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  • ATV accident claims the life of local teen

    Staff writer/photographer

    On Monday, March 23, an ATV accident claimed the life of 19 year-old Gabriel "Gabe" Couch and injured his 13 year-old nephew Ronald "Ronnie" Wayne.

    Couch's sister Melissa Couch-Wayne said her brother and son were riding on Six Mile Creek Road when the accident happened. She said they were going too fast to take a curve in the road. Couch hit a pothole which propelled the vehicle across the road where it hit a tree. Neither rider was wearing a helmet.

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  • Pleasureville man facing sexual abuse charges in Boone County

    Staff report

    A Pleasureville man was arrested recently on charges tied to sexual abuse that occurred 16 years ago.

    William “Marty” Kelley, 52, was arrested March 20 by the Boone County Sheriff’s Department on charges that he sexually molested a six-year old child between January and December 1992.

    Boone County Sherriff’s Department Detective Tracy Watson investigated the allegations made by the now 23-year old, out of state victim, and charged Kelley with four counts of first degree sexual abuse, each a class D felony.

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  • April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

    Children’s and Young Adult Services

    Henry County Public Library

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  • Eminence to change schedule, adding two periods each day

    Staff writer/photographer

    Eminence High School soon will change its schedule, from five periods to seven, beginning with the fall 2009 semester.

    “We are very excited about the new master schedule,” EHS principal  said. “We are actually offering more choices, not less.”

    Class length will decrease from 80 minutes to 57 minutes. Frommeyer explained students received a double block of mathematics and language arts under the five-period policy.

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  • Aldridge says he’s staying put

    Staff writer/photographer

    Eminence Independent Schools Superintendent Don Aldridge said he isn’t going anywhere.

    His statement was in response to a report in the Lexington Herald-Leader listing Aldridge as one of five finalists for the Clark County Public Schools Superintendent.

    Aldridge said he sent out a few resumes recently. “I told the board two months ago I was going to interview for positions,” he said. “You have to keep those interview skills sharp.”

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  • Hillz isn’t hollerin’

    General Manager

    A popular, but troubled, recreation park in Henry County has been closed — again.

    Hillz-N-Hollarz, an off road vehicle park in the Lockport area, was shut down in March after a meeting of the Henry County Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustments, where the board reviewed the park’s conditional use permit.

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  • Scholastic audit reveals deficiencies

    Staff writer/photographer

    Superintendent Tim Abrams told the Henry County Public Schools board the Kentucky Department of Education recently conducted a scholastic audit of Henry County High School.

    He said the audit contained 88 indicators of success graded on a one to four scale.

    “Nobody gets a four,” he said. “Three is fully functional.” Abrams said a score of two indicates that programs have been implemented and developed but still need improvement. A one means no improvement has been made.

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  • Four Henry County residents nabbed in ‘Operation Spring Clean Up’

    Landmark News Service

    Local law enforcement had their own version of spring cleaning Friday morning, March 20, rounding up 17 of 26 individuals indicted recently by a Carroll County grand jury for drug trafficking.

    Four Henry County residents — Jeffrey Roberts, 20, New Castle; Yvonne Dawson, 57, Pendleton; Zackory Johnson, 19, Smithfield; and Duran Towles, 20, Pendleton — were arrested; each was lodged in the Carroll County Regional Detention Center.

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  • Eminence, EIS to discuss community center ownership

    General Manager

    Months after it was first suggested by an outgoing city council member, the City of Eminence might consider giving control of the Eminence Community Life Center to the Eminence Independent Schools district.

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  • ON THE RUN

    Landmark News Service

    Three Indiana prisoners remain on the loose after leading authorities into Kentucky.

    In Carroll County, men were beaten and tied up Monday, March 23, in a home on Kentucky 36 East, just south of Interstate 71.

    Their attackers are believed to be the three men who escaped Friday morning from Branchville Correctional Facility in Tell City, Ind.

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