDS OPEN HOUSEA new welcome center that will serve Madison, Rockcastle and Jackson counties will host an open house from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday December 28. The Big Hill Welcome center -- a renovated house that was built in the 1840s and used in the Battle of Big Hill during the Civil War -- is at the top of Big Hill in the Morrill community of Jackson County on U.S. 421 where Madison, Jackson and Rockcastle counties meet. The center, which will officially be up and running in the spring, will offer tourist information about the three counties. Read the entire article at....
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Post by Local News on Jan 2, 2007 16:33:37 GMT -5
New Year, New LawsBy Raviya H. Ismail, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITERThe new year rang in some new laws for citizens of Clay County. The most prominent new law imposes a $25 fine for anyone caught not wearing a seat belt in a vehicle. That includes passengers, too. Under the new law, motorists can be pulled over and ticketed simply for not wearing seat belts, even if they have committed no other violations. In approving the law last year, the General Assembly gave Kentuckians six months to get used to it. Since July 1, motorists have been given courtesy warnings, but they will start getting fined today. "We want to save lives here in Kentucky," said Kentucky State Police Lt. Phil Crumpton. "Kentucky is among the lowest in the country when it comes to seat-belt usage." In Kentucky last year, 985 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents. Two-thirds of those killed were not wearing belts. Other changes that take effect today include: • Vehicle registration fees will go up to $21. Motorcycles will increase to $18.50, and vehicle title fees will increase to $9. • County clerk Freddie Thompson will begin collecting sales and use taxes on recreational vehicles purchased out of state but registered in Kentucky, including motorboats, manufactured homes and RVs. Vehicle taxes will be calculated from the retail price of vehicles registered for the first time in Kentucky or 6 percent of no less than 50 percent of the vehicle's book value. Read the entire article at....
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Post by Local News on Jan 16, 2007 17:23:29 GMT -5
Laurel road supervisor found shot to deathBy Greg Kocher, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITERKentucky State Police are investigating the shooting death of a former Laurel County magistrate and road supervisor. A relative found Harold Reams, 59, of London shot to death in his home on Harold Reams Road. State police received a 911 call at 12:31 a.m. yesterday. Officers did not say when the shooting was thought to have occurred. State police said last night that no arrests had been made in the shooting, which is being investigated as a homicide. Reams was a longtime figure in Laurel County politics, having served eight years as 6th District magistrate on Laurel Fiscal Court. In 1993, he was defeated in a primary race for circuit court clerk. And in 1989 and 2002, he finished second in Republican primary races for county jailer. Reams had been county road supervisor since January 2003. Last week, Laurel Fiscal Court voted not to accept Judge-Executive Lawrence Kuhl's recommendation to reappoint Reams as the county road supervisor, according to the London Sentinel-Echo newspaper. The magistrates did not give a reason why Reams was not reappointed. Reams' term as road supervisor was set to expire on Jan. 28. Under the law, a judge-executive appoints a road foreman, but the final decision rests with fiscal court. "That road department is in a lot better shape now than it was when I went in there," Reams told the London newspaper. State police Detective Mark Allen is the lead investigator in the case. State police ask that anyone with information about the shooting should call Kentucky State Police Post 11 at (606) 878-6622 or Laurel County dispatch at (606) 878-7000. Read the entire article at....
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Post by Local News on Jan 18, 2007 6:26:01 GMT -5
Child Abuse Trial DelayedA trial has been pushed back for a Southern Kentucky man accused of assaulting his girlfriend's son. 27-year-old Elmo Greer, Jr. was supposed to go to trial Tuesday but it's now been pushed back to March 29th. Greer was arrested in April of last year in Laurel county. His girlfriend says she found him in their living room with her son... who had a broken nose, cuts and bruises. Greer is charged with second degree assault and first degree criminal abuse. Read the entire story at....
