02/21/2012—BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Breckinridge County Chamber of Commerce held their regular monthly breakfast meeting Tuesday morning at Frederick Fraize High School. Chamber President Gabe Van Lahr introduced guest speaker Michael Ashcraft, the Economic Development Specialist for the United States Small Business Association.
The Cloverport Board of Education held their regularly scheduled meeting Thursday evening at the Central Office. The Board approved a final payment of $48,943.15 to McNutt Construction for the gym renovation project. They also approved submitting the BG-4 form to the Kentucky State Department of Education, which states that
02/16/2012---An Irvington man has died as a result of a two vehicle accident on US 60 Thursday. At around 10:10 Thursday morning, a two vehicle motor vehicle collision was reported near the Sinking Creek Bridge on US 60 west of Irvington. Bobby J. Tindell age 42 of Irvington was traveling east on US 60 in a 1999 Chevy 2500 pickup. Robert C. Frye age 38 of Richmond was traveling west on US 60 in
The Breckinridge County Board of Education held a special called meeting Wednesday evening. The Board met in executive session for approximately one hour and forty-five minutes with Board Attorney Mike Owsley. The purpose of the meeting was to set negotiation procedures for renewal of the contract of Superintendent
The Obama administration on Wednesday will propose cutting the top tax rate for corporations to 28 percent, and pay for it by eliminating dozens of tax loopholes companies now use to lower their rates, a senior administration official said.
An American-born reporter for the London Sunday Times, Marie Colvin, along with a young French photographer, Remi Ochlik, were killed in Syria on Wednesday morning, according to several news reports. Colvin, one of the most celebrated war correspondents in the U.K., happened to be a guest on Anderson Cooper's CNN show last night. On the [...]
Top Line The remaining four Republicans vying to challenge President Barack Obama in the Fall, gather on a debate stage Wednesday for the first time in several weeks ? and the last time before Super Tuesday. There is a lot on the line for each of these guys ? and ABC's Rick Klein and Yahoo! [...]
The fate of accused murderer George Huguely V is in the hands of a Charlottesville, Va. jury that began deliberations this morning. Two female alternate jurors were dismissed by the judge.
When Xavier Alvarez stood up and introduced himself at a local water district meeting in July 2007, he had no idea he was about to commit a federal crime.
In an unusual story that involves both genetics and geography, an entire family from isolated Appalachia was tinged blue. Their ancestral line began six generations earlier with a French orphan, Martin Fugate, who settled in Eastern Kentucky.
(Reuters) - Nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011, an increase of 13 percent over 2010, according to a report released on Wednesday by the research firm Javelin Strategy & Research. The rise in the use of smartphones and social media by incautious consumers fueled the increase in identity fraud, and 2011 was a year of several big data breaches too, Javelin said. ...
Ex-mine official charged in fatal West Virginia blast
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (Reuters) - The former superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers died in a 2010 explosion was charged on Wednesday with felony conspiracy by tipping off employees to safety inspections and concealing dangerous violations, authorities said. Gary May, 43, of Bloomingrose, West Virginia, is the highest-ranking official at Massey Energy to face criminal charges in the worst accident in the U.S. mining industry in four decades. Massey Energy owned the Upper Big Branch mine at the time of the explosion on April 5, 2010. ...
Judge to rule if pharmacies must sell "Plan B" pills
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A federal judge was expected to rule on Wednesday on whether Washington state can compel pharmacy owners to carry and sell the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B despite their personal religious objections to the drug. The case stems from a lawsuit brought by a family-owned pharmacy and two licensed druggists claiming their constitutional rights to the free exercise of religion is violated by a state rule requiring pharmacies to stock and dispense all medications for which there is a demonstrated community need. ...
Virginia lacrosse murder trial goes to jury
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberating on Wednesday to decide whether a former University of Virginia lacrosse player killed his ex-girlfriend in a drunken rage or if her 2010 death was accidental. Prosecutors accused George Huguely V, 24, of first-degree murder, saying he walked into 22-year-old Yeardley Love's apartment while she was asleep, kicked in her bedroom door and slammed her head against the wall. Prosecution expert witnesses said Love, from Cockeysville, Maryland, died about two hours later from blunt force trauma to the head. ...
