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5.15.25 · Springfield Sun

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Springfield Sun to bringing news
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from in and around Washington County. Your reader today is
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eighty June's Timmany. We begin with the addition dated Wednesday,
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May fourteenth, twenty twenty five. As a reminder, Radioli is
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a leading service intended for people who are blind or
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have other disabilities that make it difficult to read printed materials.
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Upholding the Law by Jane rey Kline, May fourteenth to
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twenty twenty five. Upholding the law, even while she disagrees with,
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is of utmost importance to Kentucky. Chief Justice Deborah Lambert.
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Lambergade a non partisan speech at the May eighth meeting
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of the Washington County Republican Women's Club in which she
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described her duties as Chief Justice and the important role
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the Court's.
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Speaker 2: Play in our society.
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Speaker 1: Judge Lambert was elected to the Supreme Court of Kentucky
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in November twenty eighteen. She serves the third Supreme Court District,
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which is composed of twenty five counties. Her fellow justices
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elected her as Chief Justice of the Commonwealth for a
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four year term that started on January seventh, twenty twenty five.
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Lambert is the first woman to serve the Commonwealth as
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chief Justice. Prior to becoming Chief Justice, she was appointed
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by Chief Justice Van Nader to serve as the Deputy
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Chief Justice. In her role as Chief Justice, Lambert did
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not only oversees the state's highest court. She is responsible
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for the entire court systems, but, she explained, consists of
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two hundred ninety three judges, one hundred twenty circuit clerks,
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and thirty five hundred other court employees. She is also
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responsible for overseeing the courthouse facilities across the state. She
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said she has a team of ten people in the
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facilities department and hopes to increase that number to better
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serve the needs of courthouse building statewide. Lambert recently submitted
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her budget request for funding to the state legislature. The
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court system accounts for about three percent of the state budget,
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and Lambert is careful about how she spends that money.
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When the capital renovation was announced and all state offices
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had to move out of the Capitol building in Frankfort
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to other temporary locations, most chose to rent space around
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the Frankfort area. When the Justice, Lambert was given the
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cost of renting a building large enough to facilitate the
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state's highest court. She requested and received approval from the
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legislature to purchase the building at half the cost of
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renting it. For the approximate ten years, the Capitol building
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will be closed. She said. The building will still be
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utilized after the court returned to the Capitol. Her primary
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duty on the Supreme Court is hearing and ruling on
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a variety of cases that come before the court. She
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said people are often not happy about the decisions the
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court makes. Quote sometimes I don't like the decisions either,
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she said, but went on to explain that she cannot
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let her personal thoughts sway her decisions. Quote. We must
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follow existing laws, no personal thoughts, Lambert said, and be consistent.
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I have to uphold lalls I sometimes disagree with and
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a quote. She said. In making those romans, the justices
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look to quote angers. Those anchors include the Constitution, statutes
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and case law. Lambert said reading through some of the
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cases can be tough. Quote it can bring tears to
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my eyes just reading them, she said. When asked about
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how she deals with the stress, Lambert said recently that
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she's got a dog. He helps with the stress, she said.
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She also said she likes the cook and garden, which helps. Quote.
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When I retire, I plan to watch Talmart movies in
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romantic comedies, she added. Chief Justice Lambert came to the
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Supreme Court after four years on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Quote.
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The Supreme Court is a faster pace than the Court
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of Appeal, she said. The seven justices on the Supreme
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Court meet month weight except for May, July, August, and November.
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Between meetings, the justices are reading and reviewing the cases
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before the court, Lambert said, every case is seen by
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every justice before ruling is rendered. Prior to taking the
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appellate bench, Chief Justice Lambert was a circuit judge Family
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Court Division for the twenty eighth Judicial Circuit, composed of Lincoln, Pulaski,
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renbrought Castle Counties. She was appointed to that seat in
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nineteen ninety nine by then Governor Paul E. Patten. While
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the Family Court judge, she created the first drug court
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in the area. She was recognized for her efforts in
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two thousand and two when the National Association of Drug
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Court Professionals inducted her into the Stanley M. Goldstein Drug
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Court Hall of Fame. For several years, she volunteered in
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area Middle schools, working ten weeks each semester with at
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risk children and families in an effort to help them
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avoid truancy charges. Chief Justice Lambert currently volunteers as a
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certified suicide prevention trainer, training others how to properly intervene
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to prevent suicides. Chief Justice John D. Menton appointed Chief
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Justice Lambert as year of the newly created Kentucky Judicial
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Mental Health Commission in twenty twenty two. In that role,
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she led a large group of key stakeholders and a
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statewide effort to improve how judicial processes affect cases where
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parties have mental health substance use for intellectual disabilities. A
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native of Bell County, Kentucky, Chief Justice Lambert earned a
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bachelor's degree from Eastern Kentucky University, where she graduated with distinction.
