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Ashland Daily Independent - 9.16.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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  Speaker 1: We now turn to the Ashland Independent to bring you
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  Speaker 1: news from in and around Ashland and Boyd County. Your
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  Speaker 1: reader today is Jane. We begin with the edition dated
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  Speaker 1: September 15, 2026. As a reminder, Radio Eye is a
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  Speaker 1: reading service intended for people who are blind or have
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  Speaker 1: other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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  Speaker 1: Our first article, Narrating 9-11. Fairview students learn from local
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  Speaker 1: first responders, share special admiration. By Tammy Hetzer Womack for
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  Speaker 1: the Daily Independent. A bright white draping hangs from the
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  Speaker 1: George Cook Memorial Gymnasium as a group of studious Fairview
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  Speaker 1: High School pupils painstakingly perform last-minute preparations on September 11th.
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  Speaker 1: The study group is diligent. as all systems go for
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  Speaker 1: the shadow play to perform to the assembly of middle
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  Speaker 1: and high school students. A group of Fairview varsity football
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  Speaker 1: players kindly arrange eagle emblazoned folding chairs for the community
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  Speaker 1: first responder guests to speak. As the arena darkens, a
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  Speaker 1: narrator reminds of the cataclysmic events of 9-11. The students
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  Speaker 1: gathered are a generation of young people who were not
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  Speaker 1: born when the insurgent American attack occurred, killing thousands in
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  Speaker 1: New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. As terrorists
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  Speaker 1: used jet airliners in a foray against the World Trade Center,
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  Speaker 1: Pentagon and a rural field launching years of war following
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  Speaker 1: the assault. In veil and umbrage through the suspended curtain,
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  Speaker 1: students depict the disastrous American day, remembering the lost, paying
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  Speaker 1: homage to those who ran into the blaze without questions.
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  Speaker 1: Invited police, paramedics, jailers, and firefighters gathered in the new
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  Speaker 1: gym fight tears as memories and the mind's eye fall
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  Speaker 1: into realization. The kids in the bleachers remained silent as
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  Speaker 1: the young thespians articulate the toll on American families, military
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  Speaker 1: men and women who enlisted to fight, and New York
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  Speaker 1: Police Department officers and FDNY firefighters who ran directly into
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  Speaker 1: the fray. The students showed off their knowledge of the
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  Speaker 1: worst loss on American soil. although the students were not
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  Speaker 1: born when 9-11 occurred. First responders got set to speak
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  Speaker 1: and their classmates offer a standing ovation for the captivating
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  Speaker 1: and engrossing presentation meant to inspire and offer solace on
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  Speaker 1: this difficult Friday morning as bells toll the losses of
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  Speaker 1: family and friends, paladins and protectors. After the little ones
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  Speaker 1: are served breakfast alongside local protectors, they rest in their classrooms,
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  Speaker 1: hearing police officers, firefighters, and EMS officials read books about
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  Speaker 1: the 25-year commemoration. Angie Reyes, who serves as Fairview Independent
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  Speaker 1: Schools Food Service and Afterschool Enrichment Program Directors, as well
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  Speaker 1: as Student Support Services Coordinator, was beyond proud of the
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  Speaker 1: students' hard work welcoming first responders to both schools and
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  Speaker 1: the teachers' innovative ideas in sharing this tribute. One important
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  Speaker 1: part of our day is the giant F's in the
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  Speaker 1: lobbies at their schools touting first responders and the kids
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  Speaker 1: working all week doing acts of kindness to fill up
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  Speaker 1: these F's with red and blue stars. The goal is
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  Speaker 1: to fill it with 2,977 stars to represent the 2,977
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  Speaker 1: lives lost that day. It is such a terrific way
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  Speaker 1: for our kids to honor them. This is personal for
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  Speaker 1: Rosalie Runyon, 8. This day hits close to home for
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  Speaker 1: the child. My poppy is a police officer at Fairview Elementary,
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  Speaker 1: and he gives me a hug every morning. He makes
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  Speaker 1: my day happier because he is smiling every day, Rosalie said.
