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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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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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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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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.”