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  • MLK State Commission seeks nominations for Citizenship Award

    The Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission is accepting nominations for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Citizenship Award.

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  • Family activities are focus of event

    Nelson County resident Dennis Gray doesn’t think there are enough family activities locally, so he decided to organize one. Gray will present the Bardstown Rock-n-Rides Festival Oct. 28-Nov. 1 at Nelson County Fairgrounds. Events will include carnival rides, a haunted house, and live music every night, with nationally known talent as well as local groups scheduled, Gray said.

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  • School board approves FFA trip

    A Future Farmers of America trip to the national convention in Indianapolis made a last-minute appearance on the LaRue County School Board meeting agenda Monday night.

    Superintendent Sam Sanders said a concerned parent who wasn’t completely comfortable with their child riding to the convention on a Greyhound bus contacted him.

    Sanders said he “didn’t know anything about a Greyhound bus,” and when a search was done to find details of the approved field trip, he said there “was no record of the request.”

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  • Sale of Buffalo School is pending

    The sale of Buffalo Elementary School to a Lexington company which renovates historic structures was approved Thursday at a special meeting of the LaRue County School Board. 

    AU Development LLC was the sole bidder and offered $60,000, the minimum price listed in the district's request for bids. The company plans to convert the structure into an elderly housing center.

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  • Clayton Homes to close

    CMH Manufacturing Inc., better known as the Clayton Homes, notified its work force Wednesday morning of the plant’s closing.

    Employees were given a letter from plant general manager Pete Janatello that said: “With worsening economic conditions and declining home orders, it has become necessary to idle our manufacturing facility in Hodgenville, KY. It is with much regret and deliberation that we are unable to continue production.’”

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  • Bardstown plant to close in spring

    By Jenny Blandford

    Landmark News Service

    Intertec Systems in Bardstown will close its doors in late spring as part of a restructuring plan caused by a decreasing demand in the automotive industry.

    “This is part of a corporate restructuring Johnson Controls announced on Sept. 3,” Johnson Controls spokeswoman Debbie Lacey said. “We are doing business in a challenging automotive industry.”

    Employees were notified Tuesday the plant would close.

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  • Restoration begins on replica cabin at Lincoln's Boyhood Home

    Restoration work started this week on the replica cabin at Lincoln’s Boyhood Home Cabin, Knob Creek Farm near Athertonville.

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  • Candidates file for fall election

    Nine people are vying for seats on Hodgenville City Council.

    All six incumbents, Otis Smith, Wally Sparks, Eudell Stearman, Jim Phelps, Rita Williams and Kenny Devore, filed for office with the LaRue County Clerk’s office. They are challenged by Mitchell Key, Tom Rossi and Bonni L. Clark.

    City council representatives are elected every two years.

    School board

    Two incumbent school board members face challenges this fall. A third, Denny Duggins, chose not to run for re-election in District 1.

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  • LaRue County band earns distinguished ranking

    LaRue County finished third in Class AAA and third overall in the Twin Lakes Marching Band Classic held Saturday at Grayson County High school.

    The Band of Hawks’ final score was 80.84, which earned a distinguished rating. The score was less than two points off the score of Muhlenberg North, which was named grand champion. Taylor County finished second in the field of 13.

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  • Band of Hawks have late date Saturday

    The LaRue County marching band drew the final time Saturday for the State Marching Band Contest's West Regional.

    The Band of Hawks are scheduled to take the field at 9:30 p.m. CDT Saturday at Warren East High School. The Class AAA West contest features 13 bands. The Class AAAA contest is being held earlier in the day at the same site.

    Awards are set to be announced at 10 p.m. following an exhibition by Campbellsville University's band.

    The regionals are qualifiers for next week's championships sponsored by the Kentucky Music Educators Association.

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