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Corbin Times Tribune - 10.27.26 · Eastern Kentucky Newspapers

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  Speaker 1: Now we turn to the reading of the Time Tribunes
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  Speaker 1: for news in Corbin, Laurel, Whitley, and Knox Counties. Your
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  Speaker 1: reader today is Janice. As a reminder, Radio Eye is
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  Speaker 1: a reading service intended for people who are blind or
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  Speaker 1: have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed material.
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  Speaker 1: We'll begin with the e-edition dated October 22, 2026. Our
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  Speaker 1: first article is Trots and Tunes, Cumberland Run Kicks Off
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  Speaker 1: Racing Season by Macy Swafford. Corbin, the Mint Cumberland Run
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  Speaker 1: celebrated the opening of its 2026 harness racing season on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday with the inaugural Picking at the Paddock Festival, bringing
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  Speaker 1: together racing, live music, and community leaders to celebrate the
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  Speaker 1: region's Appalachian heritage. The event is featured opening day festivities
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  Speaker 1: and musical performances with additional activities scheduled throughout the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: During the opening ceremony, Cumberland Run representatives recognized the community
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  Speaker 1: leaders who helped bring the racing facility and its vision
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  Speaker 1: to fruition, including Corbin Mayor Susie Ramis, Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison,
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  Speaker 1: and Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bruce Carpenter.
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  Speaker 1: The three were named Grand Marshals and received plaques of
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  Speaker 1: appreciation for their contributions to the project. Opening day included
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  Speaker 1: live music from the Scott County String Band, a rendition
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  Speaker 1: of the National Anthem from Williamsburg Community Choir, and an
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  Speaker 1: on-site tasting from Sugarlands Distillery. Additionally, weekend activities include a
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  Speaker 1: car show, motorcycle show, and more. Shannon Taylor marketing manager
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  Speaker 1: for Cumberland Run, said the festival grew from an idea
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  Speaker 1: she shared with the facility owners more than three years ago.
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  Speaker 1: During the meeting, Taylor proposed a music festival that would
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  Speaker 1: celebrate the region's musical traditions and the Appalachian culture. I
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  Speaker 1: would love to have a bluegrass festival that showcases our
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  Speaker 1: Appalachian roots, Taylor said. Taylor said the idea was inspired
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  Speaker 1: by the shared heritage of Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee, including regions, music, traditions,
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  Speaker 1: and culture. She also envisioned a partnership with Sugarlands Distilling
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  Speaker 1: Company as part of the festivities. This festival isn't the
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  Speaker 1: work of me or one person, one department, or one
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  Speaker 1: great idea, Taylor said. It represents a team that has
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  Speaker 1: worked hard, learned, adapted, and grown together year after year.
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  Speaker 1: Corbin Mayor Susie Ramos welcomed attendees and praised the investment
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  Speaker 1: and vision that brought Cumberland Run to the city. I
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  Speaker 1: hope that we all recognize how blessed we are to
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  Speaker 1: have this beautiful facility in Corbin, Kentucky, Ramos said. Ramos
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  Speaker 1: also expressed pride in seeing Corbin represented through the facility's
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  Speaker 1: international simulcast broadcast and encouraged visitors to return throughout the
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  Speaker 1: racing season. Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison echoed those sentiments, describing
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  Speaker 1: the relationship between the Mint-Cumberland Run and the two cities
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  Speaker 1: as a positive partnership. They have been a great partner
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  Speaker 1: to both cities, Harrison said, adding that the owners had
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  Speaker 1: been receptive to requests from local leaders and had worked
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  Speaker 1: to support the communities. The opening weekend marked the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of a series of race meets, scheduled through October and November.
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  Speaker 1: Harness racing enthusiasts can have a chance to see them
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  Speaker 1: in action October 24th through the 27th, November 1st and 2nd,
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  Speaker 1: November 8th through the 10th, with a post time set
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  Speaker 1: for 1pm. Cumberland Run is located at 777 Winters Lane
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  Speaker 1: in Corbin. And there is a picture of a young
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  Speaker 1: boy and he's watching the racetrack and it says a
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  Speaker 1: young boy in a cowboy hat watches the horses race
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  Speaker 1: by and the horses are harness racing another picture uh
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  Speaker 1: is of it looks like a band and it says
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  Speaker 1: a bluegrass band from scott county high school opened up
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  Speaker 1: the race day on saturday Our next, well, there's, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: our next picture, Corbin Mayor Susie Ramis, Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison,
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  Speaker 1: Southeast Kentucky Chamber Executive Bruce Carpenter were recognized as Master
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  Speaker 1: of Ceremonies for the opening day of Cumberland Run. And
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  Speaker 1: our last picture is a picture of a horse in
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  Speaker 1: a harness, and it's jockey behind. And it says, a
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  Speaker 1: harness racer practices jockey. down the track before the official
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  Speaker 1: race begins. Our next article is Corbin Man Charged with
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  Speaker 1: Murder in Weekend Fatal Shooting by Macy Swafford. North Corbin.