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She went on to graduate from the University of Kentucky
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College of Law.
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Speaker 2: In nineteen eighty nine.
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Speaker 1: Chief Justice Lambert practice law in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, serving
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as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney and City Attorney for the
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City of Mount Vernon. In two thousand and seven, Chief
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Justice Lambert resumed her private practice of law in Mount
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Vernon until her election to the Court of Appeals in
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twenty fourteen. Lambert is currently serving an eight year term
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on the Supreme Court. She says she plans to run
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for another term. Her next run will be in twenty
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twenty six. On a personal note, Chief Justice Lambert and
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her husband Joseph Sharp reside on Lake Cumberland in Burnside
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and Pulaski County. She is the mother of two sons,
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Joseph Patrick Lambert and John Ryan Lambert, and two stepdaughters,
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Jessica Sharp Guffy and Chelsea Sharp Woollhams. She is also
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the nona of Sam Stringer, Colin Guffey, George Guffy's and
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Fletcher Sharp. Woolham's Sisters gathered to promote justice and human
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rights by Jane Rey Kleine May fourteen, twenty twenty five.
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The Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine's mother House joined forces
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with the Sisters of Loretto and the Retto Community to
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host the community gathering near their billboard on Highway fifty five.
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The gathering was held on Tuesday, May sixth, quote to
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stand in solidarity with marginalized communities end quote and focused
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on emigration policies and discrimination towards the LGBTQ plus community
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attendees are urging Congress to act comprehensive or to act
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comprehensive reforms in those areas. And a press release from
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the Loretto community, the reasons for the gathering were stated
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as quote, stand in solidarity with the sisters of Central Kentucky.
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To raise awareness of those impoverished by the cool operations
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and unjust policies of our government. End of quote. Challenge
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people of conscience to align the ideals of the Statue
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of Liberty and the words of Jesus with today's issues
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of justice and human rights. Foster welcoming communities and advocate
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for change. Call on Congress to enask comprehensive emigration reform
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and facilitate the immediate return of unjustly deported individuals. They
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also went on to say quote but that was end
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of quote, and then they went on to stay quote.
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We come here today, religious sisters, or neighbors, and our
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friends because simply put, we are unwilling to lie down
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and die or play dead for all the injustices in
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our country today. End of quote. Said Sister rose Marie
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Cummons in her opening stationment, quote, we don't trust our
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government leaders to lead us end of quote. She said later.
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The event included readings from a letter from the late
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Pote Francis to US Catholic Bishop shortly before his death,
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the Gospel of Matthew, and the Statue of Liberty, along
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with the song quote all are welcome by Marty Haygen.
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Between thirty and forty attended to gathering, mostly from the
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Two Sister community. However, one individual said he drove from
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Indiana for the event. His aunt is a sister at
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the Sisters of Loretto. He said he wanted to visit
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with her and quote this was a good excuse to
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come see her end of quote. The sisters of both
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communities have held protest this spring to show their disapproval
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of government policy. The Dominican Sisters have protested in front
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of the Saint Catherine mother House, while the Loretto community
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has been protesting on Main Street in Elebanon. Springfield. Native
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calms driver of dangling truck May eleventh, twenty twenty five
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by Jane Reidclin the nine one one operator who helped
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Calm a panic stricken semi truck driver trapped in his
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cabins that dangled over the Kennedy Bridge in Louisville. Is
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a Springfield native whose training was put to the test
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on Sunday morning, May fourth. For roughly eighteen minutes, twenty
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nine year old Martina Northam Wooner was the only line
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of communication for the trap driver to the outside world.
