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Today's News

  • Mint promises cents by Friday

    Have you seen the new cabin penny?

    If you attended the Feb. 12 unveiling ceremony in Hodgenville, you may have purchased a roll of the coins that honor Abraham Lincoln on his 200th birthday. If you did, you now own a piece of history.

    If you didn’t make the ceremony, you may have been wondering if you would ever see one of the elusive coins. Many of the rolls made their way into collectors’ hands where they are now fetching a pretty penny on eBay and other online auction sites.

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  • One charged, one flees in traffic stop

    Officers arrested one man and are searching for a second person who fled from a routine traffic stop Feb. 28.

    Hodgenville officer Donald Jewell signaled for a vehicle to pull over at IGA Express on Greensburg Street that evening, said Lt. Steve Johnson. Constable Tim Ford arrived to provide backup.

    The officers requested driver Jeremy L. Butler, 27, of Elizabethtown and his passenger to exit the vehicle. The passenger “took off running and dropped what appeared to be a rock of cocaine,” Johnson said.

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  • One charged, one flees in traffic stop

    Officers arrested one man and are searching for a second person who fled from a routine traffic stop Feb. 28.

    Hodgenville officer Donald Jewell signaled for a vehicle to pull over at IGA Express on Greensburg Street that evening, said Lt. Steve Johnson. Constable Tim Ford arrived to provide backup.

    The officers requested driver Jeremy L. Butler, 27, of Elizabethtown and his passenger to exit the vehicle. The passenger “took off running and dropped what appeared to be a rock of cocaine,” Johnson said.

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  • One charged, one flees in traffic stop

    Officers arrested one man and are searching for a second person who fled from a routine traffic stop Feb. 28.

    Hodgenville officer Donald Jewell signaled for a vehicle to pull over at IGA Express on Greensburg Street that evening, said Lt. Steve Johnson. Constable Tim Ford arrived to provide backup.

    The officers requested driver Jeremy L. Butler, 27, of Elizabethtown and his passenger to exit the vehicle. The passenger “took off running and dropped what appeared to be a rock of cocaine,” Johnson said.

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  • Being Christ like is our best ambition

    We have an effect on one another, good or bad. “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17). We sharpen or dull one another. Our influence in another’s life is positive or negative and either building up or tearing down.

    The disciples are an example of how Jesus rubbed off on them. “They acknowledged them as men who had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13). Paul said, “Follow my example as I follow Christ” (I Corinthians 11:1).

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  • Stimulus package won’t meet expectations

    Kentucky will receive about $3 billion for health care, education and road construction over the next two years, according to a news release from Gov. Steve Beshear.

    The $787 billion federal stimulus bill, called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will direct $924 million to education in the state, $421 million for road and bridge construction and about $990 million for Medicaid.

    The state should receive about $120 million to address revenue shortfalls expected in the next two fiscal years.

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  • Mid-March deadline for Sonora Elementary bids

    Hardin County Schools are seeking bids for the sale of the former Sonora Elementary School building. Potential buyers have until 2 p.m. March 16 to make a bid, said Gary Milby, associate superintendent for finance and construction.

    An advertisement soliciting bids has been published and an open house was held Wednesday for interested buyers to look at the property.

    The building was declared surplus property by the Kentucky Department of Education, Milby said. Sonora and Upton elementaries were replaced with Creekside Elementary School in 2005.

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  • Vincent, Bandurske to cover high school sports

    The LaRue County Herald News’ spring sport coverage for LaRue County High School programs will be shared by two new correspondents – Lanny Vincent and Mark Bandurske.

    Vincent, who lives in Buffalo, holds a master of science degree from Eastern Kentucky University and is a former employee of the Ford Motor Company.

    He will be covering Lady Hawks softball and varsity track.

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  • Storm lesson: Underground utilities should be considered

    The ice storm and its extended aftermath of damage left us all with stories to tell.

    For generations to come, Jan. 27, 2009, will be a milestone day for LaRue Countians as we compare every future act of nature with the inconvenience, damage, discomfort and tragedies associated with the storm.

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  • Time to sit in the dark and ponder

    Some things I thought about while sitting in the dark after the ice storm.

    •Flashlights and kerosene heaters are wonderful inventions. Having new batteries and fresh kerosene is even better.

    •I had forgotten just how quiet the night can be.

    •You don’t miss television as much as you might expect.

    •I’m glad the neighbors have a generator to keep them warm. I just wish it didn’t sound like they were mowing their lawn all night.

    •Reading by the light of a kerosene heater feels so Lincolnesque.

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