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Ex-soldier named in wrongful death suit
ELIZABETHTOWN — The family of a slain woman has filed a wrongful death suit against her former husband, an ex-soldier who had murder charges against him dismissed earlier this year after four mistr...
Dec 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former student denied early release for fire FRANKFORT — A former Kentucky State University student who set fire to a dorm room has been denied an early release from jail after serving half of h...
Dec 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man serving 60 years for 1996 slaying exonerated
LOUISVILLE — A man serving a 60-year sentence for a murder conviction has been exonerated and freed from prison. Kerry Porter has served 14 years in prison but has always insisted he was not th...
Dec 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Couples regift some anniversary greetings
By ROB STROUD Mattoon Journal-Gazette CHARLESTON, Ill. — Jo Cooley has definitely gotten her money’s worth out of the anniversary card that she purchased for 90 cents for her friends Raymond ...
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Fatal shooting of 2 women investigated LA GRANGE — Authorities are investigating the shooting deaths of two women in Oldham County. Oldham County police were called to a rural address around ...
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Associated Press Hannah Clark (left) holds a piece in place as Cami Way tapes on the squirrel deterer as they build a bird feeder in their STEM class Nov. 11 at Elkhorn Elementary School in Frankfort.
Kids study science hands-on way
FRANKFORT — The fifth-graders in Rebecca Logan’s science class faced a tough task: build a bird feeder — squirrel proof, no less — from an assortment of plastic jugs, tape, string and coat hangers....
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Associated Press York County Coroner Sabrina Gast (left) and Sharon Courtney look at an anniversary card sent in 1978 on Thursday. A volunteer found it in debris.
Storm victims reclaim treasures
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Sharon Courtney came to an old South Carolina schoolhouse on a cold December night to try to find memories of her husband Steve, who was killed last month when a tornado tore thei...
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Knee-high socks and wreaths of flowers adorn Jessica Brinker's headstone Thursday at a Catholic cemetery in St. James, Mo. Brinker was 15 when she was killed in August 2010 when the bus on which she was riding with fellow members of her high school's marching band was involved in a pileup wreck investigators say began with a pickup truck's driver who had been texting behind the wheel.
Cellphone debate hits home where wreck took heavy toll
ST. JAMES, Mo. — The text was about something innocuous: A request to go to the county fair. It set off a highway pileup that took two lives, injured dozens and left two school buses and a pickup ...
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Charging stations not getting much use
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Charging stations in Tennessee outnumber electric cars and many aren’t used for hours or even days at a time, according to The Tennesseean. State data shows that about 270 all...
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Worker dies from injuries in plant explosion
Worker dies from injuries in plant explosion HENDERSON — A worker who suffered severe burns in an explosion at a western Kentucky plant earlier this month has died of his injuries. Mark Stone...
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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