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Warner is a twenty fifteen graduate of Washington County School
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who now resides in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and has worked with
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Louisville's dispatch center for three and a half years. She
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said she answered the call with her usual Hello, this
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is nine one one. Quote. I wasn't expecting to get
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the driver, Warner said. Despite her surprise, Warner became the
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calm voice amid the turmoil. Quote, will you guys please
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help me? I'm about to I'm about to fall down
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from the bridge, the driver said in the nine one
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one call quote, I'm just hanging over the bridge. I
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don't want to die. And to quote quote, he kept
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asking me like should I jump out? And I was
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like no. He was just ready to get out of
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the truck. He was so scared and to quote, admitting
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she was scared herself scared for him, Warner said she
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tried her best to remain composed One of the first
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things she did was try to help the driver determine
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where he was so she could send the first responders. Quote.
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I knew her first responders would get there in time
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to help him, she said. While the two waited for
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first responders to get on scene and set up, Loner
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calmed the driver through a conversation he thought might be
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as last quote, if I don't survive, can you just
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leave the recording to my family too, the driver asked,
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and then the least nine one one called. Quote, They're
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going to get you out. You're going to be okay, okay,
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and to quote, Warner responded to the driver, is it
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even post possible? You don't know? You just he said, quote,
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I know they can get you out. They have done
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it before, Loner answered. Wona was referring to a similar
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rescue that occurred in March of twenty twenty four, when
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another semi truck was dangling over the Ohio River on
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the Clark Memorial Bridge, also known as the Second Street Bridge.
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Warner is also part of the National Guard, where she
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drives trucks. She said she can never imagine being in
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that driver's situation. Warner eventually had to disconnect with the
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driver so first responders on scene could walk him through
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next step. She then watched fire cruise hoist and lift
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him out of the semi truck on the traffic cameras
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from her computer. Cruse used a high point route system
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with one LSD rescuer lowered into the cab. You basically,
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she said, quote lower a person down into the cab.
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One of our firefighters was there to hook him into
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the system, make sure that he was safe, pulled him
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out of the cab and back down to safety and
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to close, said Fire Chief Brian O'Neill. The rescue operation
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took about thirty minutes, after which the driver was safely
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transferred to the Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services. A Louisville
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fire representative said there were no injuries in the incident. Quote.
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I'm sure he was very happy, she said. I was
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very happy for him and his family. End of quote. Quote.
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We are really proud of her, said loner's mother, Faced
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Halfworth of Springfield. Quote, I'm not surprised by how she
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handled the situation. She tried to help everyone and has
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been like a guardian angelism. End of quotes. Hackworths were
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called times when children were being bullied or mistreated in school,
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that her daughter quote was always right there to defend them.
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End of quote. Quote she was scared for him. Hackworth added,
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I believe she truly was, end of quote. The preliminary
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investigation shows that the semi was traveling south when the driver,
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for an unknown reason, lost control instruck the rail of
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the bridge that caused the cab to hang over the
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rail with the driver inside. O'Neill said that the incident
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is very similar to the crash in twenty twenty four. Quote.
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You've got a precarious situation where the cab of a
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truck is dangling off an interstate. It could possibly separate
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and fall. The last one was dangling over water. This
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one was over You know, everybody around here is familiar
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with spaghetti junction. There's just more interstate underneath and of quote,
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O'Neill said. A camera fixed on the bridge showed the
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semi truck's cab hanging precariously over the edge between were
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two overpasses. Heat Oddly, this was the second of three
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semi truck crashes in the same area of I sixty
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five southbound in forty eight hours. Louisville Metro Police spokesman
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Dwight Mitchell says that on Saturday, a car haul or
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overturned on Interstate sixty five South just off the Kennedy Bridge.
