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Letters to the Editor - April 9, 2013
Fighting against the pill mill bill To the editor, I am writing to inform you of a recent viewing on WKYT on April 1 regarding “Fight for Kentucky Pain Care Action Network.” We are a group pushing for a revision of House Bill 1 and House Bill...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Education, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Drugs and Medicines, Barack Obama
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Local briefs: March 27, 2013
Providence SBDM meeting Thursday The Providence Elementary School-based Decision-making Council will have a special meeting Thursday at 3 p.m. to approve the Budget (Board Allocated School Budget) for 2013-14. Conkwright SBDM to meet Thursday...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Steve Beshear
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Attorney General Conway takes anti-pain pill talk to George Rogers Clark
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway warned students at George Rogers Clark¿High School that they risk their lives and futures if they take medications not prescribed for them by a doctor. “We’ve lost an entire generation to prescription...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Addiction, Teaching and Learning
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Dangers of prescription-drug-abuse preached to West Jessamine students
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comSarah Shay was a vibrant young girl with a bright future, according to her mother, Dr. Karen Shay, a Morehead dentist. “She was a great girl,” Dr. Shay told students, faculty and local officials during an assembly in the West Jessamine...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Health and Medical Professionals, OxyContin (drug), Pain, Hydrocodone (drug)
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Police investigating Boyle native's jail death
LONDON — Authorities are investigating the death of a 28-year-old Danville native who recently died while incarcerated in the Laurel County Detention Center. Cortney Beldon Hensley, a 2002 graduate of Boyle County High School, had recently moved...
Tags: Prisons, Back Pain
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Boyle sponsors hazardous waste collection
smojica@amnews.comBoyle County waste management and emergency officials are joining forces to hold a household hazardous waste disposal day Saturday at the county fairgrounds. A $20,500 grant from the state Division of Waste Management is funding the effort. But,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated, Pharmaceuticals, Waste, Chemical Industry
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ATVS stolen from Hustonville area farmer
smojica@amnews.comHUSTONVILLE — A Casey County farmer is offering a $1,500 reward in hope it will help him regain possession of two Honda all-terrain vehicles he believes were stolen early Monday. Between 4 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday, an unknown person cut the...Tags: Theft
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Armed Danville man arrested
smojica@amnews.comThe boyfriend of a Danville woman murdered two months ago was arrested Monday in an unrelated case after a brief foot chase, police said. About 1:40 p.m., Derrick Montez Ball, 25, of 414 Patrician Place, was a passenger in a 1999 silver Jeep on Adams...Tags: Police Arrests, Theft, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Cocaine
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Boyle economic fortunes hope for boost in 2013
smojica@amnews.comRising local employment rates, more industrial prospects and plenty of national attention over the past year have created a more promising economic forecast for Danville and Boyle County. Eighteen industrial businesses are employing about 9.4 percent...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Business
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Clark County ASAP students bring home top award for creating anti-drug PSA
Haley Tye is rifling through a medicine cabinet and swiping her mother’s prescription drugs. She was acting, portraying one of many teens who abuse drugs in a video created by the Clark County High School’s ASAP (Agency for Substance Abuse...
Tags: Substance Abuse
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Kim King, Kent Stevens meet again in 55th District state representative race
tkleffman@amnews.comIf you just consider the numbers, it appears a Democrat running in the 55th House District would be tough to beat. There are more than twice as many registered Democrats in Mercer and Anderson counties and two precincts in Spencer County (21,919) as...Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Religion and Belief, Democratic Party, Elections, Republican Party
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 1, 2012
Editor’s note: The following letter is being printed again after it ran with errors in Wednesday’s edition of the Sun. Mayfield wrong on House Bill 1 Dear editor, In the past week or so there have been some letters lauding Donna Mayfield for...
Tags: University of Kentucky, Elections, Teaching and Learning, Public Officials, Politics
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Dec 19, 2012
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Nov 2, 2012
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Nov 1, 2012
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