May 18, 2013
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Art gallery opens in Elkhorn City
ELKHORN CITY — An eastern Kentucky native is hoping to use his love of art to help his hometown. Elkhorn resident Trent Hylton told the Appalachian News-Express that he hopes opening an art gall...
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Journey joins Illinois State Fair music lineup
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The rock band Journey has been added to the lineup for the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Journey is scheduled to play on the fair’s Grandstand stage Aug. 18. Tickets go...
Mar 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mentoring helps ‘Little Panthers’ learn
LUDLOW — Bob Lucas said student Jenna Lillard has been showing significant gains academically as the year has progressed. “She’s improving in all areas,” said Lucas, the third grader’s teacher a...
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Budget sets out $12 million increase for Amtrak
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — One area of state government that’s not facing cuts under Illinois’s worst-ever budget is its support for passenger rail service. Gov. Pat Quinn is seeking to increase spendi...
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Lawmaker aims to ban the sale of lion meat
CHICAGO — A state lawmaker is pushing legislation that would ban the sale of lion meat and the slaughter of the animals in Illinois, saying he knows of at least two places where he believes the mea...
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St. Peters man dedicates life to helping dads
ST. LOUIS — Halbert Sullivan knows about being a distant, uninvolved father — he was once one himself. Now, the suburban St. Louis man helps other men become better dads. Sullivan recently won n...
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Judge attempts simultaneous trials
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge tried something unprecedented — overseeing two unrelated trials at the same time. A missing witness foiled the experiment of Criminal Court Judge W. Mark Ward ...
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Support growing for new special-needs playground
VINE GROVE — A community in central Kentucky has gotten behind a young girl’s request for special-needs equipment at a local park so that she can play with her friend. Since 9-year-old Rachel Ri...
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Police chief’s polygraph targets racist applicants
COOPERTOWN, Tenn. — A police chief hired to rebuild a tiny Tennessee department dismantled by scandal is using a lie-detector test to keep racists off his force. Coopertown Police Chief Shane Su...
Mar 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ex-school leader got unapproved benefits
LOUISVILLE — A former superintendent of a struggling Kentucky school district pocketed nearly $224,000 in benefits and payments that weren’t authorized by the local school board during an eight-yea...
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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