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  Speaker 1: Aubrey Collier, 10, understood the assignment, described the lifesavers of 9-11. Helpful, quick, heroic,
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  Speaker 1: selfless sacrificers highlighted the Westwood girl. Although so incredibly young,
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  Speaker 1: Fairview Elementary children grasped the casualties and inroads of 9-11.
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  Speaker 1: Knowing families lost moms, Dad's sisters, brothers, grandparents reminded Braxton
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  Speaker 1: Rourke 11 Westwood. He leaves a message. Sorry for your loss.
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  Speaker 1: They were good persons. Emma Newland 10 echoed sentiments in
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  Speaker 1: her own words. It was scary and there were a
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  Speaker 1: lot of brave people that died. The first responders came
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  Speaker 1: to help with the Twin Towers, recollected the Westwood girl.
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  Speaker 1: calling on her teachers' history lessons. In time of American
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  Speaker 1: political division, learning about this dark, somber day shared a
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  Speaker 1: strong democracy lesson for Latham Harrison, nine. Hard times brings
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  Speaker 1: Americans together. A patriot is a person that loves the
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  Speaker 1: USA and supports the country. I am kind to everyone
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  Speaker 1: to be a good citizen, steered Latham. a Westwood young leader.
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  Speaker 1: Time with first responders was too short for Callie McCarty, 10,
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  Speaker 1: of Catlettsburg, and Annabelle Jervis, 9, of Westwood, as they
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  Speaker 1: well wished the formidable force headed off to individually dangerous shifts.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for your service. We love you. Boyd County
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  Speaker 1: Sheriff Jamie Reyes never forgets first moments and word of
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  Speaker 1: September 11, 2001. He headed home to Ashland from a
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  Speaker 1: prisoner transport in LaGrange. Hearing of the attacks, he drove
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  Speaker 1: straight home and turned on the live news. This marked
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  Speaker 1: a turning point in law enforcement, Reyes recalled. Page Van Bibber, 16,
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  Speaker 1: a junior at FHS, intensely touched by the events of 9-11.
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't alive to experience it, but it impacts so
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  Speaker 1: many people in our country, and because it affects so
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  Speaker 1: many people, I know negatively it impacts me even if
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  Speaker 1: it's indirect, she said. The Westwood teen learned about 9-11
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  Speaker 1: from her family's intimate accounts and reminiscences. My mom has
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  Speaker 1: given me personal memories from that day. She talks about
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  Speaker 1: how she was hanging out with a friend that day,
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  Speaker 1: and she was scared because she could not contact my
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  Speaker 1: dad when the attacks happened. Student Genesis McMahon, 17, soon
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  Speaker 1: graduates and enters the world beyond Fairview's small, safe walls.
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  Speaker 1: The senior tries to find positives in how America responded
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  Speaker 1: to the events. 9-11 shows me unity, bravery, and peace.
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  Speaker 1: Although what happened is terrible, Learning about how the people
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  Speaker 1: nearby attacks came together helps me to realize that even
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  Speaker 1: in troubled times, people can come together and make things happen.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone worked together to find and protect people and clean
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  Speaker 1: up the surrounding area. Kayden Wilfing, 17, shares a story
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  Speaker 1: from her mother. She told me about sitting in English
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  Speaker 1: class when the teacher rolled a TV in on a
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  Speaker 1: cart and turned on the news. She watched the first
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  Speaker 1: and second plane hit and didn't really understand what was happening.
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  Speaker 1: Noah Hamilton, 16, is burdened by September 11, 2001. To me,
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  Speaker 1: 9-11 shows how far human hatred can really go. It
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  Speaker 1: is hard to understand how this group of people could
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  Speaker 1: choose to kill 3,000 innocent people because of the hatred
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  Speaker 1: they have for their representatives. You see, this kind of
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  Speaker 1: hate still today with things like school shootings. Things like
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  Speaker 1: these have changed a lot for safety regulations today, such
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  Speaker 1: as at TSA, school, or even other unrelated very public locations.
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  Speaker 1: There are many stories like this, a generation who learned
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  Speaker 1: about 9-11 secondhand. Our next article, POG landing days this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: annual event to feature 1776 Patriot Run. The annual Pogue
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  Speaker 1: Landing Days event is set for this weekend in downtown Ashland.