(Reuters) - Five people were killed in a shooting at a health spa in an Atlanta suburb on Tuesday in what appeared to be a murder-suicide, police said. Four people were found shot to death when officers arrived on the scene at Sujung Beauty Health and Sauna in Norcross, Georgia, Norcross police Capt. Brian Harr said. A fifth victim was pronounced dead at a local hospital, Harr said. He added that the shooter, who was not immediately identified, was believed to be among the dead, and that police did not consider any suspects to be at large. ...
Pennsylvania university heads paint bleak tuition outlook
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The heads of Pennsylvania's four largest universities pleaded with lawmakers on Wednesday to ignore Governor Tom Corbett's proposal to cut state subsidies on higher education by 30 percent. During budget hearings early on Wednesday, University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg called Corbett's proposal "deep, dramatic and disproportionate," adding that if enacted, Pitt would have to raise tuition by $3,000 annually. Corbett unveiled the cuts in a $27.1 billion budget proposed earlier this month. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political and cultural figures joined to break ground for a new museum celebrating black Americans on Wednesday, with President Barack Obama calling it a symbol of Americans' shared history. The $500 million National Museum of African American History and Culture will be the only national museum devoted solely to black life, art, history and culture. The site is scheduled to open in 2015 on the National Mall, the two-mile-long stretch of parkland between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. ...
(Reuters) - Bill Clinton had his saxophone, but President Barack Obama can sing the blues. Obama lent his voice to a White House jam featuring Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy on Tuesday during a celebration of blues and its influence on modern pop culture. After wowing crowds in January by singing a line from Al Green's classic hit "Let's Stay Together" at a Harlem fundraiser, the U.S. president sang a verse of "Sweet Home Chicago" in the all-star finale of a TV special taped at the White House. "We were trying to get you to help us sing. ...
Maryland Senate committee approves gay marriage bill
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - A Maryland Senate committee approved a gay marriage bill on Tuesday, sending the issue to the full Senate and moving Maryland closer to becoming the eighth state to legalize same-sex nuptials. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted 7 to 4 in favor of the bill - supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley - and the full Senate was expected to vote later in the week. The bill was approved last week by the lower house. ...
Pension, Medicaid changes sought in Illinois budget
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will call for cuts to escalating pension and Medicaid costs in his budget address on Wednesday to stop the two programs from devouring more of the cash-strapped state's general funds budget, top officials in his office said on Tuesday. The state's fiscal 2013 pension payment will hit nearly $5.25 billion or 15 percent of projected revenue. That is more than three times the $1.7 billion the state budgeted in fiscal 2008, when pensions accounted for only 6 percent of revenue. ...
Supreme Court sends back California Medicaid cuts case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court sent back to a lower court a case on whether Medicaid recipients and medical providers can sue California for cutting reimbursement rates in the healthcare program for low-income Americans. The high court said on Wednesday that after it heard oral arguments in the case on October 3, federal government officials approved the state's statutes as consistent with federal law. Justice Stephen Breyer said in the majority opinion the case was sent back to a U.S. ...
Wisconsin mayor in drinking scandal loses recall vote
SHEBOYGAN, Wis (Reuters) - The mayor of a Wisconsin town whose heavy drinking last summer sparked pressure to step down lost a special election on Tuesday to a former Democratic state representative. First-term Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan, 48, lost the first mayoral recall election in the city's history to Terry Van Akkeren, 57. Van Akkeren received about 53 percent of the votes cast to Ryan's 46 percent, according to unofficial returns from the city clerk's office. ...
U.S. consumer agency to examine bank overdraft fees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is weighing a crackdown on checking account overdraft fees charged by banks, saying the charges can "inflict serious economic harm" on consumers. The agency said on Wednesday that it will begin collecting information to determine if banks are manipulating the system to goose fees and whether they are making it clear to customers how they can incur overdraft charges. ...
New York judge upholds fracking ban in towns
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a blow to the oil and gas industry, a judge has ruled small towns in New York have the authority to ban drilling -- including the controversial method known as fracking -- within their borders. In a ruling released late Tuesday, state Supreme Court Justice Phillip Rumsey of Tompkins County held that the Ithaca suburb of Dryden's recent ban on gas drilling falls within the authority of local governments to regulate local land use. Anschutz Exploration Corporation, which owns leases on more than 22,000 acres in the town and has invested $5. ...