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Vehicles that were on the trailer fell off, blocking traffic
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and leaving the truck and cars damaged. Sunday evening, another
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semi hit the freshly replaced barrier from the crash earlier
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that morning. Louisville Metro pulled said the semi driver lost
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control and strussed a barrier that had been repaired earlier
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in the day. The semi became jackknife and the driver
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sustained non life threatening injuries and now some obituaries. Mary
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Francis Yates Pale, aged eighty three, of jim Town, Rose Spreensfield,
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died at eleven forty two am Sunday, May fourth, twenty
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twenty five, at village of Lebanon. Born October sixteenth, nineteen
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forty one in Washington County. She was preceded in.
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Speaker 2: Death by her parents, Joseph.
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Speaker 1: Albert and Mary ethel Edmund Gates, her husband, Robert Lee
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Pale Senior, Jamesith twenty ten a son, Terry Wynne Pale.
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January twenty second, two thousand and four, four brothers Richard Dickey, Ronnie,
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Charlie and Joseph Clarence Yates, three half brothers Felidas Lee
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and Frank Yates, and four half sisters Margaret Edmund, Pattie Yates,
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Catherine Mayfield and Aida Down. She worked as a pack
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there at Wheaton Plastics for twenty six years and Armour
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for ten years, and was a member of Saint Dominic
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Catholic Church. She is survived by a son, Robert Lee
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and Jamie Powell Junior of Springfield, a sister, Katie Hayden
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of Mount Zion, a sister in law Dorothy Bird of Bardstown,
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six grandchildren, six great grandchildren, a great great grandchild, and
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a step grandchild. Funeral mass for Mary Francis Yates Powell
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well be Or was conducted at ten am Thursday, May
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Aid's twenty twenty five at Saint Dominic Catholic Church, with
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the Reverend David Ferrell officiating. Buriel was at Saint Rose Cemetery.
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Paulbears were Timmy and Joe Yates Junior, Jimmy Hayden, Jerry
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Copis Bryan and Jesse Hayden. A prayer service was also
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held at seven pm Wednesday at Hale Poland Robinson's Funeral Home,
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where friends called from eight to five pm Wednesday and
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seven to nine thirty am Thursday morning. Hale Poland Robinson's
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Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements. Mary Carlyle Barbara Willett,
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longtime resident of Bardstown, died at her home Saturday, May third,
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twenty twenty five, at the age of ninety three. She
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was predeceased by her parents, Ham and Prudence Clarkson Barber,
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and her husband of sixty two years, doctor Erha'm sorry,
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Charles E. Willett, Senior. She is survived by her eight children,
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Prudence and Mark Kramer, Mary Catherine and Jack Turcott, Harriet
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and Bill Hancock, Jerry and Ellen Willett, Cecilia Hansel, Charles D.
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Sham Willett Junior, and Kathy Willett his wife Alex Willett,
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and then George and Renee Willett. Missus Wilbert was born
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and raised in Springsville, Kentucky, and always proud of her
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Washington County heritage. She graduated from Saint Dominic Grade School.
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She then attended Say Katherine Academy in Springfields, graduating as
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valedictorian of her class. She was known for her good
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humor and kindness. Mary Carlisle was a beautiful young lady
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with many interested suitors. When charming Charli King Alms, the
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game changed and she married June twenty eighth eight, nineteen
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forty nine, just after turning eighteen. They had a wonderful
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marriage with a love of travel, friends Notre Dame and
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Navy football games, college visits with their sons and daughters.
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In Charlie's last moment, she held his hand and said, quote,
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this is one more trip I would like to take
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with you, and to quote, and now she is with
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him again. She was a voracious reader and always had
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a book beside her. An early adapter of technology, her
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iPhone and iPad were in constant use for car games, newspapers,
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and email from friends and grandchildren. She was also an
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avid sports fan, particularly devoted to horse racing and the
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annual NCAA college basketball tournament, and wished and respected player.
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She loved her bridge and also enjoyed bourbon, not necessarily
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in that order. Throughout her long life, she was good
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company and a devoted friend to many. She excelled in
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her primary vocation, as a wife and mother and was
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adored by her eight children, fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
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She had a remarkable memory and engaging in genuine interest
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in all she encountered. Her funeral Mass was held Monday,
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May twelfth, eleven am at Saint Joseph Proto Cathedral in Bardstown.