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  Speaker 1: The festival will open on Friday at noon. Food and
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  Speaker 1: specialty drink vendors, specialty vendors, artisans and crafters, and children's
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  Speaker 1: amusement will be featured each day of the three-day event.
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  Speaker 1: Performing live music on Friday will be 3X at noon
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  Speaker 1: on the Armstrong Stage, Anderson Road at 6 p.m. on
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  Speaker 1: the 16th Street. Stage, and City Heat at 7.30 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: on the 16th Street Stage. The festival will close at
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  Speaker 1: 10 p.m. Friday. The fun resumes Saturday with a 10 a.m. opening.
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  Speaker 1: Saturday's events include a 1776 Patriot Sprint, one miler, in
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  Speaker 1: honor of America's 250th anniversary of independence. The run will
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  Speaker 1: span 1,776 yards, just 16 yards more than a mile.
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  Speaker 1: In other news, Ag Commissioner. Policies must support cattle farmers
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  Speaker 1: facing issues by McKenna Horsley for the Kentucky Lantern. While
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky cattle farmers are facing challenges like a loss of
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  Speaker 1: farmland and a move from the Trump administration to import
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  Speaker 1: more foreign beef, agriculture leaders are trying to boost the
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  Speaker 1: policies that will help them. Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Schell
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  Speaker 1: told the Kentucky Lantern last week that he is hearing
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  Speaker 1: a frustration from the industry right now, but it comes
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  Speaker 1: from a perfect storm of issues. In the last couple
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  Speaker 1: of decades, cattle farmers have barely broke even and faced
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  Speaker 1: non-monetary tariff barriers that other countries have put in place
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  Speaker 1: that have limited our ability to export beef over the years,
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  Speaker 1: he said. The cattle herd in Kentucky has shrunk in
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  Speaker 1: recent years. In 2020, there were more than 1 million
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  Speaker 1: cows in Kentucky. Now it is less than 900,000. Plus,
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  Speaker 1: the state is losing acres of farmland and more farmers
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  Speaker 1: are retiring from the job. But demand for American beef
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  Speaker 1: is at an all-time high, Shell noted. People want that taste,
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  Speaker 1: that flavor. They want that marbling, Shell said. They want
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  Speaker 1: what the American farmer can provide in that beef supply.
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  Speaker 1: And if you put it in the grocery store, American-grown
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  Speaker 1: beef versus any other country of origin is they're going
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  Speaker 1: to go and get that American-grown beef nine times out
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  Speaker 1: of ten. Within the last month, the industry has been
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  Speaker 1: in flux after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to
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  Speaker 1: boost lean beef imports from other countries to lower prices
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  Speaker 1: at the grocery store for American consumers. After facing backlash
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  Speaker 1: from the farming industry, including agriculture groups in Kentucky, Trump
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  Speaker 1: signed an executive order in early September that included a
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  Speaker 1: review of country of origin labeling for beef products. Shell
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  Speaker 1: said that with the latest order, the market recovered a bit.
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  Speaker 1: I do believe that we will see a recovery of
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  Speaker 1: the market in a meaningful way. But for those farmers
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  Speaker 1: that have had to sell cattle in that month span,
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  Speaker 1: it really did hurt, he added. In a presentation to
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  Speaker 1: state lawmakers during a September 3rd Agriculture Committee meeting, representatives
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  Speaker 1: of the Kentucky Cattlemen's Association said the state's beef industry
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  Speaker 1: needs policies in place to support farmers' production. They plan
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  Speaker 1: to bring specific ideas to lawmakers ahead of the 2027
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  Speaker 1: legislative session, which begins in January, particularly on labeling products.
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  Speaker 1: Schell said the state already has a marketing campaign around
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky proud products to label items produced in Kentucky. He
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  Speaker 1: emphasized the importance of a national country of origin label
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  Speaker 1: and referred back to the president's executive order on that issue.
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky has also taken some steps to support new farmers financially,
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  Speaker 1: Schell added. The state has a Kentucky selling farmer tax
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  Speaker 1: credit program, to encourage farmers to sell agricultural land to
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  Speaker 1: buyers who will continue using the land for farming. The
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky Department of Agriculture has a loan program for beginning
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  Speaker 1: farmers through tobacco settlement funds under the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation.
