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  • Kentucky Directors of Pupil Personnel (KDPP) to Sponsor Statewide High Attendance Day

    The Kentucky Directors of Pupil Personnel is once again sponsoring the third annual High Attendance Day held through out the state on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The event is meant to encourage and stress the importance of school attendance. Attendance is directly correlated with the students’ opportunity to succeed, and this event is meant to foster positive attitudes about the importance of school.

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  • News Briefs for September 3, 2008

    “Celebration of Life”

    A “Celebration of Life” event will be held in honor of Brandon Browning on Sunday, September 7 at 2 p.m. at the Pleasureville City Hall. Celebrate with family and friends in remembering Brandon as he has helped saved the lives of three individuals by being an organ donor. Meet two of the three people that received his organs and join in celebrating the lives he saved. For more information about this event please contact Missy Beckley at (502) 845-2529 or (502) 514-2548.

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  • Help is available for food, clothes

    Several groups provide help with food costs

    As food costs rise, some Henry County residents find themselves unable to purchase enough food to feed their families.

    The Henry County Life Enrichment Center in New Castle is a place where families can receive a free bagful of nonperishable groceries. Sadly that bag has not been as full lately.

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  • Porter trial is delayed

    General Manager

    The trial of a local police officer on charges of harassing communications is on hold — for now.

    Alan Zaring, attorney for New Castle Police Chief John Porter, filed a motion to suppress evidence Friday in District Court.

    Porter was charged in April with harassing communications after a former babysitter, Christina McLaughlin, filed a criminal complaint.

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  • FIRE DESTROYS NAPA STORE

    General Manager

    An Eminence man has been charged with arson in connection with a weekend fire that destroyed an Eminence business.

    The fire is still under investigation by the Kentucky State Police and their arson investigator.

    Michael Wells, 46, was arrested Saturday night in La Grange and charged with third degree arson, disorderly conduct and terroristic threatening in connection with the fire that destroyed Eminence Auto Parts/NAPA Saturday night.

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  • H.C. Arts and Crafts Guild show to be held Saturday

    Staff writer/photographer

    Need a new painting behind the sofa? A one-of-a-kind gift? Want to get some of your holiday shopping out of the way early this year?

    The Henry County Arts and Crafts Guild’s 9th Annual Show will take place Saturday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The new location for this year’s show is the Henry County Fairgrounds 4-H Center, U.S. 421 in New Castle.

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  • Family set to celebrate life

    Staff writer/photographer

    On Dec. 13, 2006, in Naples, Fla., a brain aneurysm cut short the life of 35-year old Brandon Browning, devastating his close-knit Henry County family.

    What the family did in the traumatic hours following his death was nothing short of heroic. Their unselfish decision to donate his organs gave hope to three other families whose loved ones were living on borrowed time.

    On Sunday, Sept. 7 two of the three recipients will join Browning’s family and friends in a “Celebration of Life” to honor Brandon.

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  • Breaking News: Eminence Auto Parts destroyed by fire

    Kentucky State Police and the Eminence Police Department are investing a fire that destroyed a local business Saturday evening.

    Eminence Auto Parts, a NAPA affiliate, was gutted by a blaze that included multiple explosions Saturday. Officials on the scene indicated arson was the cause, and a search is underway for the suspect.

    Multiple fire departments responded to the scene, including crews from Eminence, Pleasureville, New Castle, Campbellsburg, Lake Jericho and Shelby County.

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  • Bluesneck

    Staff writer/photographer

    Chad Heightchew, Jamie Tingle and Phil Branham loaded guitars and amps, basses and drums, microphones and monitors into a trailer hitched to the back of sound engieneer Barry Heightchew’s truck. The trio, Pleasureville’s own Bluesneck, were itching to get on the road to Florida.

    The plan was to drive 968-miles straight through to the Sebastian Inlet State Park Marina in Florida for a one-night gig. Branham’s friends, Alan and Nancy French, were throwing a retirement bash and invited the group to play.

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  • New church rumbles into county

    Staff writer/photographer

    After 17 years as pastor of Ridgeview Baptist Church in Spencer County, Finchville resident Vern Hawkins felt pulled in a new direction. “I felt like the Lord was leading me to do something different,” he said.

    Hawkins began the non-denominational New Hope Biker Church in January 2008. He said it was decided to remain non-denominational so that people not wishing to be identified with a particular denomination would feel comfortable attending.

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