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3.6.25 · Springfield Sun

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Speaker 1: We now turn to the Springfield Sun to bring you
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news from in and around Washington County. Your reader today
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is Amy Jones. Timmany lead again with the addition dated
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Win Today, March fifth, twenty twenty five. As a reminder,
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RADIOI is a leading service intended for people who are
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blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. County to construct shooting range for law
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enforcement by Jane Reed Kline, March fifth, twenty twenty five.
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A shooting range is to be built at the Washington
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County transfer Station for local law enforcement officers and the
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four aged shooting programs. The Washington's Fiscal Court approved a
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plan to construct a shooting range at the regular court
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meeting on Friday, February twenty sixth Verse. Twenty eight officers
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and four H participants currently use an area on private
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property for practice. County Judge Executive Tim Graves said the
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county needs to move that off private property. An area
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near the pit at the transfer station has been identified
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for the new firing range. The cost of the new
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range will be shared equally by the Washington County Sheriff's Department,
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Sprainfield Police Department, and four H Grave said the cost
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will not exceed four thousand dollars for each entity. Use
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of the new range will be limited to supervised four
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AH participants and local law enforcement officers. Sheriff Jerry Pinkston
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said all officers must be re certified annually and the
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new range will be a good location for that re certification.
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Judge Graves presented the auditor's report for twenty twenty three
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twenty four to the court. There were no significant findings
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in the report and all was deemed in order. The
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audit was conducted by Patrick and Associates, Lle of Winchester.
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The twenty twenty four to twenty five audit will be
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conducted by the State Auditor's Office in Frankfort. Road Department
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Supervisor Tommy Warner report momorted that he has ordered additional
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fault for the county along with the material needed to
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patch potholes in county roads. Sheriff Pinkston reported that he
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has been informed that a stoplight will soon be placed
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at the construction zone for the bridge in Highway five
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fifty five near Highway fifty three. Pinkston stated several vehicles
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have hit the side of the bridge since construction on
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the bridge has gotten under way, and it is hoped
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the stoplight will minimize danger to drivers. Once installed, the
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traffic light will remain up for about six weeks. County
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Clerk Brett Barry presented the court with a check for
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one hundred forty three thousand, one hundred seventy eight dollars
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and ninety eight cents for access keys from the Clerk's office.
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Just before the meeting adjourned, Judge Graves announced a tire
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amnesty from May sixteenth through the seventeenth. Residents can bring
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old tires, including tractor tires, to the State Road Garage
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for disposal on those dates. The next meeting of the
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Fiscal Court will be Monday, March tenth, at nine a m.
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All meetings are held in the eighteen to sixteen courthouse.
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A lot has changed, A lot stayed the same by
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janebred Clyde mart Or Klein, March fifth, twenty twenty five.
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Quote A lot has changed, a lot of stayed the same.
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End of quote, said Greg Simms, owner of Park View IgA.
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The local grocery store opened its stores in March of
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two thousand and is ready to celebrate the twenty said
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anniversary of that successful endeavor. Greg said the store will
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be hosting a store wide celebration throughout the entire month
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of March with deals, giveaways, drawings and more. Quote. We
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are a lot bigger now, Greg said, we have grown
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tremendously since those early days and I appreciate the community
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support through the years. End of quote. Greg opened the
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store with Keith Schlosser twenty five years ago with a
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promise to be an asset to the community and carry
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items that had not previously been available in Springfield. Sims
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and Flosher came with years a food experience. Sims was
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owner of Links and a partner was a slasher at
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Morcadis on Maine. Sims also owned the meat house located
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next to Save a Lot, providing fresh meat to Save
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a Lot and his own customers. He closed the meat
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house when they opened the grocery store. The new park
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Uiga continued to provide fresh cut meats in the meat
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department also known as the Meathouse, with a butcher on
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site that continues today with custom cuts available. We still
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cut all our meat, Greg said. There is some prepackaged
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meat available, but we cut most of our meat fresh.
