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    Oct 3, 2011 |Story| Winchester Sun

  1. First reading of Winchester property tax increase approved

    Following a public hearing where one citizen showed up to voice opposition, the Winchester Board of Commissioners approved the first reading of an ordinance setting the 2011 property tax rate at 14.5 cents, an increase from the 2010 rate of 13.9 cents per $100 assessed value.
    The Winchester Sun
    Following a public hearing where one citizen showed up to voice opposition, the Winchester Board of Commissioners approved the first reading of an ordinance setting the 2011 property tax rate at 14.5 cents, an increase from the 2010 rate of 13.9 cents per...

    Tags: Health, Career and Workplace, Property Tax, Employees, Economy, Business and Finance

    2. Oct 7, 2011 |Story| AM News

  2. There can never be a "fair" tax code

    A recent letter writer asked what poverty is. The technical definition is deficiency. Inadequacy. Pauper. The condition of being poor. But poverty is so much more. It is ugly. It is pain. It is misery. Loss of hope. Decaying of the spirit. A social...

    Tags: Poverty

    3. Oct 10, 2011 |Story| AM News

  3. Director works to educate young mothers-to-be

    When young women walk into the small downtown Danville office of the Pregnancy Resource Center, wondering whether they might be pregnant or struggling with what to do about it, Vicki Mayotte knows what it’s like to be in their shoes.
    bkleppinger@amnews.com
    When young women walk into the small downtown Danville office of the Pregnancy Resource Center, wondering whether they might be pregnant or struggling with what to do about it, Vicki Mayotte knows what it’s like to be in their shoes. Now in the...

    Tags: Abortion, Pregnancy and Childbirth

    4. Oct 10, 2011 |Story| Winchester Sun

  4. Haynes: High stakes for religious freedom

    A church-state dispute about employment discrimination argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this week doesn’t have the headline appeal of culture-war battles over “prayer in school” or crèches in courthouse lobbies.
    A church-state dispute about employment discrimination argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this week doesn’t have the headline appeal of culture-war battles over “prayer in school” or crèches in courthouse lobbies. But pay close...

    Tags: Laws, Employment, Christianity, Politics, Discrimination

    5. Jul 6, 2011 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  5. Nicholasville man pleads guilty to criminal abuse charges

    A Nicholasville man facing multiple counts of sex-crime charges pleaded guilty June 27 to a lesser charge.
    mmoore@jessaminejournal.com
    A Nicholasville man facing multiple counts of sex-crime charges pleaded guilty June 27 to a lesser charge. William “Bill” A. Fannin, 56, entered an Alford plea to second-degree criminal abuse and faces one year in prison, according to...

    Tags: Sex Crimes, Crimes, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Abusive Behavior

    6. Jul 6, 2011 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  6. Jessamine among counties to open library workforce centers

    Forty-five Kentucky counties with high unemployment, including Jessamine County, will help residents seeking employment opportunities at new Public Library Workforce Centers (PLWC). The new centers in public libraries across the state, opening through the end of the year, will give Kentuckians more access to computers, training and job workshops.
    news@jessaminejournal.com
    Forty-five Kentucky counties with high unemployment, including Jessamine County, will help residents seeking employment opportunities at new Public Library Workforce Centers (PLWC). The new centers in public libraries across the state, opening through the...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, U.S. Department of Commerce, Steve Beshear, Charity, Kentucky

    7. Feb 22, 2012 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  7. Celebration encourages youth to remember black history

    <strong><em>Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,</em></strong>
    brossi@jessaminejournal.com
    Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. — “Lift Every Voice and Sing,&...

    Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X, Slavery, Entertainment, Martin Luther King Jr.

    8. Jul 7, 2011 |Story| AM News

  8. Suspect pleads guilty in sexual assault at business

    A Danville man faces a possible 50-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Thursday to raping an employee of a check-cashing business while robbing it at gunpoint last year.
    tkleffman@amnews.com
    A Danville man faces a possible 50-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Thursday to raping an employee of a check-cashing business while robbing it at gunpoint last year. Arlen Craig Castle, 43, of 442 Patrician Place, Apt. 2, entered an open...

    Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Court Preliminary, Prisons, Trials

    9. Jul 8, 2011 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  9. Nicholasville officers train in simulated school shooting

    Four Nicholasville police officers walk around the corner in the Jessamine Career and Technology Center with guns drawn, moving slowly toward a masked man down the hallway. The man raises his weapon, and as a shot fires toward the officers, the formation moves more quickly down the hall. As a few more gunshots ring out in the foyer, the gunman falls to the ground.
    jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.com
    Four Nicholasville police officers walk around the corner in the Jessamine Career and Technology Center with guns drawn, moving slowly toward a masked man down the hallway. The man raises his weapon, and as a shot fires toward the officers, the...

    Tags: Health, Crimes, Assault, Columbine High School, Injuries and Wounds

    10. Jul 8, 2011 |Story| Winchester Sun

  10. Paralysis doesn't slow down local Boy Scout

    A local Boy Scout living with brain damage and paralysis isn&rsquo;t letting that get in the way of his longtime goal of becoming an Eagle Scout.
    A local Boy Scout living with brain damage and paralysis isn’t letting that get in the way of his longtime goal of becoming an Eagle Scout. In October 2008, then 17-year-old Cedric Geouge of Winchester, who was an active Boy Scout and summer camp...

    Tags: Social Organizations, Politics, Elections, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations

    11. Jul 8, 2011 |Story| Interior Journal

  11. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happines are everyone's rights

    As most Americans celebrated the independence of the United States from Great Britain this past weekend it’s doubtful that organization like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) or Amnesty International...

    Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Elections, New York, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Human Rights

    12. Jul 8, 2011 |Story| AM News

  12. Bulletin board for July 10

    Deadline for submitting information to the Bulletin Board is noon Thursday. There is no charge for this service. Items run as space permits. Mail information to The Advocate-Messenger, P.O. Box 149, Danville, Ky. 40423- fax to (859) 236-9566- or call 236-...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Dancing, Adult Education, Elections, Charity

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