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  Speaker 1: As for cattle farmers specifically, Shell said the state is
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  Speaker 1: constantly looking at ways to increase the ability for them
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  Speaker 1: to directly market to consumers and process their own products.
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  Speaker 1: We're also looking at how we can create an environment
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  Speaker 1: in the state of Kentucky for more large-scale processing to happen,
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  Speaker 1: the commissioner added. Most American meatpacking companies are in the Midwest.
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  Speaker 1: Tyson Foods, the largest meatpacking company in the U.S., said
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  Speaker 1: in August it would close two of its facilities in
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  Speaker 1: Illinois and Utah, as well as sell a beef facility
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  Speaker 1: in Washington. Shell said it will be key for investment
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  Speaker 1: in the agriculture industry in Kentucky to be seen as
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  Speaker 1: an economic development issue. The General Assembly created an Agricultural
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  Speaker 1: Economic Development Fund in 2025 to direct the Economic Development
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  Speaker 1: Cabinet to work with Shell's department to attract agriculture business
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  Speaker 1: to Kentucky. Announcements on that front may be coming in
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  Speaker 1: the near future, Schell added. I want them to look
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  Speaker 1: at this in the way that we incentivize trying to
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  Speaker 1: get data centers or solar projects or the way we
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  Speaker 1: incentivize trying to get rural jobs and rural businesses or
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  Speaker 1: workforce development, Schell said. Our next article, several indicted in
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  Speaker 1: Greenup County by Aaron Snyder for the Daily Independent. A
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  Speaker 1: Greenup County grand jury handed up indictments on a variety
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  Speaker 1: of charges earlier this month. An indictment is a formal
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  Speaker 1: accusation and is not necessarily an indication of guilt. Anyone
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  Speaker 1: named in an indictment should be presumed innocent unless proven
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  Speaker 1: guilty in a court of law. Carlos B. James, 22,
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  Speaker 1: of Catlettsburg, was indicted on first-degree burglary and second-degree criminal
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  Speaker 1: mischief charges. Edward Townsend, 45, of South Shore, was indicted
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  Speaker 1: on a first-degree sexual abuse charge. Brittany N. Spriggs, 30,
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  Speaker 1: of South Shore, was indicted on a second-degree trafficking charge,
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  Speaker 1: 20 or more dosage units of barbiturates. Leanne Y. Spriggs, 40,
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  Speaker 1: of South Shore, was indicted on a second-degree trafficking charge,
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  Speaker 1: 20 or more dosage units of barbiturates. Dana M. Carroll, 56,
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  Speaker 1: of Garrison, was indicted on charges of second-degree trafficking, drug unspecified,
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  Speaker 1: first-degree failure of non-owner-operator to maintenance required insurance, failure to
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  Speaker 1: notify address change to the Department of Transportation, and inadequate silencer.
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  Speaker 1: Joshua A. Miller, Jr., 18, of South Portsmouth, was indicted
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  Speaker 1: on charges of third-degree assault of a police officer or
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  Speaker 1: probation officer, first-degree wanton endangerment of a police officer, menacing
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  Speaker 1: obstruction interference with an officer, and resisting arrest. Recent obituaries.
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  Speaker 1: Joyce Osborne, 80, of Ashland. Steve Centers, 72, formerly of Ashland.
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  Speaker 1: Gary Wainwright, 84, of Ashland. Next, up to the task.