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Another asset when the grocery store first opened was a
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bakery with fresh doughnuts, daily birthday cakes, and fresh baked bread.
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The store also included the Parkview Cafe, a forty capacity
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sit down area for customers to enjoy a hot meal
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from the store's deli. Sims discontinued donuts during COVID, but
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everything else in the deli and bakery remained, including britis,
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chicken pies, and cakes. Sims and Schlosser have since severed
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the partnership. Sims now runs the store with his son,
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Christopher Sims. Christopher is the chef for prepared foods, daily lunches,
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and catering. Quote coming from the restaurant industry led to
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a great deli and to quote Greg said, known for
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good Home Coast lunch and excellent catering. Christopher said catering
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is a huge part of the business. Quote We cater
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over seventy weddings a year, he said, along with corporate
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events for the bourbon and auto industries and more. End
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of quote. Christopher said they cater to at least a
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sixty mile radius. Quote we serve three to five hundred
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lunches daily. He added. Everything is fresh from scratch, not frozen.
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End of quote. Greg and Chris said the deli in
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meat department tend to draw people in, with customers coming
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from Nelson, Marion and Anderson Counties just to buy meat.
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Others come for the high quality fresh produce. The complete
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landscape of the industry has changed over the years, Greg said,
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and more changes are coming to the idaight. Greg said
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the store will soon be adding Instacart and Apple Cart
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with delivery service available. But much is stayed the same. Quote.
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We still buy local as much as we can. Greg said.
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We buy local daily, in season, produce anything we can
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end of quote. Another thing that has stayed the same
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is some of the familiar faces of employees. The store
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opened with thirty five employees along with Simms. Four original
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employees remain, Judy Elder, Steve Baker, David Segrissi, and Carolyn Coleman.
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The twenty fifth anniversary celebration, deals and promotions will be
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announced in the Springfield Sun and on the store's Facebook page.
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Milwaukee man indicted for Springfield murder by Jane Breed kleinb
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March fifth, twenty twenty five. Roosevelt Davis, the third of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
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was indicted by the Washington County Grand jury on Wednesday,
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February twenty sixth for the December twenty seventh murder of
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Padisha Birch in her home on Claybrook Avenue in Springfield.
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The indictment also charges Davis with the attempted murder of
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Francis Campbell, first degree burglary, and two counts of first
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degree want in endangerment. The incident was investigated by Kentucky
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State Police or KSP and the Springfield Police Department. The
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preliminary investigation determined an individual had forced their way into
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the residence and shot two women before fleeing the area. Birch,
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thirty one, of Springfield, was found deceased in the residence
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from an apparent gunshot wound. Campbell, fifty two, of Springfield,
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was injured by an apparent gunshot wound and was transported
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to a Lexington hospital for treatment of her injuries. The
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investigation identified Davis, twenty three, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a suspect.
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KSB Post fifteen immediately issued a statewide law enforcement bulletin
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to attempt to locate Davis. The bulletin led an officer
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with a shop Shelbyville Police Department to initiate a traffic
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stop on a Chevrolet Malibu, and the driver was identified
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as Davis. According to Shelbyville Police, around three am, one
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of the department's officers spotted a car with a Wisconsin
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license plate speeding on Interstate sixty four near the thirty
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six mile marker. The vehicle got off at the Simpsonville
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exit and came to a stop. During the traffic stop,
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officers learned that Davis had been identified as a suspect
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in the double shooting earlier that morning and a bank
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burglary in Wisconsin on Christmas Day. He was taken into custody.
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During an interview with KA Speed, Davis admitted to using
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money from the burglary to buy two guns in camouflage.
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He told detectives he then drove to Kentucky and shot
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the two women in Springfield. Davis told police he used
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his shoulder to force open the homes door and fired
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about ten shots. Bond for Davis was set at two
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million dollars full cash. Three also issued an indictment for
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Randall Clarke, forty seven, of Lagrange. The indictment includes five
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counts of first degree rape of a child under twelve
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years of age and a charge of first degree sex
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abuse of a child under twelve years of age. His
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bond was set at five hundred thousand dollars full cash.
