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Associated Press Tim Maggard, director of instructional technology for Hardin County schools, points to a reference in a textbook Aug. 8 being used that still lists Pluto as a full-fledged planet. Maggard is developing virtual textbooks that could help Kentucky bring its textbooks up to date at little or no cost during a time when there is no funding for new materials.
Kentucky spending little to none on new textbooks
ELIZABETHTOWN — Tim Maggard imagines that someday when a teacher tells students to take out their books and turn to Chapter 3, they will flick on an electronic device rather than haul out an outdat...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man hit by train, air-lifted to hospital
MADISONVILLE, — A western Kentucky man was flown to a hospital after being hit by a train. Madisonville police said 32-year-old Matthew Edwards was on the railroad tracks Sunday morning as a CS...
Aug 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man charged after buried remains found
HAZARD — Police say the husband of a missing woman has been charged with murder after investigators unearthed remains on his property. Kentucky State Police said in a statement on Monday that tr...
Aug 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Gen. Dwight Eisenhower (left) salutes during a review of the 101st Airborne Division in France on March 14, 1945.
Storied 101st marks 70th anniversary
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After months of grueling road marches through the north Georgia mountains, a group of elite paratroopers had to put their training to the test in a trial by fire. They leapt from...
Aug 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beshear chief of staff Haydon dies
FRANKFORT — The office of Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said Sunday that chief of staff Mike Haydon has died at the age of 62. Spokeswoman Kerri Richardson said the cause of death has not been con...
Aug 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pedestrian killed along eastern state highway
HAZARD — Authorities said a Perry County pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle along a highway in eastern Kentucky. Kentucky State Police said 57-year-old Thomas Wesley Hall of Hazard ...
Aug 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man dies in fire at Louisville residential hotel
LOUISVILLE — Authorities in Louisville say a 44-year-old man has died in a hotel fire. Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Jack Arnold tells The Courier-Journal that officials believe Robert Joseph ...
Aug 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chinese school hopes to grow in Lexington
LEXINGTON — Having moved into roomier facilities, the Lexington Chinese School wants to become better known for its role in teaching Chinese language and culture. The Lexington Herald-Leader rep...
Aug 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Barrels wait to be filled with bourbon in 2009 at the Woodford Reserve distillery in Versailles. A new distillery is in the works in Newport, which will become the seventh stop along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
New bourbon distillery planned
NEWPORT — A bourbon micro-distillery in the works in Newport will become the seventh stop along the state’s Kentucky Bourbon Trail — and the only one in northern Kentucky. CEO Mollie Lewis says ...
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Woman gets 2 years for goddaughter’s death
LEXINGTON — A Lexington woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for running over and killing her 12-year-old goddaughter. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that 48-year-old Jullie Bel...
Aug 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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