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  • Loving, and resettling, a place

    Mary Berry Smith’s vision comes from a love of place and a pragmatic approach for resettling it.

    With a Berry Center sponsored farming degree, set to launch fall 2013 at St. Catharine College, the acquisition of donated land for a potential farm school in Henry County and planning a three-day conference where farmers, activists and scholars will develop an approach for resettling America’s rural landscape, Smith emphasizes the need for the center to work on many things at once.

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  • Sheriff, committee agree on budget

    The Fiscal Court Budget Committee and the Sheriff’s Department compromised to make necessary cuts without cutting the Sheriff’s law enforcement services to the county.

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  • Henderson House dates back to early 19th century

    The history of the Isham Henderson House just outside New Castle city limits holds a fragmented piece of our county and nation’s dark, and violent, history.

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  • Eminence schools receive PEAK Award

    Eminence Independent School Superintendent Buddy Berry considers receiving the PEAK award a validation of hard work and just the beginning of the district’s results.

    The Kentucky School Board Association presented Eminence Independent Schools with the Public Education Achieves in Kentucky Award. The implementation of the district’s initiative for engaging students in learning through the Framework of Innovation for Reinventing Education model has helped retain students with new opportunities.

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  • Updated: Fatal tractor-trailer accident shuts down southbound lanes on I-71

    By Brad Bowman

    Reporter/Photographer

     

    A fatal tractor-trailer crash shut down the south bound lanes of I-71 at the 63 mile marker earlier this morning. According to Kentucky State Police Public Affairs Officer Brad Arterburn, officials have since opened one southbound lane near the overpass by the Glencoe Exit. Police have not released the identity of the victim yet.

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  • KY 146 realignment route chosen

    The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has chosen the realignment route for KY 146 with the least amount of invasive construction, and work is slated to begin in 2016.

    At the end of April, the KYTC held a public meeting at New Castle Elementary School with project managers and engineering firm GRW Inc. Engineers and transportation cabinet officials presented three routes on aerial and survey maps for the public. The cabinet has chosen alternate 3 with finalized design plans projected by early 2013.

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  • Taking LEGOs to the Xtreme

    Eminence Middle and High School Robo Challenge Xtreme teams learn collaboration, teamwork and problem solving while building and programming LEGO robots in Steve Metcalfe’s LEGO Robotics Club.

    Students design and program their own LEGO robots to achieve 14 different missions for themed competitions at the regional and state levels. Students can’t rely on remote control, but embrace the disciplines of math, science, technology and engineering for programming turns and tasks requiring sensor recognition of colored pieces.

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  • Heroin making a comeback

    The Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting System and legislation requiring pseudoephedrine to be sold behind the counter hinders the production of methamphetamine, but local law enforcement think as a result it is opening the door for heroin.

    Two cases involving the sale and use of heroin have made their way into Henry County Courts recently. Law enforcement officials at the city, county and state level say heroin is on the rise.

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  • HCHS students get a dose of college

    High School seniors may find applying for college, financial aid or scholarships daunting, particularly if they are first generation college or secondary education students.

    The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority selected Henry County High School as one of 13 pilot schools to participate and receive support with student activities to ease the process during Kentucky College Application Week.

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  • New Castle purchases former Home Health building

    New Castle City Commission unanimously made a motion to buy 31 East Cross Main last week.

    The 2,400-sq.-foot building, previously the North Central Health Department office, will provide space New Castle Mayor Denny Benham thinks city hall needs.

    “It’s going to give us some room for one thing. We won’t have enough room to continue in a few years,” Benham said. “It will give public works office here (the present New Castle City Hall ) an office, and the Main Street manager can have his office back.”

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