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Today's News

  • Faith in the face of tragedy

    People come and go in our lives. For better or worse, some paths cross for only a short time. Others seem to intersect frequently despite relocations, job changes, marriages and the passage of time.

    I have known Tammy Nischan since she was a child. She says our wedding was the first she remembers and talks about how romantic she thought it all was. Years later, we attended her December wedding and gushed over the poinsettia decorations. Our oldest daughter was influenced by it and when it came time for her to wed, she set the date in the Christmas season.

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  • LaRue County deals with storm aftermath, power outages

    LaRue County remains under a state of emergency because of extensive power outages. Judge-Executive Tommy Turner issued the declaration Tuesday morning.

    Power is on throughout most of the Hodgenville business district although Pamida remained dark Wednesday evening. All of Magnolia, Upton, Sonora and much of Buffalo also are without power.

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  • Lady Hawks to retire two jerseys

    Friday night, before the Lady Hawks’ home basketball game, the LaRue County girls’ basketball program will retire two former players’ numbers.

    Jerseys 15 and 42 will be retired in honor of Verda Dunn-Hacker, Class of 1981, and Lisa Phillips, Class of 1990.

    The jerseys will hang in the gym lobby along with the only other Lady Hawk jersey to be retired – Tammy Shelton, number 32, Class of 2005.

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  • Don’t you love the miracles of technology?

    In the era of instant messaging, e-mail, the World Wide Web and the iPhone, we’ve become a nation connected and intertwined in ways our grandparents never imagined.

    In spite of all this technology, however, it seems that old friends and family slip through the cracks of our busy lives. While we stay involved in personal pursuits, time flies as fast as information on our favorite dot com.

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  • Getting organized for the business ahead

    The General Assembly convened on Jan. 6 for a 30-day session. Our first week was spent “organizing,” that is, each chamber chose their leadership teams and committee assignments were distributed. I was honored to be reelected majority whip especially since with the changes in the House of Representatives, I am the only voice for western Kentucky in the leadership of either chamber. The majority whip is charged with counting the votes on the bills presented and providing the caucus’s position on key issues to the senate president.

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  • Central Hardin defeats Hawks

    Falling behind 9-0 at the outset, LaRue County's boys' basketball team lost Friday for only the third time this season. The Hawks dropped a 53-44 decision at Central Hardin.

    LaRue was scoreless until 2:35 left in the first quarter but managed to pull within three at 11-8 by the quarter's end. The same margin existed at halftime at Central led 25-22.

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  • Lady Hawks break Hart’s winning streak

    The LaRue County Lady Hawks accomplished something Friday night that had not been done since Travis Wootton has been coach, nor since most of the current players were in grade school – beat the Hart County Lady Raiders.

    It has been 12 games since the Lady Hawks have beaten the Lady Raiders. LaRue’s ladies last defeated Hart Dec. 12, 2003, in overtime, 66-60.

    It didn’t take an overtime to get the job done Friday night.

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  • School Board approves extension for Buffalo School sale

    The LaRue County School Board extending the deed closure date for the Buffalo Elementary School property as AU Associates works out its funding.

    Johan Graham of AU Associates told the board that the property had been put on the National Register of Historic Places and that there are two types of funds the Lexington-based company is seeking.

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  • Friends of FRYSC award presented

    The State Office of Family Resource Youth Services Center presented the prestigious “Friends of FRYSC” award Jan. 8 to the Lisa Pendleton Graham family in honor of her service and contributions to the LaRue County Youth Service Center as a member and two-term chairwoman of the YSC Advisory Council.

    The Pendleton-Graham family also received a citation from the governor commemorating Graham’s contributions to the families and students of LaRue County through her long-time service on the LaRue County Youth Service Center Advisory Council.

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  • Trafficking charges filed against Hodgenville man

    A Hodgenville man, just released from jail after serving a year for first-degree possession of controlled substance, has been indicted by a LaRue County grand jury on trafficking charges.

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