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 LaRue County school bus #111 was out of commission Thursday afternoon when its turbo-charged diesel engine leaked oil and blew plumes of black smoke out the exhaust. The driver pulled in the parking lot of South Fork Baptist Church. Another bus was sent to transport the 50-or-so children home. It was feared the bus was on fire and Buffalo and Magnolia fire departments were dispatched to the scene. Nathan Wheeler, who works in the bus garage, said there was about a 10-minute delay on the bus route.

 Two wrecks near Sonora on Saturday left six dead and five injured.

 Ibrahim Fetic, 47, of Troy, Mich., was driving a 2012 Kenworth tractor-trailer northbound on Interstate 65 when his vehicle struck a 1999 Ford Expedition in front of him at about 11:13 a.m. near mile marker 83 near Sonora, according to Norman Chaffins, Kentucky State Police Post 4 spokesman.

Six people in the SUV were killed after the SUV caught fire. They were identified as residents of Marion, Wis., traveling home after a trip to Orlando, Fla., Chaffins said.

 After spending nearly 15 years taking care of them, John Harris is no longer in charge of the animals at the Taylor County Animal Shelter.

Last week, magistrates voted at a special Taylor County Fiscal Court meeting to transfer Harris, who was also the county’s appointed head animal control officer, to the County Road Department.