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Public Records, Feb. 25, 2015

KSP arrests

Kain Emerson, 25, Turner’s Station – arrested Feb. 12 at 10641 Maddox Ridge Road, Port Royal, by Trooper Ferris for possession of a controlled substance 1st-meth; possession of drug paraphernalia and execution of two bench warrants

Heroin becoming a greater...

Though Henry County has been spared from the worst of Kentucky’s heroin epidemic, the illicit narcotic has still extracted a human cost here.
Use can often lead to addiction, crimes to support the drug habit and even death. The victims of heroin leave behind loved ones to cope with the loss as best they can.

EPD drug bust nets four so far

Four people have been charged with trafficking in controlled substances, after the Eminence Police Department obtained sealed indictments in a continuing investigation, according to Kevin Kemper, the agency’s next chief.
Those charged include
• Keevin Foree, 44, of Eminence
Foree was arrested on an indictment for trafficking heroin during a Feb. 9 traffic stop on Highway 55.

Duncan retires, Kemper takes...

Leadership at the Eminence Police Department will change when Chief Carey Duncan retires at the end of February and Chief Kevin Kemper officially takes charge.
Duncan’s second retirement
This will be Duncan’s second retirement from law enforcement after capping a 24-year career with the Kentucky State Police, with 20 years of that being stationed at Post 5.

Live, from Austin

When Rob Banta picked up his first guitar, playing didn’t come naturally right away. But now he’s issuing an indie-country concept album and getting ready to embark on a tour to promote it.
The tour will bring him within about 76 miles from where he grew up on a farm in Smithfield, when he stops for an April 1 show at the Southgate House Revival in Newport, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.

iLEAD Academy prepares to launch

Incoming high school freshman from Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Owen and Trimble Counties now have a groundbreaking choice about where to go to high school, according to the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative.  The superintendents of the five school districts announced Feb. 10 they are opening Kentucky’s first regional career academy, known as iLEAD, so their students can pursue competitive advantage for the highest-demand, highest-wage jobs in Kentucky’s Golden Triangle.

Help Center volunteers brave...

A well-timed post on Facebook by Marla Armstrong helped the Henry County Help Center swell its ranks of volunteers during last week’s snow days. Armstrong was surprised and pleased the post reached about 3,600 users, even though the Help Center has less than 1,000 likes on its page. It also resulted in about 15 volunteers who would ordinarily be at work or school coming out on Thursday to provide assistance in lugging boxes out to the vehicles in 5-degree weather and rearranging shelves inside. Armstrong added there are plenty of opportunities to volunteer at the help center.

New ordinance to ban vandals,...

Defacing Eminence property, swearing and bullying are all violations that can get an offender banned from Coach D Park for at least 60 days and fined up to $250.
Eminence City Council adopted rules and regulations pertaining to use of the park at their February meeting, after getting fed up with a number of acts of vandalism.
In the future, anyone caught breaking the rules for the first time could result in a 60-day suspension from the park.

Shooting leads to theft cases,...

After an accidental shooting in a vehicle injured an Eminence man Feb. 26, the resulting investigation led to charges against two others in burglaries and thefts both here and in Covington in Northern Kentucky, according to an Eminence police report.
Police got involved after a report that a gun went off in a vehicle in which Tylor Roby, 19, of Eminence was a passenger, according to information from Major O.C. Jones of Eminence Police Department.
Eminence police responded to 4717 Jackson Road, because the victim had been transported there.

Don't skip out on your flu...

By Drane Stephens

Eminence Apothecary