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Today's News

  • Indictments tied to ice storm thefts

    Two men have been charged with taking generators that were providing emergency power to telephones during the ice storm that struck the county in late January.

    Phillip Despain, 30, of White City Road, Hodgenville, and Chad Heath, 31, of Oak Hill Road, Sonora, were each indicted on one count of theft by unlawful taking over $300 and complicity; and receiving stolen property and complicity.

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  • Cross country season begins today

    Running cross country is a grueling and demanding sport. Imagine yourself running five kilometers or 3.1 miles flat out, as hard as you can run. Not many people want to try it.

    LaRue County High School cross country coach Josh Henderson has assembled a team with a few seasoned athletes and several newcomers this season.

    Seniors Ryan Durbin, who competed at State last year, Truman Padgett and Alex Wood are expected to provide leadership. Also returning is junior Spencer Reed.

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  • Personnel changes

    On Aug. 17, the LaRue County School Board heard the following recommendations for personnel:

    Accepted voluntary transfer of: Bonnie Brown as literacy assistant at ALES to highly structured classroom instructional assistant at ALES.

    Accepted recommendation for employment of:

    •Lucille Buckley as preschool teacher for Even Start

    •Paul Richardson as technology resource technician at LaRue County Middle School

    •Rhonda Benningfield as food service temporary substitute at LCMS

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  • Try these tips for homemade salsa

    The type of tomato you use often affects the quality of salsas. Paste tomatoes, such as Roma, have firmer flesh and produce thicker salsas than large slicing tomatoes, although both types make good salsas. Salsa can be thickened by adding tomato paste.

    Use only high quality tomatoes for canning salsa or any other tomato product. Poor quality or overripe tomatoes will yield a very poor salsa and may spoil.

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  • Kim Whitley retires from Boston School

    Landmark News Service

    Kim Whitley has stepped down from her seven-year tenure as principal at Boston School. Lori Indalecio, a former counselor and assistant principal elsewhere in the Nelson County School District, has been named interim principal.

    Whitley announced her retirement after a 31-year career in education, including seven years in Nelson, five years in LaRue County and 19 years in Meade County.

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  • Meeting on National Register designation is Thursday

    Don’t forget Thursday’s meeting about National Register designation for more downtown locations. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Museum Community Room and is open to property owners who have received letters from the Heritage Council and to the public. This is an informational meeting about the meaning of historic designation to the property owner and to the city and other property owners. Main Street is hosting the meeting at the request of the Kentucky Heritage Council.

    New board members

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  • Middle School Football Schedule

    Sept. 1 Away    Taylor County TBA

    Sept. 8 Away     Russell County TBA

    Sept. 15 Home    Adair County  TBA

    Sept. 22 Away    Campbellsville TBA

    Sept. 29 Home     Green County TBA

    Oct. 13 Home    Hart County TBA

    Oct. 20 TBA    CKMSAC Playoffs

    Oct. 24 TBA    CKMSAC Super Bowl

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  • Bourbon City Speedway Go Kart results

    BLUE LITE

    First-#21 Kevin Lee

    Second-#23 Carter Bergen

    Third-#64 Matt Henon

    Fourth-#4 Lucas Chaudoin

    Fifth-#UR8UP Theresa Bellah

    Sixth-#3 Douglas Disselkamp

    Seventh-#615 Brandon Lytle

    Eighth-#21R Ray Copely

    Ninth-#66 Tanner Wimsett

    10th-#32 Kevin Bennet

    11th-#65 Jeff Riley

     

    JR. PURPLE

    First-#12 Trenton Collins

    Second-#1 Clay Rhiney

    Third-#21 Hannah Kneisler

    Fourth-#44 Korey Cochran

    Fifth-#M80 Matt Underwood

     

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  • Hodgenville class celebrates 55th reunion

    The Hodgenville Class of 1954 celebrated their 55th class reunion Aug. 1 at Abe’s Country Cooking in Hodgenville. 

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  • KET's Lincoln special wins three regional Emmys

    KET’s “Lincoln: ‘I, Too, Am a Kentuckian,’” a Kentucky Life special following Lincoln from his birth in a log cabin on the Kentucky frontier to the White House, was awarded three regional Emmy Awards by the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

    Producers Joy Flynn and Marsha Hellard won Emmys in the Historical Documentary category for the program. Videographer Matthew Grimm won in the Photography category, and Brent Abshear and Chuck Burgess received Emmys in the Audio category.

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