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  Speaker 1: Commissioner gets waxing as Jordan's Way helps bring funds to
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  Speaker 1: AARF by Tammy Hitzer Womack for the Daily Independent. Viral
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  Speaker 1: phenomenon Jordan's Way came to Ashland for Ashland Animal Rescue
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  Speaker 1: Fund on Thursday, September 10th, with all the mania of
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  Speaker 1: putting area volunteers up to silly and frightening challenges like
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  Speaker 1: smearing peanut butter all over faces and letting dogs go
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  Speaker 1: to town. Folks were slimed with massive buckets of blue goo,
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  Speaker 1: got locked up in kennels, took pies and cracked eggs
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  Speaker 1: to the faces, were taunted with chomping water bugs and scorpions,
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  Speaker 1: and hosed down with cold water. A team of AARF
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  Speaker 1: community supporters led the way, accepting all the smelly, funny,
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  Speaker 1: hilarious stunts for cash. Senator Robin Webb, Republican of Grayson,
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  Speaker 1: and her son, Grayson Mayor Troy Combs, enlisted in the
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  Speaker 1: escapades along with Ashland City Commissioner D.J. Reimer. After a
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  Speaker 1: group of women accumulated enough donations to avert having their
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  Speaker 1: heads shaved bald, in return Reimer was forced to wax
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  Speaker 1: his chest hair, proving painful and a testament to his
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  Speaker 1: love of animals. The event raised $ 8, 000 for local rescue
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  Speaker 1: animals who need homes, food, Veterinary care and shelter from
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  Speaker 1: the increasing storms as the area economy weighs upon charitable
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  Speaker 1: giving at AARF and other shelters. Rising costs make survival
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  Speaker 1: of animal shelters increasingly difficult. In other news, APD getting
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  Speaker 1: drone as first responder by Aaron Snyder for the Daily Independent.
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  Speaker 1: Ashland City Commission voted upon second reading to pave the
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  Speaker 1: way toward the police department getting a drone as a
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  Speaker 1: first responder. Nearly a month ago, after Chief Todd Kelly
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  Speaker 1: revealed federal law prevents his department from using its drones,
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  Speaker 1: the commission heard from BRINC, a Seattle-based creator of public
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  Speaker 1: safety drones. The commission approved an ordinance for the city
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  Speaker 1: to enter into a $ 479, 990 agreement with Motorola Solutions Inc.
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  Speaker 1: for the Brink MSI takeoff drone as first responder program.
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  Speaker 1: Motorola Brink agreed to an annual cost of $ 79, 998. 35 for
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  Speaker 1: six years. The purpose of the drone is to reach
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  Speaker 1: and assess scenes before ground units arrive. This is not
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  Speaker 1: 24-7 hovering the city, Commissioner D.J. Reimer said. It's available 24-7,
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  Speaker 1: but it will not be flying around all the time,
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  Speaker 1: Kelly said. City Attorney Andrew Wheeler said there was a
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  Speaker 1: detailed set of regulations for the police department to follow,
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  Speaker 1: including a general order on how to use it, where
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  Speaker 1: it may be dispatched, where it is stationed, and what
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  Speaker 1: calls it can and can't go to. The drone has
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  Speaker 1: a limited flight time. It doesn't fly everything all at times.
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  Speaker 1: Wheeler reiterated, it provides information as a first responder and
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  Speaker 1: then goes back to the station to recharge. Chief Kelly
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  Speaker 1: said once the drone is in operation, the public will
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  Speaker 1: have access to information included flight hours, route details, and
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  Speaker 1: the policy attached to it. Brink worked directly with the ACLU,
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  Speaker 1: Wheeler said. We will develop very specific measured policies based
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  Speaker 1: on those guidelines. Both Wheeler and Michelle Veach, the city's
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  Speaker 1: director of finance, set an adjustment involving opioid abatement funds
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  Speaker 1: figures to free up money within the police budget. Wheeler
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  Speaker 1: said one potential use of opioid funds is to go
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  Speaker 1: towards a DARE officer salary. The money initially devoted to
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  Speaker 1: that salary may be used for the drone as first
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  Speaker 1: responder program, he indicated. Don Redmond, vice president of drone
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  Speaker 1: as first responder for Brink, spoke at the first August
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  Speaker 1: regular commission meeting. He spent 25 years in law enforcement,
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  Speaker 1: mostly in Chula Vista, California. Redmond said the company's public
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  Speaker 1: safety drones are feature red and blue lights and a
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  Speaker 1: siren that may be utilized. They also include a means
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  Speaker 1: of communicating announcements. Our next article, Shooting in Westwood by
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Snyder for the Daily Independent. A Westwood man faces
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  Speaker 1: first-degree assault and first-degree wanton endangerment charges following a shooting
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  Speaker 1: on Tuesday evening, according to the Boyd County Sheriff's Office.
