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  • Seven of eight emergency sirens ‘confirmed’ working during test

    Marion County Emergency Management Director Hayden Johnson said a March 26 test of the county’s emergency sirens showed that all the sirens were working, but he did offer one word of caution.
    “The only one we didn’t get confirmation from someone in the community was St. Charles,” Johnson said.

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  • Kentucky Classic Arts presents Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Kids

    Marion County will be showcasing more local talent and fostering a culture for theatre and the arts with the youth through Kentucky Classic Arts’ Spring Theatre Workshop and presentation of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Kids. Thirty-two students between the ages of five and 15 have been working on this production since late February. Under the professional guidance of a team of theatrical talent from around the area, students have learned how to become a character, how to move on stage and how to become more confident in front of a crowd.

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  • New leadership takes over Gravel Switch Fire Department

    The Gravel Switch Fire Department has gone through a change in leadership.
    Kevin Rogers has been appointed as the new Gravel Switch fire chief, and Jamie Garrett is the new assistant chief.
    They replace former chief Larry Vaughn and his assistant chief Vincent Tungate.
    Marion County Judge/Executive John G. Mattingly said Vaughn came to him a few weeks ago and asked about stepping down and naming Rogers as the new chief. About a week later, Rogers told Mattingly that he wanted to name Garrett as his assistant chief.

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  • Gravel Switch man indicted on sex abuse charges

    Jacob A. Hourigan, 33, of 2775 Beech Fork Road in Gravel Switch was indicted for six counts of first-degree sexual abuse (child under 12 years old) and one count of second-degree persistent felony offender in Marion Circuit Court recently.
    According to the indictment, between Nov. 1, 2012, and Feb. 14, 2013, Hourigan subjected another person to sexual contact who is incapable of consent because he or she is less than 12 years old. The indictment also reads that he is over 21 and has been convicted of at least one felony after his 18th birthday.

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  • Keeping the bourbon flowing

    By Scott Wartman

    The Kentucky Enquirer

    The growing popularity of bourbon has sparked big dreams along the Ohio River and among the state’s leaders in Frankfort.

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  • Beshear signs bill approving tax break for farmer donation to food banks

     

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  • Patriot Pride

    Lebanon Middle School was recently named one of the 2013 Kentucky Schools to Watch. There are currently only 13 schools statewide and 400 schools nationally that have achieved this honor. It puts LMS in an elite group of schools that have proven to be “academically excellent.”
    The Schools to Watch program is part of an initiative developed and guided by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform.

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  • Neighborhood watch program up and running

    The Lebanon Police want your help, so they can help you. Part of that effort has been the formation of a local neighborhood watch program.
    “It’s getting people in the community involved,” said Sgt. Donald Jewell, who is the neighborhood watch coordinator for the police department.
    Jewell said the groundwork for the program started under former Lebanon Police Chief Joe Bell, and the first neighborhood watch group was formed about a year and a half ago.

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  • Lebanon man pleads guilty to rape

    A Lebanon man pled guilty to third-degree rape, and two other Lebanon residents pled guilty to charges stemming from the same incident in Marion Circuit Court recently.
    Dylan Humphrey, 21, of 342 Oak Street in Lebanon entered a guilty plea April 18 to third-degree rape.
    Natasha M. Humphrey, 21, also of 342 Oak Street in Lebanon pled guilty April 18 to complicity to third-degree rape.
    And Randall P. Smith, 24, of 627 Doctor Street in Lebanon pled guilty April 25 to first-degree wanton endangerment.

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  • Board chairman: ‘We accomplished nothing’

    The Marion County Board of Education, principals, teachers, school councils and parents gathered together April 23 at Marion County High School to review each school’s improvement plan. After more than two hours of presentations and discussion, Board Chairman Michael Mullins said he was “extremely disappointed” with the meeting.

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