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Nicholasville teen Reese Kemp uses fame from chronic illness to help others
kmckinney@jessaminejournal.comThe terrible disease Reese Kemp has battled his entire life has left him smaller than average. He isn’t quite 5 feet tall and weighs barely more than 80 pounds. But the 16-year-old has become larger than life. The West Jessamine High School...Tags: Major League Baseball, USA Today, Hospitals and Clinics, Holidays, Cystic Fibrosis
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US 27 plan aims to alleviate, forestall future traffic woes
kmckinney@jessaminejournal.comHeavy traffic can be a pain. With the hope of easing that pain and improving safety, local officials including Nicholasville Mayor Russ Meyer and Jessamine County Judge-executive Neal Cassity approached the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in 2010 to ask...Tags: Road Transportation, Transportation, Local Government, Judges, Business
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Firearms law results in change to Jessamine County employee handbook
kmckinney@jessaminejournal.comA state law that took effect in January prompted Jessamine County Fiscal court on Tuesday to remove a provision in its employee handbook that prohibits employees from carrying firearms. House Bill 500, approved by the House and Senate in March of last...Tags: Labor Legislation, Local Government, Firearms, Judges, Lawyers
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Expansion of Jessamine's school-resource-officer program limited by funding
jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.comIn the aftermath of December’s Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, many in Jessamine County have suggested expanding the district’s school-resource officer (SRO) program into elementary schools. But before the program can expand, it has to survive...Tags: Local Government, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Football hall-of-fame group seeks funding from Nicholasville
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comThe Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame (KPFHOF) board has asked the city of Nicholasville to commit to $200,000 over the next five years for the first phase of the project’s completion. KPFHOF chairman Jim Ed Shearer presented the board’s...Tags: Sports, National Football League, Soccer
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Resident concerned about lack of help for homeless in Jessamine County
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comPatricia Stella moved to Nicholasville about five years ago. Since that time, she has been active with Edgewood Baptist Church with various outreach ministries. But Stella soon discovered that her passion was helping the homeless of Jessamine County....Tags: Edgewood, Social Issues, The Salvation Army, Public Transportation, Homelessness
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Fate of memorial sports complex property in Jessamine County still in court system
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comWith the announcement that the vacant hotel off U.S. 27 on the south end is in the process of being completed sometime in the summer, questions remain regarding the adjacent land — known as the Memorial Sports Complex — that local developer... -
Meyer presents keys to the city
Nicholasville Mayor Russ Meyer presented a pair of keys to the city during Monday’s city commission meeting. The first key was presented to Reese Kemp, a a 16-year-old freshman at West Jessamine High School in Nicholasville who has cystic fibrosis....Tags: Cystic Fibrosis
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Hotel to fill vacant US 27 building in Nicholasville
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comSince late 2006, a shell of a hotel has been seen from passing vehicles off U.S. 27 on the outskirts of the south side of Nicholasville. Not much has been done with it over the past six years, but that all changed last Friday. That was when Lloyd...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Personal Service
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Jessamine community honors injured Marine at ground-breaking
news@jessaminejournal.comMore than 100 community members gathered on a chilly and windy Thursday morning to honor a man — a Marine — most had never met, and whose story most had never heard. Matthew Bradford was 20 years old when, in January 2007, an improvised...Tags: Iraq, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy, Human Interest, Amputation
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Nicholasville mayor makes board appointments
Nicholasville Mayor Russ Meyer reappointed Ron Elkins and Paul DeMichele to the city’s board of adjustments with terms expiring March 1, 2017. Meyer also reappointed Burt Ladd and Steve Williams to the city’s planning and zoning commission... -
City approves caboose for Riney B entrance
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comSoon, a caboose will sit in the entrance of Riney B Park, located at 300 Martin Luther King Blvd. Jessamine County magistrate George Dean pitched that idea to the Nicholasville City Commission during a special-called meeting Monday, and city leaders...Tags: High Bridge
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