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  Speaker 1: An 18-year-old Corbin resident has been charged with murder following
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  Speaker 1: a shooting at a North Corbin convenience store early Sunday morning,
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  Speaker 1: according to Corbin Police Department. Police said officers were dispatched
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  Speaker 1: to Speedy Mart located at the intersection of Kentucky 3041
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  Speaker 1: and US 25 in North Corbin at approximately 1.30 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday after receiving a report of shots fired. According
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  Speaker 1: to the department, investigators determined that an argument had occurred
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  Speaker 1: between Mark T. Allen, 18, of Corbin and Dustin Deaton, 28,
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  Speaker 1: of Barberville. The argument allegedly escalated, resulting in Allen shooting Deaton.
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  Speaker 1: With assistance from the Barberville Police Department, Knox County Sheriff's Office,
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  Speaker 1: and Kentucky State Police, Allen was located and arrested by
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  Speaker 1: CPD Detective Robbie Hodge, according to the release. He is
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  Speaker 1: lodged in the Knox County Detention Center in lieu of
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  Speaker 1: a $ 500, 000 cash bond. Allen was arraigned Monday in Knox
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  Speaker 1: District Court with a not guilty plea entered on his behalf.
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  Speaker 1: He is scheduled for preliminary hearing next Tuesday. Deaton's funeral
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  Speaker 1: is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the Hopper Funeral Home.
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  Speaker 1: The Corbin Police Department said the investigation remains active and
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  Speaker 1: additional information will be released as it becomes available. Our
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  Speaker 1: next article is Attempted Murder Case Attempted murder cases top
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  Speaker 1: Whitley County indictments by Macy Swafford. Williamsburg. A Whitley County
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  Speaker 1: grand jury has returned indictments for the month of October,
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  Speaker 1: including two cases of attempted murder. The first set of
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  Speaker 1: indictments involve the escape incident occurring at the Whitley County
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  Speaker 1: Detention Center earlier this month. Charles B. Randall, 42, of Springfield,
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  Speaker 1: faces five counts, including attempted murder. of a first responder,
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  Speaker 1: two counts of first-degree assault of a police officer, first-degree
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  Speaker 1: escape from a penitentiary, and being second-degree persistent felony offender.
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  Speaker 1: James A. Fields, 55, of Williamsburg, faces five counts that
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  Speaker 1: include attempted murder of a first responder, two counts of
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  Speaker 1: first-degree assault of a police officer, attempted first-degree escape from
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  Speaker 1: a penitentiary, and being first-degree persistent felony offender. Roy W.
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  Speaker 1: Cox III, 18, of Earl Langer, faces charges of attempted
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  Speaker 1: murder of a first responder, two counts of first-degree assault
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  Speaker 1: of a police officer, and attempted escape in the first
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  Speaker 1: degree from a penitentiary. Anthony Tucker, 46, of Corbin, faces
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  Speaker 1: an amended indictment charging him with complicity to commit murder
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  Speaker 1: of a first responder, two counts of complicity to commit
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  Speaker 1: first-degree assault of a police officer, complicity to commit first-degree
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  Speaker 1: escape from a penitentiary, and being a first-degree persistent felony offender.
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  Speaker 1: These indictments stem from the October 4th escaped attempt at
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  Speaker 1: the Whitley County Detention Center, according to the Times Tribune.
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  Speaker 1: Previous report on the incident, the four inmates waited for
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  Speaker 1: a cell door to open while a deputy jailer was
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  Speaker 1: patrolling inside cells. They caught their cell door and held
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  Speaker 1: it open. Randall, Cox, and Fields then entered WCDC's control
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  Speaker 1: room where Kentucky State Police said they attacked several deputy jailers.
