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  • Assault charge dismissed in alleged ‘car attack’

    A Hodgenville woman, accused of assaulting a rival last April, will not be required to spend additional time in jail.

    Tonya D. Bell, 34, got into an argument with another woman over a man in a parking lot in Ovesen Heights, according to police reports. 

    Officers said Bell drove her car into the side of the victim’s vehicle and also struck the victim with the car.

    Bell fled the scene in her car  and allegedly forced another vehicle off the road.

    The LaRue County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

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  • Magnolia family wins $2,600 gas card

    2008 was not the greatest year for Kelly Calhoun and her family.

    First, came the death of her husband’s grandmother in January and the ensuing funeral costs.

    Then, her husband Marty was injured in an explosion at work. He suffered second degree burns over 30 percent of his body. He’s unable to work at this time and is experiencing post traumatic stress syndrome.

    Their pet cat Whiskers, a rescue animal, died after being neutered.

    Most recently, their electricity went out and they had to clean out a large freezer of meat.

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  • Master Cattlemen classes begin Tuesday

    Registration is under way for what may be the final year of the popular Kentucky Heartland Master Cattlemen program. The classes, which start Tuesday, Jan.

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  • Receipts down for LaRue County government

    The sluggish state of Kentucky’s economy was evident in County Clerk Linda Carter’s budget that she presented Tuesday to LaRue County Fiscal Court at the courthouse in Hodgenville.

    “Receipts are down noticeably from prior years, but expenditures in the budget are similar,” said Tommy Turner, county judge-executive.

    Carter offered an example to the magistrates reflecting the downturn.

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  • Receipts down for LaRue County government

    The sluggish state of Kentucky’s economy was evident in County Clerk Linda Carter’s budget that she presented Tuesday to LaRue County Fiscal Court at the courthouse in Hodgenville.

    “Receipts are down noticeably from prior years, but expenditures in the budget are similar,” said Tommy Turner, county judge-executive.

    Carter offered an example to the magistrates reflecting the downturn.

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  • Receipts down for LaRue County government

    The sluggish state of Kentucky’s economy was evident in County Clerk Linda Carter’s budget that she presented Tuesday to LaRue County Fiscal Court at the courthouse in Hodgenville.

    “Receipts are down noticeably from prior years, but expenditures in the budget are similar,” said Tommy Turner, county judge-executive.

    Carter offered an example to the magistrates reflecting the downturn.

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  • State police head to inauguration

    A detective and two troopers from Kentucky State Police Post 4 joined more than three dozen KSP representatives participating in a presidential Inauguration detail in Washington, D.C.

    “I’m pretty excited,” Trooper Sam Shacklette said. “It’s quite an honor to be chosen to represent the post and the state at such an historic event.”

    Shacklette was unsure of the exact duties he and other troopers will be assigned, but he expects them to be rooted in crowd control and security.

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  • ECTC to host inauguration party

    A free inauguration party is planned in Elizabethtown – complete with a cardboard cutout of the president-elect. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is hosting an International Inaugural Café from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday in Room 112 in the Administration Building.

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  • Gibson chosen as Senate majority whip

    State Sen. Carroll Gibson, R-Leitchfield, unanimously was re-elected Senate majority whip by the Republican Senate Caucus last week. The majority whip is the chief vote counter in the caucus and provides the caucus’s position, on key issues, to the senate president and other members of leadership.

    Gibson also has been appointed to serve as the senate co-chair on the Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee.

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  • $310,000 ticket sold here

    The Jr. Food Store on Greensburg Street, Hodgenville, sold a winning ticket Jan. 6 on 3 Line Lotto. The lucky winner picked the six numbers, 4, 5, 18, 19, 34 and 38, winning a jackpot of $310,000.

    The store receives 1 percent of the payout, according to Jennifer Cunningham, spokeswoman for the Kentucky Lottery.

    The winner did not wish to be identified.

    The odds of picking all six numbers is 1:3,262,623, according to the Kentucky Lottery Web site.

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