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Visitation preceded the math in the mass in the church
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at ten am and Louis Flowers please consider donations to
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the Saint Joseph Parish, Bethlehem High School, Saint Dominic Grave
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School in Spring Silt. The family extends their sincere appreciation
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to her nurse practitioner Angels Millie Riggs and Angela Baward,
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sister and daughter Sehi provided loving care and companionship for
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many years and we are truly grateful. Arboe's Funeral Home
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was in charge of the arrangement. Reckless driver call leads
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to drug arrest staff report May fourteenth, twenty twenty five,
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According to a Facebook post by the Washington County Sheriff's Office,
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on May second, twenty twenty five, Springfield, Washington County Dispatch
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received a complaint of a reckless driver coming from Boyle
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County on Highway one to fifty. Sheriff Jerry Pinkston responded
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and witnessed the violator pass and overtake four cars at
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one time. Chief's Deputy Wynn Davis turned on violator and
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he again started passing cars in a no passing zone.
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According to the Post, the violator was pulled over on
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Highway one fifty by pass near Maxwell Road. He was
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found to be in possession of oxytotine pills and three
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baggies of suspected methamphetamine. Gregory Duggins was arrested by Pinkston
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and Davis and charged with reckless driving, possession of a
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controlled substance first degree methamphetamine, possession of controlled substance first
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degree opiates. Duggins was lodged in the Marion County Detention.
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Centered Judge orders prosecutor to spell out charges against Nelson
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County Sheriff Chief Deputy by Peter W. Zabatti Paxtan Media Group,
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May fourteenth, twenty twenty five, and an order issued Monday
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May fifth by Special Judge Elise spain Hour, Prosecutors are
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required to issue a bill of particular spelling out the
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charges against Nelson County Sheriff Ramon Pianora and Chief Justice
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are on pario Chief Deputy Brandon Bryan. On May twenty fifth,
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the order was made after prompting by Attorney Michael Mimitt,
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who was representing Brian. Brian and Pianora.
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Speaker 2: Were indicted by a grand jury in.
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Speaker 1: Early March for abuse of public trust, official misconduct, and
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stuff by deception, with Brian also receiving additional charges of
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forgery in the ESO, Detectives I Injustice and Will Purdams,
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who are attached to the Great Hardened Counting Narcotics Task Force,
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have accused the sheriff and chief Deputy of retaliating against
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them after they had reported Brian of not following proper
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procedures when allegedly selling three vehicles confiscated by the task
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Force and held in an evidence warehouse. In response, Justice
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and Perdam accused Pianora of pulling them off of the
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task force and preventing them from working over time. The
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case is being investigated by Kentucky State Police Post War
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and Detective Blake Owens, and is being prosecuted by Bullet
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County Commonwealth's Attorney Amanda Hernandez Trautman, who was appointed Special
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prosecutor for the case. Nimas filed a motion for a
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bill of particulars late last month, noting that the indictment
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against Brian quote as vague as to the specific allegations
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being made against them, and of quote in the motion
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filed April twenty third, Mimas rice about the abuse of
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public trust charge quote. This narrative of the charge merely
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parrots the statutory language. Other than a date, it bails
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to provide a reasonable description of what it is that
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Deputy Bryan is alled to have done. He denies all wrongdoing,
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and the vague and unspecified nature of the allegation has
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served to create unjust speculation about his conduct. He is
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entitled the sufficient notice of the allegation so he can
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fully defend himself and equipped. Numez is speaking exact dates, times,
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and locations of the alleged offenses, specific conducts that allegedly
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constitute the offenses, and whether prosecutors plan to offer any
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specific legal theories not clearly stated in the indictment. Both
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Pianoora and Brian are charged with selny abuse of public
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trust more than ten thousand dollars but less than one
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hundred thousand dollars as well as two felony counts assessed
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by deception ten thousand dollars or more. In addition, both
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men are charged with misdemeanor charges of official misconduct and
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two charges of violating shape with the Blower laws. Brian
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also faces two additional felony charges of second degree fourgrey.
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Late last week, Hernandez Trautman submitted discovery evidence numbering one thousand,
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seven hundred eighty four pages. Quote the Commonwealth intends to
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introduce any and all crimes, wrongs, acts, and or incidents
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contained in all forms of discover tendered, including audio and video.