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  Speaker 1: One suffered a serious head injury after being stuck inside.
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  Speaker 1: with a mop bucket while others were stabbed with pencil
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  Speaker 1: and sprayed with OC pepper spray. From there, Randall was
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  Speaker 1: able to leave the facility but was recaptured just 24
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  Speaker 1: hours later. In a separate case, Zachary Austin Parton, 27,
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  Speaker 1: of Siler, was indicted on a charge of attempted murder
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  Speaker 1: in connection to an August 21st shooting. Parton was served
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  Speaker 1: with an arrest warrant August 31 by the Williamsburg Police
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  Speaker 1: Department and booked into the Whitley County Detention Center under
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  Speaker 1: a dollar number. under a $ 1 million bond. Kentucky State
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  Speaker 1: Police Post 11 previously reported that troopers were contacted by
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  Speaker 1: Whitley County 911 around 3.35 p.m. August 21st regarding a
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  Speaker 1: shooting on Harps Creek Road in the Siler community. A
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  Speaker 1: preliminary investigation determined Parton got into an argument with 64-year-old
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  Speaker 1: Delbert Bolton at Bolton's residence. According to KSP, the argument escalated,
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  Speaker 1: with Parton accused shooting Bolton in the abdomen before fleeing
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  Speaker 1: the scene. Bolton was transported by ambulance to Baptist Health
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  Speaker 1: Corbin after being flown to the University of Kentucky. Albert B.
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  Speaker 1: Chandler Hospital for further treatment. In other indictments, Basler LaFrance, 32,
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  Speaker 1: of Russell Springs, faces five counts, including two counts of
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  Speaker 1: promoting human trafficking involving a minor, two counts of third-degree
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  Speaker 1: unlawful transaction with a minor, and one count of possessing
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  Speaker 1: matter portraying sexual performance of a minor under 12. Margaret Selfridge, 46,
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  Speaker 1: of Harrison Selfridge, 47, both of Williamsburg were separately indicted
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  Speaker 1: on charges of second-degree criminal abuse or neglect of a
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  Speaker 1: child under 13 and first-degree wanton endangerment. Rex 38 of
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  Speaker 1: Woolham faces charges in two separate indictments. One alleges theft
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  Speaker 1: of property value between $ 1, 000 and $ 10, 000, first-degree wanton endangerment,
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  Speaker 1: and being a first-degree persistent felony offender. The second degree
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  Speaker 1: alleges first-degree fleeing or evading police in a motor vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: First-degree wanton endangerment of a police officer operating a vehicle
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  Speaker 1: without a license and being a first-degree persistent felony offender.
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  Speaker 1: Ricky Lee Miracle, 39, of Corbin was indicted on charges
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  Speaker 1: of first-degree fleeing or evading police in a motor vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid or
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  Speaker 1: assistance and first-degree wanton endangerment. James Crawley, 60, of Sisler,
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  Speaker 1: was indicted on charges of failing to comply with sex
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  Speaker 1: offender registry, first offense, and being a first-degree persistent felony.
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  Speaker 1: An indictment is a formal charge that does not imply
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  Speaker 1: guilt or innocence. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and
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  Speaker 1: until proven guilty in a court of law. Our next
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  Speaker 1: article is Corbin Commissioners Approve Housing Authority Tax Forgiveness Consider
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  Speaker 1: Renaming Road by Macy Swofford. Corbin. The Corbin Board of
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  Speaker 1: Commissioners approved a request for payment in lieu of taxes
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  Speaker 1: forgiveness from the Corbin Housing Authority and unanimously approved agreed
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  Speaker 1: to prepare an ordinance renaming the road in front of
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  Speaker 1: the Robert Stivers Conference and Convention Center during its regular
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  Speaker 1: meeting on Monday. Robert Hayes, Executive Director of Corbin Housing Authority,
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  Speaker 1: addressed commissioners alongside staff members to provide an update on
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  Speaker 1: the authority's operations, financial stability, and ongoing renovations. Hayes said
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  Speaker 1: the Housing Authority has made significant progress in recent years
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  Speaker 1: with approximately 70% to 75% of its properties renovated. He
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  Speaker 1: noted that the authority has also maintained strong occupancy rates
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  Speaker 1: while working to improve its financial position. Since about 2020,
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  Speaker 1: we've been on a good path, Hayes said. He added
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  Speaker 1: that the authority had previously experienced financial difficulties but has
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  Speaker 1: worked to establish greater stability. We haven't had any major scandals,
