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New panel reviews teacher effectiveness
FRANKFORT — Five Kentucky teachers told a newly formed advisory panel Friday that student achievement should be part of teacher evaluations in the future, but factors besides test scores should be ...
Jul 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Delta shuts down Comair
CINCINNATI — Delta Air Lines is shutting down its shrunken, 35-year-old regional carrier Comair at the end of September as it switches to bigger jets and it is sending termination notices to its 1,...
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Attorney pushes to open juvenile records
LOUISIVLLE — The Jefferson County attorney says he will promote a plan to open some juvenile court proceedings to the public. Mike O’Connell told The Courier-Journal that Kentucky “is way behind...
Jul 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man challenges hate crime law in attack
LOUISVILLE — An eastern Kentucky man charged with a federal hate crime in an attack on a gay man is challenging the law, which is being used in this case for the first time to prosecute someone for...
Jul 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway hugs Karen Shay on Thursday in Lexington, as they promote a new statewide billboard campaign aimed at curtailing prescription drug abuse. Shay's 19-year-old daughter, Sarah, died as a result of a prescription pill overdose in 2006.
Mothers speak against pill abuse
LEXINGTON — Two Kentucky mothers touched by the tragedy of prescription drug abuse are the faces of a new statewide billboard campaign driving home the dangers of popping pills outside a doctor’s c...
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Police ID remains found in burned vehicle
TOPMOST — Kentucky State Police say two sets of human remains have been identified after troopers were called to the site of a burned vehicle at an abandoned mine in eastern Kentucky. A statemen...
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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UofL plans academic center for athletes
LOUISVILLE — The University of Louisville has announced plans for a new $8 million academic center for its athletes. The school said Tuesday that fundraising is just getting under way, and Maker...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Anti-drug youth camp begins Tuesday
WILLIAMSBURG — More than 200 youths from 26 counties in eastern and southern Kentucky are attending an anti-drug camp this week at the University of the Cumberlands. The camp is offered by Opera...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Six die in weekly traffic, none in cars
FRANKFORT — A review of last week’s traffic fatalities across the commonwealth shows none of the victims were in cars. Kentucky State Police said six people were killed in traffic July 16-22. ...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Social worker sentenced to five years in prison
FRANKFORT — Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says a former social worker has been sentenced to five years in prison for falsifying reports on child abuse and neglect. A statement from Conwa...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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