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Caleb Collins, forty nine of Maxville, along with Travis Bidwell
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forty two and Brittany Hagerman thirty two, both of Willisburg,
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were indicted on three counts of second degree unlawful transaction
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with a miner and two counts of first degree wanton endangerment.
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Collins was additionally charged with first degree sexual abuse. The
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indictments charged that during the summer of twenty twenty three,
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the three allegedly quote induced and assisted or caused a
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miner to engage in illegal controlled substances activity involving marijuana,
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or other criminal activity constituting a felony end of quotes.
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Bond was set at twenty thousand dollars full cash for
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each descendant. Jason King, forty two of Springfield and Don Lane,
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forty two of Springfield were indicted on charges of trafficking
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in cocaine while in possession of a firearm, possession of
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a handgun by a convicted felon two counts of first
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degree wanton endangerment endangering the welfare of a minor, and
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possession of drug paraphernalia. Keen was also indicted for being
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a persistent felony offender. The charges are in connection with
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the December twenty sixth, twenty twenty four incident. Bond was
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set at twenty thousand dollars full cash for Keene and
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ten thousand dollars full cash for Wayne. Billy P. Young,
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forty five was indicted for possession of mes and fhetamine,
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possession of drug paraphernalia, no insurance license, not in possession,
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failure to provide insurance card, failure to wear a seat belt,
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no or in proper use of a temporary tag when required,
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transfer of motor vehicle without bill of sale, and no
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registration and title. Forty five was indicted with Young for
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possession of methanthetamines and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was
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said at five thousand dollars for each defendant. Donnie Worthington,
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sixty two of Springfield was indicted for first degree wanton
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endangerment and third degree criminal misdiffs in connection to a
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January thirty first incident. Brian McCord, forty nine, Bardstown was
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indicted for possession of mess and fetamines, possession drug paraphernalia,
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possession of marijuana, duy, public intoxication, failure to produce insurance card,
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and know or expired vehicle registration. Trevor Tucker, forty five,
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of Campbellsville was indicted for first degree wanton endangerment and
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DUI resulting from an incident on August twenty second, twenty
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twenty four. The grand jury chose not to indict Tucker
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on charges of possession of possession of marijuana, possession of
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drug paraphernalia, and possession of an unspecified controlled substance. An
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indictment by grand jury is merely a charge. All decendants
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are presumed innocent until proven guilty in the appropriate court
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of law. And now some obituaries. Shirley Anne Cambrian eighty three.
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Shirley Anne Cambrian, age eighty three, of Manton passed away
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Tuesday February twenty sixth, twenty twenty five at Bardstown Health
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and we have sent her. She was born March sixteenth,
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nineteen forty one in Saint Francis. She was a former
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employee of Walmart and Bardstown and was a member of
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the Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Manton. She was preceded
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in death by her husband, Charles Edwin Sunny Chambrin. Her parents,
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Joseph Adrian Ado and Mary Edith Sis Maddie Lee Simms,
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two sisters, Ruth Simms and Naomi Sims Mullen, one brother,
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William Robert Simms, three grandchildren Matthew and Christopher Ballad Ballard
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and Elisa Kelty. Survivors include four children, Patricia Ballard of Bardstown,
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Lisa McCarter and Steve of Severeville, Tennessee, Charles Cambrian Junior
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of Manton, and Charles Cambrian and Michelle of Springfield. Six
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grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Five siblings, Ja and Edna
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Gerald and Polly, Joyce and John, Bonnie and David and Virginia.
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A massive Christian burial will be held at eleven am Friday,
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February twenty eight, or was held last Friday at the
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Holy Rosary Catholic Church, sixty nine sixty four Cissleville Road, Manton.