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  Speaker 1: Hayes said. We believe that we have maintained a safe
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  Speaker 1: environment for the community. Hayes said the authority continues to
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  Speaker 1: identify needed improvements, including electrical upgrades, window replacements, and tree maintenance. However,
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  Speaker 1: funding remains a significant factor in determining how quickly those
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  Speaker 1: projects can be completed. The authority is also working to
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  Speaker 1: build financial reserves to provide a cushion in the event
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  Speaker 1: of an emergency or an unexpected expense. Hayes also emphasized
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  Speaker 1: the occupancy rate, which he said has remained between 99
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  Speaker 1: and 100 percent. That's almost unheard of, he said. He
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  Speaker 1: explained that maintaining those numbers requires coordination among staff and
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  Speaker 1: a concentrated effort to get vacant apartments ready for residents
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  Speaker 1: as quickly as possible. Following the presentation, commissioners approved the $ 23, 428
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  Speaker 1: payment in lieu of taxes forgiven request. Also during Monday's meeting,
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  Speaker 1: commissioners unanimously approved drafting an ordinance to rename the road
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  Speaker 1: in front of the Robert Stivers Conference and Convention Center
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  Speaker 1: formerly known as Corbin Center Drive, to Stivers Center Way.
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  Speaker 1: Commissioners voted unanimously in agreement to have the ordinance prepared
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  Speaker 1: for consideration for the next meeting. The Board approved the
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  Speaker 1: first reading of the Ordinance 2026-9, which would annex property
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  Speaker 1: at 60 Weldon Point into the city limits. Commissioners also
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  Speaker 1: approved financing totaling $ 2. 8 $ 17 million for fire department apparatus
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  Speaker 1: from Red Line Fire Trucks, including the new fire truck
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  Speaker 1: and ladder truck for the Corbin Fire Department. The financing
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  Speaker 1: carries a fixed rate of 4.75% with annual renewals and
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  Speaker 1: no repayment, closing or ordination fees. The board also authorized
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  Speaker 1: the mayor to sign the associated loan documents and renewals.
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  Speaker 1: And there is a picture of a meeting and it
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  Speaker 1: says the Corbin Board of Commissioners convened at the regular
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  Speaker 1: meeting on Monday. There's another picture of a man standing
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  Speaker 1: at a podium and underneath that it says Corbin Housing
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  Speaker 1: Authority Executive Robert Hayes addresses the Corbin Commissioners at Monday's meeting.
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  Speaker 1: Our next article is Tri-County Area Schools Highlight KSA Results
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  Speaker 1: by Macy Swafford. Tri-County. Schools across the Tri-County area are
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  Speaker 1: highlighting student achievement and accountability ratings following last week's release
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  Speaker 1: of Kentucky's Summative Assessment, KSA, data and updated school report cards.
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  Speaker 1: The results provide information on student performance in reading, mathematics,
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  Speaker 1: and other academic subjects, while Kentucky's accountability system assigns schools
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  Speaker 1: color-coded ratings ranging from red to blue, blue representing the
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  Speaker 1: highest overall performance rating and green the second highest. Corbin
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  Speaker 1: Independent schools. Corbin Independent reported its KSA results with students
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  Speaker 1: demonstrating proficiency and distinguished performance across elementary, middle, and high
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  Speaker 1: school levels. In the elementary school, 37% of students scored
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  Speaker 1: proficient in reading and 37% distinguished. In mathematics, 44% scored
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  Speaker 1: proficient and 31% distinguished. At the middle school level, 30%
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  Speaker 1: scored proficient and 41% scored distinguished in reading, along with
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  Speaker 1: 31% proficient and 28% distinguished. and mathematics. Elementary, middle, and
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  Speaker 1: high schools were all ranked blue. Williamsburg Independent Schools also
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  Speaker 1: shared KSA results across its elementary, middle, and high school levels.
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  Speaker 1: Elementary students recorded 38% proficiency in reading and 30% in mathematics,
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  Speaker 1: with distinguished rates of 15% and 6% respectively. At the
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  Speaker 1: middle school level, 20% of students scored proficient and 12%
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  Speaker 1: distinguished in reading. In mathematics, 21% scored proficient and 5% distinguished.
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  Speaker 1: High school students recorded 50% proficiency and 30% distinguished performance
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  Speaker 1: in reading. In mathematics, 36% scored proficient and 13% distinguished.