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  Speaker 1: Joshua Lawrence, 32, of Westwood, was arrested as a result
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  Speaker 1: of the incident, which the sheriff's office said is isolated.
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  Speaker 1: It occurred just after 7 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was
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  Speaker 1: being treated for a gunshot wound at a local hospital
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  Speaker 1: as of Tuesday night. Lawrence also faces a charge of
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  Speaker 1: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Boyd County
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  Speaker 1: Sheriff's deputies responded to the 400 block of Belfonte Road
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  Speaker 1: in reference to a loud disturbance involving multiple people. According
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  Speaker 1: to the Sheriff's Office, an investigation revealed an altercation culminated
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  Speaker 1: in a shooting. According to the police citation, Lawrence informed
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  Speaker 1: deputies he had been jumped by two men over money.
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  Speaker 1: The citation states during the altercation, Lawrence retrieved a. 22
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  Speaker 1: rifle from his house and shot multiple rounds outside in
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  Speaker 1: an area that contains multiple residents with people outside at
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  Speaker 1: the time. One neighbor told deputies they were outside with
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  Speaker 1: a young child nearby. The victim, according to the citation,
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  Speaker 1: is Dakota Stanley, who was shot in the right leg
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  Speaker 1: near his knee. In a second interview with Lawrence, according
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  Speaker 1: to the citation, he admitted he shot Stanley before helping
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  Speaker 1: him into the truck so the individuals could leave. Lawrence
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  Speaker 1: told officers he is a convicted felon and was not
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  Speaker 1: allowed to possess a firearm. He voluntarily surrendered the rifle,
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  Speaker 1: the citation shows. He also turned in an SD card
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  Speaker 1: from a security camera, but appeared it had been stopped
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  Speaker 1: recording and did not capture the events the citation read.
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  Speaker 1: Lawrence was booked into the Boyd County Detention Center without incident,
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  Speaker 1: according to the Sheriff's Office. According to the jail website
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday morning, Lawrence is in jail on no bond. The
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  Speaker 1: office said there was no danger to the public. Detective
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  Speaker 1: Sergeant Mark Wheeler is leading the investigation. In other news,
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  Speaker 1: Habitat for Humanity to break ground on first Greenup County home.
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  Speaker 1: Habitat for Humanity of the Tri-State will celebrate with a
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  Speaker 1: groundbreaking ceremony September 10th at 6 p.m. for its first
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  Speaker 1: new home in Greenup County. The groundbreaking will take place
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  Speaker 1: at 33 Rhonda Drive off of Dundee Drive where construction
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  Speaker 1: will begin on a new home for the Kane family.
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  Speaker 1: The Kane family's home will also mark the largest new
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  Speaker 1: house habitat for humidity of the tri-state has built to date,
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  Speaker 1: according to a press release. The home will feature five
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  Speaker 1: bedrooms and three bathrooms. Walls constructed during a wall build
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  Speaker 1: at the Greenup County School of Innovation, formerly Wirtland Middle,
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  Speaker 1: will be used for the home. Community members, supporters, Volunteers
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  Speaker 1: and local partners are invited to join Habitat for Humanity
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  Speaker 1: of the Tri-State and the Kane family as they officially
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  Speaker 1: break ground and celebrate the beginning of construction for their
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  Speaker 1: future home, according to the release. Parking at the site
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  Speaker 1: will be limited. Guests may park at the Greenup County
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  Speaker 1: Health Department at 806 Seton Avenue. Habitat for Humanity of
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  Speaker 1: the Tri-State has a commitment to expanding access to safe
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  Speaker 1: decent and affordable housing throughout its service area, the release stated.
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  Speaker 1: In case of rain, a rescheduled date is set for Monday,
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  Speaker 1: September 14th. Visit hfhtristate.org for more information. This concludes excerpts
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  Speaker 1: from recent editions of the Ashland Daily Independent. Your reader
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  Speaker 1: has been Jane. On behalf of everyone here at Radio Eye,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for listening. Keep on listening and have a
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  Speaker 1: good day.