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The Reverend Augustine judd o P officiated. Interment followed at
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the church cemetery. Visitation was held at Thursday at Maddingley
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Funeral Home one ninety five Holy Cross Road, Loretto, and
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a prayer service was held at seven pm. Patricia Ann
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pat Shoemaker hundred seventy eight Patricia Ann pat Shoemaker hundred
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dadge seventy eight of Springfield, Kentucky, passed away at nine
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thirteen a m. Sunday, February twenty third, twenty twenty five,
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at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was born in Lebanon, Kentucky,
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on January twenty ninth, nineteen forty seven, to the late
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Emmas Butler and Daphney R. Tatum Shoemaker. Pat was a
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member of the Springfield Baptist Church. A nineteen sixty five
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graduate of Springsfield High School, a graduate of Georgetown College,
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and received her master's degree from the University of Louisville.
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She was a retired school teacher, having taught most of
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her career in the Harden County School system. Preceding her
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in death with her husband, John Hendrigs on February eighth,
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two thousand and six, and three sisters, Zybean Martin on
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December fifteenth, twenty thirteen, Frenda Bates on March first, twenty nineteen,
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and Martha Joyce Trowbridge on July twenty seventh, twenty twenty three.
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Survivors included a daughter, Natalie Cannon and Chris of Eminent,
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a son Ben Hendricks and Michelle of Mount Washington, and
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two grandsons, Silas and Finn Cannon. Funeral services were held
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at eleven am Thursday, February twenty seven at the Carry
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and Sun Funeral Home with Reverend Aaron Chryl officiating. Burial
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was in the Peter Cemetery in Maxwell. Serving as pallbearers
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were Silas Cannon, Sinn Cannon, Kevin Bates, David Bates, Hayden Bates,
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and Jeff Trowbridge. Carrie and Sun Funeral Homes was in
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charge of the arrangement. Public record District Court February twenty fourth,
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twenty twenty five Charles Thomas Hartessey d u y seven
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days to serve eighteen month license suspension and three hundred
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and fifty dollars fine plus court cost to Shawn Montgomery,
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fourth degree assault sixty days probated for twenty four months
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plus court cost. Paula Pollard du why no insurance driving
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on a suspended or revoked license, six month licensed suspension
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and seven hundred dollars fine plus court c COS February
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twenty fifth, twenty twenty five. Christian Bas beating twenty six
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miles per hour over the limit. Fifty dollars fine plus
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court costs. Circuit Court, February nineteenth, twenty twenty five. Christopher
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Andrew Daniels, charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence appeared.
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Daniel's court appointed attorney was suspended from practicing law. The
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court appointed a new public defender and rescheduled a trial
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from April twenty ninth to June thirtieth to allow new
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attorney time to review the case and prepare for trial.
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Aubrey McCallan entered a guilty plea to second degree escape,
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sentenced to wonder court cost waived. Ronald Nally entered a
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guilty plea to possession of methanmsetamine, tampering with physical evidence,
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and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
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nowI was sentenced to three years probated for five years
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on each count, to run concurrently but consecutive to a
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case in Nelson County. Court. Costs were set at one
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hundred eighty five dollars. Kyleas Dokes entered a guilty plea
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for trafficking in methamphetamines, for which she received a sentence
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of six years probated for five years, possession of cocaine
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three years, probated for five years, and tampering with physical
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evidence five years probated for five years. Signs in court
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costs were waived. Juliet Terry entered a guilty plea to
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child abuse. She was sentenced to five years to run
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concurrent with other Washington County charges. Hunter Videtau entered a
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guilty plea to four counts of second degree assault in
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driving under the influence. The recommended sentence is seven years
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for each count of assault to run concurrently, plus four
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days for the duy to also run concurrent, and licensed
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to be suspended for one year. Final sentencing will be
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March nineteenth, twenty twenty five. February twenty sixth, twenty twenty five.
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The trial of Anthony McDowell on charges of rape, three
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counts of sexual assault and saw was reset from May
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twenty seventh. No plea now will be accepted by the
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court in this case. Court calls start at one hundred
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and forty five dollars and increased depending upon the charges.