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  Speaker 1: The elementary school rated in yellow, followed by the middle
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  Speaker 1: school in orange, and high school in blue, and the
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  Speaker 1: sixth overall in the state. Whitley County Schools KSA results
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  Speaker 1: showed varying performances levels across elementary, middle, and high school grades.
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  Speaker 1: Elementary students recorded 33% proficiency and 29% distinguished performance in reading.
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  Speaker 1: In mathematics, 41% scored proficiency, 21% distinguished. Middle school results
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  Speaker 1: show 38% proficiency, 27% distinguished in reading, while mathematics results
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  Speaker 1: were 37% proficient and 20% distinguished. At the high school level,
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  Speaker 1: 36% scored proficient and 13% distinguished in reading. Mathematics results
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  Speaker 1: showed 35% proficient and 13% distinguished. The district's elementary schools
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  Speaker 1: were ranked blue with the middle and high schools both
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  Speaker 1: in green. Knox County Public Schools, in reading, 36% of
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  Speaker 1: elementary students scored proficient and 22% distinguished with Knox County
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  Speaker 1: Public Schools. Middle school results were 35% proficient and 20% distinguished,
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  Speaker 1: while high school results were 34% proficient and 14% distinguished.
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  Speaker 1: In mathematics, 37% of elementary students scored proficient and 17% distinguished.
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  Speaker 1: Middle school students recorded 30% proficient and 10% distinguished. while
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  Speaker 1: high school students recorded 25% proficient and 9% distinguished. The
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  Speaker 1: district also highlighted its accountability performance with its website identifying
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  Speaker 1: Knox County public schools among the top 10% in Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: and reporting a blue state accountability rating. Lay Elementary was
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  Speaker 1: identified among the top 4% of schools statewide, while Girdler
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  Speaker 1: Elementary was listed among the top 10%. Overall, the district's
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  Speaker 1: elementary schools scored green, while the middle and high schools
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  Speaker 1: received yellow ratings. Laurel County Public Schools announced that it
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  Speaker 1: ranked among Kentucky's top 10 districts for both elementary and
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  Speaker 1: middle school performance, with the top 50 for high school
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  Speaker 1: performance out of 171 school districts statewide. Elementary schools in
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  Speaker 1: the district scored blue ratings while both middle and high
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  Speaker 1: schools were green. In reading, 37% of elementary students scored
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  Speaker 1: proficient and 34% distinguished. Middle school results show 32% proficient
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  Speaker 1: and 31% distinguished, while high school results show 37% proficient
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  Speaker 1: and 19% distinguished. In mathematics, 47% of elementary students scored
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  Speaker 1: proficient and 18% distinguished. Middle school students recorded 39% proficient
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  Speaker 1: and 18% distinguished, while high school students recorded 37% proficient
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  Speaker 1: and 14% distinguished. For more information on each district report card,
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  Speaker 1: visit report card, kyschools.us. Our next article is Whitley County
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  Speaker 1: School Board Holds October Meeting by Chase Mitchell. Williamsburg. The
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  Speaker 1: Whitley County Board of Education met in regular session Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: accepting their proposal to enter a dual credit partnership with
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  Speaker 1: Murray State University. The program gives high school students opportunities
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  Speaker 1: to take classes that will reward them with college credit
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  Speaker 1: from Murray State. This new partnership adds the university to
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  Speaker 1: the many dual credit partnerships the county has already approved
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  Speaker 1: for its high school students. The partnership will last from
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  Speaker 1: 2026 to 2028. Murray State University is well known for
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  Speaker 1: its many specialized and accredited programs. Among these notable mentions
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  Speaker 1: are the university's nursing, teaching, business, and psychology programs. Recently,
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  Speaker 1: the university has begun an expansion into their agricultural program
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  Speaker 1: with construction being on a new veterinary school building recently.
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  Speaker 1: The first class will properly be enrolled into the new
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  Speaker 1: veterinary program in 2028. The next article is Whitley Fiscal
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  Speaker 1: Court approves first reading of 1.2 million borrowing ordinance by
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  Speaker 1: Macy Swafford. Williamsburg Whitley County Fiscal Court approved the first
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  Speaker 1: reading Tuesday of an ordinance authorizing a general obligation lease
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  Speaker 1: for up to $ 1. 2 million in borrowing to help fund
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  Speaker 1: ongoing county projects, including blacktopping and the new detention center.
