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New bill would let counties decide constables’ duties
FRANKFORT — State senators have backed off a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the office of county constable, opting instead to allow fiscal courts to decide their responsibilities and ...
Feb 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Little girl freed from toy machine LEXINGTON — A toddler has been rescued from inside a game machine at a Lexington coin laundry. WKYT-TV reported Caitlin Campbell was playing with other chil...
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Houston’s funeral scheduled Saturday
NEWARK, N.J. — Whitney Houston’s funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rathe...
Feb 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Program aims to help students
LEXINGTON — A new program at the University of Kentucky aims to help first-generation college students meet challenges and stay in school. The First Generation Initiatives was spawned from a pro...
Feb 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Holmes High School English teacher Angela Turnick performs a rap song as she walks on desks in her 10th grade classroom during a visit by Ron Clark in Covington in January. Clark is a nationally known teacher and author who has made a name for himself by raising school test scores through creative methods.
Unique methods helps students at Holmes
COVINGTON — Angie Turnick was teaching her sophomore English students about the elements of making an argument. Rather than lecture, she opted to turn on the boom box, jump on the tables and dance ...
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Boomers hit the books
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Susan Boase never aspired to be an administrative assistant, but she was still devastated when she was laid off from her job at a drug and alcohol treatment center two years ago....
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Work on Wolf Creek dam ‘on schedule’
SOMERSET — Federal officials say repair work on a massive south-central Kentucky dam is “on schedule” to be completed by the end of next year. David Hendrix, who is the repair project manager fo...
Feb 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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McDonald’s strip-search hoax turned into movie
LOUISVILLE — The perverse tale of blind obedience to authority first unfolded eight years ago in a McDonald’s restaurant in Mount Washington, Ky., just south of Louisville, when an 18-year-old empl...
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House approves task force to rewrite state’s juvenile code
FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers in the House on Friday approved a measure to create a task force to rewrite the state’s juvenile code. Sponsor Rep. John Tilley told The Courier-Journal the goal i...
Feb 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lawmakers look to hike speed on US 68 HOPKINSVILLE — Two lawmakers from southwestern Kentucky want to raise the speed limit on U.S. 68 to 60 mph. Reps. John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville, and Myron ...
Feb 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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