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August is Neighborhood Watch Month in Mercer County
smojica@amnews.comHARRODSBURG — Mercer County Sheriff Ernie Kelty hopes to renew interest in the community’s neighborhood watch program by offering complimentary seminars throughout the area in August. While Kelty does not want any citizen to try to take the...Tags: Law Enforcement, First Aid, Emergency Health Procedures, Crime, Law and Justice, McAfee, Inc.
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Juvenile court records should be open too
Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell has announced his intent to make a push for opening Kentucky’s juvenile courts, promising to draft legislation and seek sponsors. He notes that Kentucky is “way behind the curve” on this...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Judges, Freedom of the Press, Separation of Church and State, Justice System
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GUEST EDITORIAL: Open records: Your right to know
The right to know. That is the purpose of the state’s open records/meetings laws — to mandate the transparent operation of our government. And this month, Kentucky celebrates the 20th anniversary of the laws’ major rewriting. All...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, News Agency, Freedom of Information Laws
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Death of Harrodsburg man ruled a homicide
dbrock@amnews.comThe death of a Harrodsburg man who was last seen with the suspect in a deadly double shooting has been ruled a homicide. Lincoln County Coroner Farris Marcum said Monday the final autopsy report from the state medical examiner’s office in Frankfort...Tags: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws
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Former EMS ambulance driver sued for February wreck
brossi@jessaminejournal.comOne of the several people injured in a February multi-vehicle crash involving an ambulance has filed a lawsuit against the driver accused to be at fault. The lawsuit against former Jessamine County EMS ambulance driver Samuel T. Sparks, 19, was filed...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Injuries and Wounds, Justice System, Transportation Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice
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Education is key in open-records laws
Institute for Rural Journalism and Community IssuesPublic officials in Kentucky are doing better at obeying open-government laws, but many still have a ways to go, but Kentuckians are making increasing use of the laws to hold officials accountable. So said the chief author of the laws, and one of the...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Public Officials, Judges, Newspaper and Magazine, Justice System
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Nicholasville theater takes note after Colorado shooting
brossi@jessaminejournal.comLocal law-enforcement officials say fear should not get in the way of going to the movie theater in the wake of last week’s tragic shooting in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people died and 58 were wounded in a shooting at a midnight showing of “The...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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Ruling could affect city OT lawsuit
A ruling outside of Winchester might have ramifications for a lawsuit between the city and local firefighters. Earlier this week, The Somerset Commonwealth Journal reported that an administrative judge ruled in favor of the city of Somerset in a case...Tags: Labor Disputes, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Boyle Sheriff's Department at 1985 staffing levels
smojica@amnews.comThe Boyle County Sheriff’s Department spent more than $25,000 in overtime in the last three months and does not have enough deputies to meet the county’s law enforcement needs, according to the sheriff. Even though property crime is on the...Tags: Law Enforcement, Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hustonville City Council discusses employee raises in secret, appears to violate open meetings law
ben@theinteriorjournal.comHUSTONVILLE — Hustonville City Council went into an executive session in apparent violation of open meetings law Tuesday night, before declaring an emergency in order to pass an ordinance giving three employees a 2.5-percent raise. Toward the end...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Labor Legislation, Elections
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Activist: District changed video
The Winchester SunHostilities between a local activist and the Clark County Board of Education escalated recently when Joan Graves accused the school district of tampering with a recording of one of its meetings and suggested employees had committed a felony in doing so....Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Crimes, Prisons
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Civil lawsuit filed in death at group home
tkleffman@amnews.comLANCASTER — The father of a mentally disabled man who was beaten to death at a Garrard County group home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the home’s operator and the employee who has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his death....Tags: Judges, Punishment, Court Preliminary, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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