http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/?track=rss Headlines from centralkynews.com en ©2013, centralkynews.com Fri, 17 May 2013 15:15:00 -0400 By BEN KLEPPINGER http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/ij-lincoln-ky-school-board-approves-expansion-of-freemeals-program-20130516,0,6345579.story?track=rss STANFORD — Lincoln County Board of Education will expand a federal free meals program to include more than half of the district's students. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:15:00 EDT By BEN KLEPPINGER http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/ij-ohio-woman-third-to-plead-guilty-in-hustonville-ky-burglary-case-20130516,0,329989.story?track=rss STANFORD — Another one of the four women who were charged with the attempted murder of a Hustonville woman last July has pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:15:00 EDT By KENDRA PEEK http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-vacancy-filled-on-boyle-board-of-education-20130517,0,3766371.story?track=rss Jesse Johnson has been appointed to the vacant position on the Boyle County Board of Education by Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holiday. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:10:00 EDT By KENDRA PEEK http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-garrard-names-new-superintendent-20130517,0,4852057.story?track=rss LANCASTER — Garrard County Board of Education has named a new school superintendent, effective July 1. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:56:00 EDT By STEPHANIE COLLINS http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-danville-man-arrested-in-alleged-kidnapping-assault-20130517,0,5695374.story?track=rss JUNCTION CITY — A man was arrested Thursday morning after he allegedly kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and attempted to drown her. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:02:00 EDT By KENDRA PEEK http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-music-teacher-gets-surprise-performance-20130517,0,7580342.story?track=rss BURGIN — Beginning her career of teaching music in the Burgin school district part-time in 1977, Susan Shewmaker impacted the lives of many students over the course of those 36 years. Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT By STEPHANIE COLLINS http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-march-for-babies-set-for-saturday-20130517,0,7695315.story?track=rss Two tickets to a Lexington Legends game will be given away to a lucky winner at Saturday’s annual Boyle/Lincoln/Mercer March for Babies at Millennium Park. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:00 EDT By JENNIFER BRUMMETT http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-states-new-poet-laureate-gets-a-heros-welcome-20130517,0,7045413.story?track=rss The audience was virtually silent when author Frank X Walker read from his works Thursday evening. His style was easy, engaging, lively and light. He drew listeners’ attention effortlessly and evoked smiles and occasional laughs from the assemblage. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:42:00 EDT By TODD KLEFFMAN http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-lincoln-teen-jailed-after-shooting-20130516,0,2519135.story?track=rss MORELAND — A Lincoln County teenager remains in jail without bond today after he allegedly blasted another man with a shotgun from the upstairs window of an apartment Tuesday night. Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:00 EDT http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-poet-laureate-frank-x-walker-to-drive-the-bookmobile-20130516,0,4768596.story?track=rss (AP) — Kentucky’s poet laureate is fulfilling a childhood dream by getting behind the wheel of a bookmobile in his hometown. Frank X Walker will drive the Boyle County Public Library’s bookmobile today during a visit to Danville. Thu, 16 May 2013 10:22:00 EDT