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  • Willhoite, Dickow could face contempt charges

    By PHYLLIS McLAUGHLIN
    The News-Democrat
    Contempt charges against Carrollton Police Chief Mike Willhoite and Officer Ron Dickow were put on hold by Special Judge Karen A. Thomas during their first appearance in Circuit Court on Thursday, June 3.
    If found in contempt, Willhoite and Dickow could each spend 179 days in jail for their alleged roles in putting a Carroll County inmate on a bus to Florida on April 23, rather than transporting him to Eastern State Hospital in Lexington, as had been ordered by District Court Judge Elizabeth Chandler.

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  • Madison restaurant damaged

    Staff Report
    On Sunday, June 7, 2015, the City of Madison Police Department responded to a call of a vehicle crash in the 100 block of East Main Street. The call stated that a vehicle had just driven into the Downtowner Restaurant.

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  • Bus trip to Florida leads to Kentucky AG investigation

    By PHYLLIS McLAUGHLIN
    The News-Democrat
    The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office launched an investigation last week into the Carrollton Police Department after allegations that the chief and an officer had violated a court order to transport a Carroll County Detention Center inmate to a state hospital back in April.
    Carrollton Mayor Robb Adams said on June 1 Chief Mike Willhoite and Officer Ron Dickow would remain working their regular schedules during the ongoing investigation.

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  • Owen hospital files for bankruptcy

    By Karla Ward
    Lexington Herald-Leader
    New Horizons Medical Center, formerly Owen County Hospital, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
    The nonprofit hospital and New Horizons Family Practice filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 on Friday.
    The facility was on the verge of closing when Bernard Poe, a pharmacist, and his family formed a nonprofit corporation and bought the hospital in 2001 with a $5.4 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to Herald-Leader archives.

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  • Owen makeover plan wins state award

    By Steve Vied
    The Messenger-Inquirer
    The city of Owensboro’s has won a statewide award for the Mechanicsville Neighborhood Redevelopment on the west side.
    The Kentucky Chapter of the American Planning Association awarded the city the 2015 Outstanding Redevelopment Plan award for the Mechanicsville improvement initiative, which is substantially complete although a few new homes are still under construction.

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  • FEMA flood deadline is June 30

    By Seth Littrell
    The State Journal
    Kentuckians who suffered flood damage in early April have less than one month remaining to register for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and complete a Small Business Administration disaster loan form.
    According to information from FEMA Media Relations Manager Jim Homstad, the deadline to register is June 30. If found eligible for FEMA grants, property owners could receive housing assistance meant to return a building to a safe and functional state.

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  • Kentucky Farm Bureau awards nearly $400K in scholarships

    LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Though the school year is winding down across the Commonwealth, Kentucky Farm Bureau is already helping high school graduates gear up for their first semester of college. Heading into the summer, state and county Farm Bureau have provided 312 scholarship grants totaling $396,550 to students across the state.
    County Farm Bureaus awarded 226 college scholarships for a total of $268,350, and the Kentucky Farm Bureau Education Foundation granted an additional 86 student scholarships in the amount of $128,200 from both county and state funding sources.

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  • Boaters can travel Kentucky River 65 miles from Carrollton to Frankfort

    By Brian Riddle
    Owenton News-Herald
    For the first time in a decade, the Kentucky River locks are now open to allow boats to pass through.
    After years of work and repair, the Kentucky River Authority has officially opened Locks 1-4, allowing boaters to travel from the Ohio River to the upper Frankfort pool as of this past Memorial Day weekend.
    The locks will be open weekends from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. through Oct. 25.

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  • Carrollton police ship mentally ill man to Florida

    By R.G. DUNLOP
    Kentucky Center for
    Investigative Reporting
    Adam Horine leaned on the courtroom podium, wept and begged.
    He called himself “crazy,” but insisted that he could represent himself. He said he was dying.
    The April 22 hearing before Carroll District Judge Elizabeth Chandler stood out from Horine’s many other court appearances over the years for an array of mostly minor offenses.

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