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Post by Local News on Jan 30, 2007 16:15:48 GMT -5
Howard to run for appeals court judgeClay County is part of the 3rd Appellate DistrictJudge James I. “Jim” Howard of Edmonton recently announced his candidacy for the Kentucky Court of Appeals, 3rd Appellate District, Division I. Howard was originally appointed by the governor to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Judge R. W. Dyche III on Sept. 25, 2006, assuming the office on Oct. 16, 2006. He is currently serving as a special judge of the Court of Appeals. “It was the greatest honor of my life to be appointed by the governor to serve as judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals,” Howard said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the court so far, and look forward to continuing to serve, if the voters allow, for many years. I look forward to the campaign and the opportunity to meet and talk with the voters of the 3rd Appellate District. I ask for your vote and support.” Howard formally filed his candidacy Jan. 23. This seat on the Court of Appeals will be on the ballot for a nonpartisan general election on Nov. 6 to fill the remaining seven years of the original eight-year term. There will be a primary on May 22 if three or more candidates file. The 3rd Appellate District is comprised of Adair, Bell, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Estill, Garrard, Green, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Lincoln, Marion, McCreary, Metcalfe, Monroe, Nelson, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Washington, Wayne and Whitley counties. Read the entire article at....TheTimesTribune.com
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Post by Local News on Jan 31, 2007 16:37:09 GMT -5
Accused wife abuser arrested in Clay CountyDean Manning, Staff WriterLaurel County Sheriff’s Deputies served numerous arrest warrants on Vernon P. Buttery, Jr. Wednesday, including one from October 2006 for allegedly shoving his wife to the floor and then discharging a firearm in their direction during a domestic dispute. Buttery was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, third-degree terroristic threatening, and fourth-degree assault. According to the complaint, Lennea Buttery claimed that on October 1, 2006, Vernon Buttery, Jr. was under the influence of alcohol when he became upset with her and shoved her into the headboard of the couple’s bed, causing a cut on her head. He reportedly dragged her into the living room where he picked up a rifle and threatened to kill her. He then allegedly fired the rifle into the floor near the victim before beating her with it. Vernon Buttery, Jr. allegedly continued the assault, dragging Lennea Buttery to a vehicle and driving until the car become stuck. At that point, he pulled her from the vehicle and choked her until she passed out. Lennea Buttery said when she regained consciousness, she was being dragged across a field where she was held for approximately three hours, before forcing her back to the house. As the couple neared the house, Vernon Buttery, Jr. reportedly saw several officers near the house and fled the scene. Laurel County Chief Deputy Junior McKnight said officials at the Clay County Jail called the sheriff’s office to tell them that Buttery had been brought into the jail and a background check indicated that he had outstanding warrants in Laurel County. He was transported back to Laurel County and lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center where he is being held on a $100,000 fully-secured bond. He was arraigned Wednesday in Laurel District Court where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf because the charges are felonies. McKnight said two other warrants for Buttery accused him of stealing a calf, for which he is charged with theft by unlawful taking under $300. He is also charged with theft by unlwful taking over $300 for stealing a tractor. McKnight said that warrant indicates Buttery is to be held without bond. Read the entire article at....Sentinel-Echo.com
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Post by Kentucky News on Mar 13, 2007 11:02:34 GMT -5
Fire Marshal Investigating Suspicious Fires in Jackson CountyThe State Fire Marshal’s staff is investigating a rash of suspicious fires in Jackson County. In the past six days, several residences, vacant mobile homes, and a barn all have burned at various communities around Jackson County, said Assistant State Fire Marshal Richard Peddicord. “All the fires are of a suspicious nature,” Peddicord said. A State Fire Marshal investigator arrived on the scene March 6 shortly after four fire departments and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department asked for assistance in determining the origin and cause of the fires. Once investigators finish gathering data, the results will be turned over to the Richmond post of the Kentucky State Police for a possible criminal investigation. The fires have occurred in the McKee, Sandgap, Gray Hawk and Pond Creek areas. The State Fire Marshal is in the Department of Public Protection in the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet. The preceding was a press release from....