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First responders work several traffic accidents by jingbrey Kline marks
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fifth twenty twenty five. The Springfield and Washington County first
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responders had a busy few days last week responding to
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automobile accidents in the area. There were no serious injuries
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from any of the accidents. On Saturday, February twenty second
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and eleven fifteen pm, a two vehicle accident with minor
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injury occurred on Highway five to fifty five at the
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construction area on the bridge. Patients were checked out by
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Washington County EMS. On Sunday, February twenty third, the rescue
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squad responded to three separate calls. The first was a
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two vehicle accident on Highway one fifty at bare Walla Roads.
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Minor injuries were report. The second and automated crash notification
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took responders to Lincoln Park Road at Rayleigh Lane, where
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nothing was found. The third was a two vehicle accident
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on Highway five fifty five near Highway fifty three in
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the construction zone, minor injuries only. Sheriff Jerry Pinkston noted
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in the Friday, February twenty eight Fiscal Court meeting that
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a stoplight is to be installed at this construction zone
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and remained up for about six weeks. On Friday, February
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twenty eight, Rescue Squad members responded to a two vehicle
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accident on the Highway one fifty by pass of Old
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Bardstown Road at the traffic light near the Saint Catherine
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round About. Two patients were evaluated on scene and released.
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Also on Friday, an accident occurred in a five thousand
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block of Bardstown Road in front of Pat Maddingley's trucking.
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The Sheriff's Office reports the accident involved two commercial vehicles.
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Both drivers were transported to spring View Hospital for evaluation
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and treatment. Contest announced the redesigned Kentucky's Stay Inuter license
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plate by Jane Reidcline March fifth, twenty twenty five. After
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more than twenty years, Kentucky's Stay Inuter specialty license plate
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is ready for a new look, and Commissioner of Agriculture
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Jonathan Snell is inviting the public to submit their artwork
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for the new design. Quote practicing responsible pet ownerships and
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the need to reduce the stray and homeless pet population
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are the messages surrounding this plate design. Commissioner Shell said,
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with four entered and eleven animal shelters and animal wilfare
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organizations in Kentucky, it's obvious to me as a society
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we need to do more to control the population. Since
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February is Stay Inuter Awareness Month, this is a perfect
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time to refresh our design and send out a call
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to local artist end of quote. The current Stay Inuter
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license plate, which depicts a kitten and a puppy nuzzle together,
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was adopted to raise awareness of the need to reduce
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the population of stray and homeless animals in Kentucky. During
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its lifetime, sales have be plated to more than six
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hundred thousand dollars in grants being awarded to organization, resulting
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in more than seventeen thousand, two hundred cass and dogs aid,
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bade or neutered. Proceeds from the sales of the license
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plates go to the Animal Control and Care Fund, which
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is administered by the Animal Control Advisory Board. The board
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is established in nineteen ninety eight by an Act of
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the Kentucky General Assembly. The duties of the Board include
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making recommendations to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture relating to
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animal control issues and evaluating applications for spay and neuter
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grants to Kentucky counties and municipalities. Artists are asked to
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considered the following in their design. Why spay and neuter
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One helps cut down on Kentucky's pet over population problem.
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To the more pets that are spade or neuters, the
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more pets can be adopted. Three spaine and neutering can
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reduce bad behaviors such as roaming, spraying, and fighting, and
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four reduces the risk of disease. The contest deadline is
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April twenty, twenty twenty five. Injuries can be submitted to
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Michael Grant at Michael dot Grant at ky dot gov.