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In its case in chief end of quote, the prosecutor wrote,
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she claims the discovery falls under the Kentucky Rules of
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Evidence four O four B and four oh four C.
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Some of the evidence includes audio files and police can
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video files. Brian and Pianura are scheduled to appear eleven
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eight and June sixty for a pre trial conference, and
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their trial is set for nine am on October the
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twenty seven Public Record District Court MASI twenty twenty five
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Joseph Randall Kidwell failure to wear a seatbelt know and
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Insurance No or Expire Plate five hundred and seventy five
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dollars fine plus court cost. Oryan Hash failure to wear
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a seatbelt twenty five dollars fine plus corek cost. James
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Travis Maddingly driving on a suspended overgoed license, no or
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expire plates, no insurance six hundred fifty dollars fine plus
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court costs. Jeffrey Medley speeding thirteen miles per hour over
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the limit, license not in possession fifty dollars.
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Speaker 2: Fine plus court costs.
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Speaker 1: Patricia L. Raider speeding fifty miles per hour over the limit,
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failure to wear a seatbelt fifty five dollars.
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Speaker 2: Fine plus court costs.
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Speaker 1: Matthew L. Rasnik driving on a dy suspended license thirty
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days probated for twenty four months plus court costs. Court
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costs start at one hundred and forty five dollars and
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increase depending on the charges. I'm turning now to some
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opinion pieces. Remembering our Name, May fourth, Peak, twenty twenty five.
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David B. Whitlock, who is a columnist for Life Matters.
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What's the name? I asked, Paul, I can't remember, he answered.
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My college roommate, Paul Oglesby and I were looking at
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a group photo from our fraternity forty six years ago.
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I can't believe you remember as many as you do,
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Lori and Alex, Paul's wife said almost in unison. For years,
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I wondered what happened to my college roommate Oglesby, as
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I called them. We had been in the same pledge
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couch class Stigma PI at Gaylor University. Then after graduation
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we lost track of each other until a couple of
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years ago. I felt like an FBI agent as I
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searched Paul Ogleskey. Finally, our wives helped and they put
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us together by comparing pictures from social media. And so
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when part of the Oglesby clan, daughter, son in law,
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four grandchildren visited our part of the country on vacation,
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we met them at Mammoth Cave, where we all took
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in he dive into the caverns. Though it has been
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years since Paul and I had seen each other, we've
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picked up where we left off. Quote, don't park very
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Jacknie its yelled at me when he rolled down his
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car window. Rory looked at me as I explained, jack
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meet was a word we invented in college for bad drivers,
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a combination of jackass.
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Speaker 2: And eat head.
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Speaker 1: Later that night at the hotel, we reminisced. Loory and
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I had brought some pictures of our fraternity date. Looriy
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and Alex grinned as Paul and I struggled to remember
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who is that one of us would puzzle, Oh, I remember, Oh,
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you know, what's his name? Most of the names we
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could remember, but some flipped away. It wasn't that we
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were stupid. I had told or that I was an
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average student who tried hard quote, but Paul was brilliant
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and like me, he tried hard, but was more gifted
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than I was. And to quote, Paul earned a PhD
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in physics at the University of Arizona and worked, among
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other things, on national missile descent, highly classified stuff that
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he still keeps himself. Paul had traveled all over the
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country sharing his research with the nation's top military brass
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before he retired. And so here we were two guys
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with different PhDs, scratching our heads, struggling to remember once
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familiar names. As we chatted, a conversation ran the gamut
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from our favorite sports teams to deeper subjects like can
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a physicists believe in God? Paul does to Paul trying
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to explain in terms I could understand my questions about
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simulation theory, the theoretical hypothesis that we as humans are
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living in an advanced computer simulation, perhaps created and overseen
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by a higher being. Quote you two are so different,
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but so alike, Alex observed. Quote I tried to answer
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the how about the universe? David thought the why. Paul
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quickly responded. My journey into the why was limited by
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the nature of the subject matter. God. This concludes excerpt
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from recent editions of The Springfield Suns. Your leader has
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been June's timmandy On behalf of everyone here at Radioli.
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Thank you for listening, keep on listening, and have a
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good day.