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Post by Local News on Apr 4, 2007 15:26:37 GMT -5
FOUR CCHS DEATHS ADDS TO STATE'S CHILD-DEATH RATEBy Jim Warren, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITERThe year is only a little over three months old, but 2007 already has taken a terrible toll on Kentucky kids. Since Jan. 1, youngsters have died in car crashes and ATV wrecks. They have died in fires. They have died from all manner of injuries, some of which, police charge, were intentionally inflicted. In Central Kentucky alone, four parents have been charged with murder in the deaths of their children since late February. Two separate fires in Bardstown and Rockcastle County on Feb. 6 killed seven children -- roughly a third as many children as Kentucky typically loses to fires in an entire year. Another child died in March in a Lexington fire apparently ignited by a 4-year-old brother playing with matches. Add to that the deaths of four Clay County High School students in separate traffic crashes since late October. Too many Kentucky kids die of injuries virtually every day, whether it's from fires in winter, drownings in summer, or vehicle crashes all year round. Indeed, injuries kill more youngsters in Kentucky -- and the nation -- than any disease. At least 462 Kentuckians between infancy and age 24 died of injuries in 2004, according to state figures. If you include suicides, the total rises to 536; add in homicides and it soars to 603. That's more young Kentucky lives than were taken in 2004 by heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, influenza and kidney disease combined. By far the greatest cause of fatal injuries in Kentucky's young people is traffic crashes. Sixty percent of the fatal injuries among Kentucky youngsters in 2004 were caused by vehicle crashes. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, notes that more than 7,000 Kentucky youngsters died or were injured in traffic crashes between 2000 and 2005. That's one reason, he says, that Kentucky's child-death rate, which covers deaths among youngsters ages 1 to 14, has been rising in recent years, while the national rate has been falling. Solutions, however, are cheap and readily at hand -- if we'd only put them to use, says Julia Costich, director of the Kentucky Center for Injury Prevention and Research. "A large proportion of injuries are preventable through relatively simple and inexpensive interventions like buckling up a seat belt, putting on a helmet, installing a smoke alarm, avoiding unnecessary risks," Costich said. "But it becomes a matter of what we perceive as a being a risk. The life-saving record of seat belts also is well known, and Kentucky has had a seat belt law on the books since 1994. But only a little over 66 percent of Kentuckians regularly use seat belts, according to federal estimates, the third worst record in the United States. More than 70 percent of the 985 people who died on Kentucky roads in 2005 weren't buckled up. But things could be looking up. Kentucky traffic fatalities fell by about 8 percent last year. Injury prevention experts don't know exactly why, but they think the state's upgraded seat-belt law, which for the first time allows police to stop drivers simply for not buckling up, could be a factor. Active enforcement of the law didn't begin until this year, but researchers theorize that just the threat of getting a ticket might have encouraged more people to use their seat belts in the later part of 2006, helping bring down fatalities. Surveys should be available soon to tell for sure. Authorities also have high hopes that Kentucky's graduated license law for teen drivers, which the legislature strengthened last year, will save lives. But another measure advocates also say could save children's lives this year failed once again to get through the Kentucky General Assembly. The booster seat bill would have required the specialized safety seats for children who are too big for traditional car seats but too small to safely use seat belts. It passed the state House, but was still stuck in the Senate when the legislative session ended Tuesday night. It was the fifth time the legislature has failed to pass the measure. Lawmakers did, however, approve legislation raising the speed limit on most interstates and parkways to 70 mph. Read the entire article at....
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Post by Jim Wilson on Nov 5, 2010 15:26:36 GMT -5
Got $30 Million? Want to buy your own castle?
VERSAILLES — If owner Tom Post can get the right price, the Woodford County castle will be sold. Charles Martin, general manager of CastlePost and a real estate broker, and Bill Moore, a Versailles attorney who represents Post on a pending legal matter, confirmed Thursday that the castle and its surrounding 50 acres on U.S. 60 are for sale. Read more: www.kentucky.com/2010/11/05/1510357/want-to-buy-your-own-castle-bluegrass.html#ixzz14RPWuIcd
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Post by ClayLive on Nov 16, 2010 18:22:17 GMT -5
Founder of Image Entry must pay $1 Million fine
The founder of a data-processing company that employed hundreds of people in Eastern and southern Kentucky has been fined $1 million in a federal fraud case. Bill D. Deaton, founder of Image Entry Inc., must pay the fine within 30 days, according to a court document. Deaton is in his early 60s and lives in London, according to his attorney. The Owsley County native founded Image Entry in the early 1980s. Read more: www.kentucky.com/2010/11/16/1526634/kentucky-data-processing-company.html#ixzz15UPuqqCX
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Post by Jim Wilson on Nov 25, 2010 7:05:48 GMT -5
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Post by ClayLive on Jan 12, 2011 9:43:59 GMT -5
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Promoter arrested for not paying
The professional wrestling card at the National Guard Armory in Brushfork Saturday night was real, but the promoter’s promises proved to be fake. Ernest Mack Shell, 31, of London, Ky., was arrested late Saturday night soon after the wrestlers who participated in the program billed as “Dare to Compare” learned that Shell didn’t have any money to pay them or to pay other people who worked the event.