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Kentucky State Police investigates murder suicide involving Loretto Man March fifth,
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twenty twenty five. On February twenty seven to twenty twenty five,
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Kentucky State Police Post seven Enrichment was contacted by Bluegrass
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nine one one for assistance in investigating a shooting at
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a residence on Main Street in crab Orchards, Lincoln County,
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where three individuals had been shot. The preliminary investigation indicates
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Censer Baldwin's third of crab Orchards shot Dennis Perry, forty,
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of Loretto and Heather Baldwin's thirty, of crab Orchard before
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turning the weapon on himself. Dennis Perry sustained the life
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threatening injuries and was transported by EMS to Ephraim McDowell
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Regional Medical Center. Heather Baldwin was also transported by AMS
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to Ephraim McDowell at Port Logan Hospital with life threatening injuries,
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where she later succumbed to those injuries and was pronounced
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deceased by the Lincoln County Corner Ferris Markham. Senser Baldwin
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was pronounced deceased at the scene by Lincoln County Corner
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Ferris Markham. Autopsies will be performed by the Medical Examiner's
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Office in Frankburt. The ongoing investigation is being conducted by
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KSKE Post seven Detectives Jonathan Walls. He was assisted on
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the scene by KSP personnel, Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, Lincoln
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County e MS, crab Orchard Police Department, and Lincoln County
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Coroner's Office. One Step at a Time was a Band
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of Believers March fifth, twenty twenty five. It begins with
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ashes on the forehead as worshippers exit the sanctuary On
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ash Wednesday, it ends with Easter lilies. On Easter Sunday,
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it flows from lament to praise, from a forty day
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trudge up the hill to Golgotha to a celebration dance
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at an empty tomb. It's called went, ending either on
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Mine Day, Thursday, or Holy Saturday preceding Easter Sunday. Whent
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originated in the early days of the Church as a
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preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and
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church leaders instructed new converts as they prepared for baptism.
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Each year, ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. The
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forty day period represents Christ's time of temptation in the wilderness,
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where he fastened and where Shay humpted him. Growing up
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as the Southern Baptist in Oklahoma, I'd never experienced a
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community that observed blind until I lived in Louisville, Kentucky.
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While in seminary, a friend having men to Ash Wednesday service,
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walked into a graduate seminar, took a seed close to me,
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and thank God I didn't say it before the whole class.
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I whispered, what happened to your forehead when practice bessed?
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Blent is a private matter, not meant to be a
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public affair, although where in the ashes can declear one's
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faith and even prompt questions from others which the believer
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can hopefully answer. Lent is about an inner transformation over
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a designated period in which believers take inventory of their
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spiritual account their life and ask where am I in
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my walk with Jesus Christ? What am I allowing to
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distract you and even trip me as I journey? What's
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blurring the vision of Him? What can I do without
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to grow within and enjoy a closer walk with my Master?
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Jesus warned us about displaying our spirituality as if we
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can flash a five star spiritual status eat religious performers
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we think we are. He warned his followers about such people.
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Everything they do is for show. For Matthew twenty three, Sat. Five,
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Jesus seemed to prefer his followers to keep it to themselves.
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When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love
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to pray publicly on street corners and in synagogues where
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everyone can hear them. But when you pray, go away,
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by yourself, shut the door, and pray to your Father
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in private Matthew six five through six. If the point
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is to pause and examine our motives while looking outwardly
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to Jesus, then len can be for anyone with the
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tiniest desire for the life Jesus offers. Public dislays in
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themselves really rarely transform the heart, and more often reveal
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a desire for a recognition that Jesus's inverted kingdom shuns.
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The spiritual elite have trouble tearing up their religious gold card,
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becoming spiritual beggars, and donning a crown of thorns rather
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than a religious medallion. If at the end of Lent
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we stay glad it's over, I did my religious duty.
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I can go back to be me, then it was
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a meaningless journey. Lunch should give us a glimpse of
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what we can be spiritually, of what God creates us
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to be, or created us to be. Benedict of Narsia
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is supposed to have told them monks in his religious
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order that they should live a Lenten like life all year.
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The living a Lenten like life sounds drab a bit
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to us, doure and certainly not sustainable. It's undoubtedly asking
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too much, we conclude, as we mount our defense for
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something more palatable to our more worldly taste. But think again,
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before there was anything like religious Holy orders, A small
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band of believers look to Jesus in desperation and chose
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to step up towards him. This concludes excerpts from recent
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editions of The Springfield Son. Your reader has been Amy Jones,
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Timody on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI thank you
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for listening, Keep on listening, and have a good day.