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  • School board, superintendent respond to lawsuit

    Superintendent Donald Smith and the Marion County Board of Education are seeking a dismissal of a lawsuit filed by employee Martha Spalding.

    Spalding was offered a contract as a classified employee for the 2009-10 school year, but she argued in her complaint that she should have been offered a certified contract. (A previous news item about the lawsuit incorrectly stated that Spalding was no longer an employee.)

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  • In Jesus name ...

    In between songs, Wade Hammond addressed the crowd at the first Heart of Kentucky Christian Music Festival.

    "We can walk and talk with Jesus every single day," he told them.

    Scores of people came to Centre Square for hours of southern gospel music, and the performers displayed both their talent and their faith throughout the day.

    The concert started shortly after 3 p.m. and lasted until after the sun had set.

    Area musicians from Abundant Life Assembly of God and the Trinity Gospelaires opened the concert.

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  • 2009-10 school tax hearing is tomorrow

    Tomorrow, Sept. 3, at 1 p.m., the Marion County Board of Education will have a hearing about the school district's tax rates.

    At the board's last meeting, held on Aug. 11, board members approved an "intent" to pass a four percent revenue increase.

    Board member Joe Mattingly was absent from that particular meeting.

    A hearing is required because the proposed rates exceed the compensating rate.

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  • Lebanon man convicted of murder in Tennessee double-homicide

     

    A man who was arrested on Shuck Avenue in Lebanon more than two years ago was sentenced to life without parole for first-degree murder in Knox County, Tenn.

    Letalvis Cobbins, 26, of Lebanon was also convicted of first-degree facilitation to murder, aggravated rape, especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated kidnapping, and theft.

    His sentence on the murder charge was handed down Aug. 26. A separate sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 20 on the other charges.

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  • Power Lunch

    Health care reform, a newly proposed energy policy and the country's ever-growing deficit were just a few of the hot topics discussed during U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie's visit to the Lebanon-Marion County Chamber of Commerce's monthly luncheon Thursday.

    Guthrie, who represents the 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent the majority of his time Thursday discussing the proposed 1,017-page healthcare bill, HB 3200, which is the House Democrats' health care reform bill.

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  • Inmate indicted for escape

    James Edward Combs Jr., 27, of St. Marys Road in Lebanon was indicted in Marion Circuit Court recently for second-degree escape and first-degree persistent felony offender.

    According to the indictment, on or about Aug. 2, Combs escaped from the Marion County Detention Center. The indictment also states that he was over the age of 21 and stands convicted of at least two prior felonies after his 18th birthday.

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  • Nine for Nine

    Editor’s note: The Lebanon Enterprise asked each elementary school principal to select nine-year-olds for this feature. The following students are the students who were selected.

    Colby Hood

    Son of Kim and Chad Hood

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  • Lebanon City Council meeting tonight

     The Lebanon City Council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8.

    The items on the agenda include the following:

    - Delegations included Jim Tabor (about Willie A's), Rafe O'Daniel (about the Centre Square museum) and Jerry Fowler (about vehicle towing)

    - Minutes from a previous meeting, payment of bills

    - Department reports

    - Old business

    - A discussion about the Centre Square Foundation Board

    - A discussion about the property maintenance code

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  • Fiscal court meeting at 4 p.m. today

    The Marion County Fiscal Court is scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. today.

    The agenda for the Sept. 3 meeting includes the following items:

    - Minutes of previous meeting

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  • Board of education meeting tonight

    The Marion County Board of Education is scheduled to meet a 7 p.m. tonight at the central office building.

    Items on the agenda include:

     

    - Public announcement by Advance KY members Joanne Lang and Linda Griffin  

    COMMUNICATIONS:

    - Superintendent's Report - Graduate KY-Marion/Fall retreat

    - Chairperson Kay Carlew - commentary 

    - Report on  Kentucky Clean School Bus Grant & school bus purchases -Wayne Keen

    - Purchase of Automatic External Defibrillators - Stacey Hall

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