Read the entire story at: bdtonline.com/local/x1919698386/Promoter-arrested-for-not-paying
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Post by ClayLive on Mar 2, 2011 6:17:11 GMT -5
Crash in Jackson County kills McKee man By Karla Ward, herald-leader.com
A man was killed and a woman was injured in a crash in Jackson County on Tuesday afternoon. State police said Kimberly Durham, 50, of McKee, was driving a 1987 Lincoln Town Car south on Ky. 3444 when she drove into the path of an eastbound 1996 Chevrolet Suburban at the intersection with Ky. 30 West at about 12:14 p.m. The Suburban hit the Town Car in the passenger's side door. Earl Moore, 63, of McKee, who was riding in the passenger's seat of the Town Car, was pronounced dead at the scene. Read more: www.kentucky.com/2011/03/01/1654268/crash-in-jackson-county-kills.html#ixzz1FRKQ6EE9
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Post by ClayLive on Mar 29, 2011 9:38:30 GMT -5
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Post by ClayLive on Apr 21, 2011 5:33:41 GMT -5
Williams-Farmer holds big fund-raising lead in GOP primary herald-leader.com
FRANKFORT — Republican candidate for governor David Williams and his running mate, Richie Farmer, took in $446,943 from Jan. 1 through April 15, giving their campaign for the state's highest offices more than $1.2 million for the May 17 primary election. The slate of Senate President Williams and state Agriculture Commissioner Farmer, which reported having $669,839.23 in cash on hand, easily outpaced the other two GOP slates for governor — Louisville businessman Phil Moffett with state Rep. Mike Harmon of Danville and Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw with Navy veteran Bill Vermillion of Caneyville. Read more: www.kentucky.com/2011/04/21/1714600/williams-farmer-holds-big-fund.html#ixzz1K9VeMcG8
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Post by ClayLive on May 3, 2011 17:13:56 GMT -5
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Post by Local Sports on May 3, 2011 17:16:45 GMT -5
Calipari satellite camp returning to London by Steve LeMaster, Floyd County Times
LEXINGTON - The University of Kentucky has announced the schedule for Coach John Calipari's Satellite Camps that will take place in June. The closest the Calipari Satellite Camp will come to Clay County will be the morning of June 22 at North Laurel High School in London. Calipari and his staff will travel around Kentucky teaching the game of basketball to children with a series of instructional day camps. The camps are open to boys and girls in kindergarten through sixth grades. The fee for each camp is $75 per child. The camp will also make a stop at Perry County Central High School in Hazard. To see the entire schedule for the Calipari Satellite Camps go to: floydcountytimes.com/bookmark/13063652
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Post by In The News on May 29, 2011 7:28:13 GMT -5
herald-leader.com Indictment accuses five people of funneling pills into Owsley County By Bill Estep
Five people took part in a conspiracy to funnel thousands of pain pills into Owsley County from Florida, a federal grand jury has charged. Marvin Reed, Jason Reed, Thomas Little, Kristi Rae Davis and Donald W. Terry face up to 20 years in prison if convicted, or 30 years if they have a prior felony, according to the indictment. The court file shows that three local elected officials submitted letters, using their office letterhead, in support of Marvin Reed's request to be released on bond: Judge-Executive Ronnie DeBord, Magistrate Jesse Bishop Jr., and county Clerk Sid Gabbard. Read the entire article at: www.kentucky.com/2011/05/28/1755477/indictment-accuses-five-people.html#ixzz1Nf4wkNQG
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