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  Speaker 1: During the meeting, Judge Executive Pat White Jr. explained that
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  Speaker 1: borrowing the $ 1 million was to help cover remaining project costs.
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  Speaker 1: The funds will help complete the detention center expansion project
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  Speaker 1: and a parking lot for the administrative office of the courts.
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  Speaker 1: It's exciting that we have so many big projects going on,
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  Speaker 1: said White. We're only borrowing less than 10% of the
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  Speaker 1: money for the project. The LARP project, the project at
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  Speaker 1: the parking lot of the judicial center, Good Things Happening.
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  Speaker 1: The court also approved several items related to the county roads,
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  Speaker 1: including a petition to rename Johnson Cemetery Road to Leland-Holland
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  Speaker 1: and the second reading of a petition to widen Angel Road.
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  Speaker 1: Several detention center policy and procedure updates were approved as
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  Speaker 1: add-on items. These included a new laser taser, following the
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  Speaker 1: purchase of tasers from Williamsburg and Corbin Police Departments, a
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  Speaker 1: policy addressing prisoner restraints procedures for charging individuals who failed
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  Speaker 1: to return issued facility property and updates pertaining to the
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  Speaker 1: facility ethics policy. During Emergency Management Director Jerry Raines' monthly report,
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  Speaker 1: he discussed a visit from Western Kentucky University officials who
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  Speaker 1: were searching for a location to install a mesonet station
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  Speaker 1: in Whitley County. A mesonet station is an automated weather
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  Speaker 1: monitoring station that collects information such as temperature, precipitation, wind conditions,
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  Speaker 1: and soil temperature. The data can assist farmers, emergency management officials,
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  Speaker 1: and others in monitoring weather conditions. Raines said officials considered
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  Speaker 1: two possible locations, the Whitley County Extension Office, the Whitley
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  Speaker 1: County High School. Western Kentucky University selected the site beside
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  Speaker 1: the Extension Office with officials working to finalize the necessary paperwork.
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  Speaker 1: The station is expected to be installed by the end
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  Speaker 1: of the year. And there is a picture, and under
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  Speaker 1: the picture it says, Whitley County Fiscal Court convened for
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  Speaker 1: its regular meeting on Tuesday. The next article is Williamsburg
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  Speaker 1: hosts 33rd annual gateway to the Cumberland's Jeep Jamboree. Williamsburg,
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  Speaker 1: the rumble of engines and the sight of muddy Jeeps
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  Speaker 1: filled the air this past weekend as a 33rd annual
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  Speaker 1: gateway to the Cumberland's Jeep Jamboree rolled into Williamsburg, bringing
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  Speaker 1: together 252 Jeeps and 419 participants from 29 states, for
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  Speaker 1: an off-road weekend of adventure and camaraderie. Hosted by Jeep
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  Speaker 1: Champery USA, the event once again transformed the Whitley County
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  Speaker 1: City into a hub for outdoor exploration and small-town hospitality.
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  Speaker 1: Jeepers from across the U.S. gathered to take part in
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  Speaker 1: a decades-long tradition tracing back to the Rubicon Trail of 1953,
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  Speaker 1: an origin that sparked more than 70 years of off-road enthusiasm.
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  Speaker 1: At the closing awards ceremony Saturday, Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison
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  Speaker 1: presented Jack Lyson with a key to the city to
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  Speaker 1: celebrate the Georgia man's 100th Jeep Jamboree. Awards were also
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  Speaker 1: presented to the youngest driver, 17, and farthest traveler, 2,442
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  Speaker 1: miles from Chico, California. Gateway is popular, and we have
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  Speaker 1: many people who return year over year due to the
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  Speaker 1: kindness shown by the entire city. Jeep Jamboree Sean Gillings stated,
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  Speaker 1: and there are two pictures, and one says the driver
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  Speaker 1: waved two bystanders as they rolled out of the Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: Splash water park for Friday's trail rides. And the last picture,
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  Speaker 1: it says jeeps roll into Kentucky 92 Saturday morning. This
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  Speaker 1: concludes the reading of the Times Tribune. Please stay tuned
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  Speaker 1: for more continued programming. Thank you for joining me. And
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  Speaker 1: on behalf of everyone here at Radio Eye, this is
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  Speaker 1: Janice wishing you a very good day.