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  • Flash flood warning in effect until Saturday morning

    The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for southern Kentucky, including Marion County. The flash flood warning will remain in effect through Saturday morning.

    According to the weather service, a "complex of thunderstorms with heavy rain" will pass through southern Kentucky today and tonight.

    The storms are expected to continue through tonight as a cold front approaches the area.

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  • First case of swine flu reported in Kentucky

    Gov. Steve Beshear announced that the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) will report one confirmed case and one probable case of swine flu to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today.

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  • LMS student brings knife to school

    A 12-year-old white male student from Lebanon Middle School was cited and taken into custody Tuesday, April 21, after he was found carrying a knife.

    According to LMS Principal Todd Farmer, the student was showing the knife to some of his classmates and making "silly comments." One of his classmates told a school official and school administration called Lebanon Police Officer and school resource officer Wally Brady. He cited the juvenile and took him into custody. The student was released to his parents.

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  • El Departamento para la Salud Pblica de Kentucky sobre la gripe porcina

    Favor de difundir este mensaje con la más amplia cobertura posible, especialmente entre las poblaciones de habla española que hayan viajado recientemente a México:

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  • State officials respond to swine flu

    Dr. William Hacker, the Kentucky Department of Public Health commissioner, and Dr. Kraig Humbaugh, the state epidemiologist held a press conference Monday afternoon to discuss swine flu.

    "The situation right now is evolving and changes daily," Hacker said.

    According to the Center for Disease Control, the swine flu is a variation of the influenza A strain of the flu virus.

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  • "Rockin' on 68 since 1969" - Ham Days 2009

    The 2009 Marion County Country Ham Days committee is excited to announce partnerships with our first two marquee sponsors for this year's festival.

    The Country Ham Jam, held Saturday evening, Sept. 26, live from the Main Stage is in the final planning stages of a rock-and-roll reunion that you are sure to want to attend. Hats off to The Lebanon Tourist and Convention Commission for coming on board as our marquee sponsor for the Ham Jam.

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  • 2009 MCHS Prom

    Spalding Avenue looked like a Hollywood movie premier Saturday evening as Marion County High School students arrived at prom, which was held at Centre Square. Pictured are Travis Rose and Raven Blair smiling and waving at the crowd.

    More photos can be seen below in the photo slideshow section of the Enterprise home page.

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  • Department of Public Health: Swine Flu announcement

    The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) is asking health care providers and public health officials to be on the alert for potential cases of swine flu in Kentucky.

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  • Library an aid in down economy

    Freddie Wohner understands as well as anyone that the economy is down.

    "I've now been out longer without a job than any time in my life, and I've been working since I was 19," he said.

    Wohner, 42, is hardly alone.

    In March, the national unemployment rate was 9 percent and Kentucky's unemployment rate was 10.3 percent, according to Workforce Kentucky. (Those figures are not seasonally adjusted.)

    The most recent data for Marion County is from February, when the county's unemployment rate was 12.8 percent.

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  • Change could be positive for MCHS

    Things will be changing - and changing more frequently - for Marion County High School students next fall.

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