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Today's News

  • Calvary Elementary goes wild!

    Kindergarten and first grade students at Calvary Elementary School performed "Wild Things - A Big Zoo Revue" recently.
     

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  • KU customers warned about phone scam

    Editor's note: Kentucky Utilities sent the followig press release to warn customers about a recent scam in which a caller asks for payment over the phone.

    Kentucky Utilities Company is alerting customers of a recent telephone scam asking customers to pay their bills over the phone. 

    The caller claims to be a utility employee and asks for immediate bill payment by credit card or pre-paid money card.  If the targeted customer does not cooperate, the caller threatens to disconnect the person’s electric service. 

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  • Fields of Gold

    On the roads that straddle Marion and Nelson counties, drivers may have seen fields that look like they have been marked with a giant highlighter. The farmers of Peterson Farm have added canola to their crop rotation this year, and people are taking notice.
    “I’ve seen people taking photographs, and I’ve also seen people go out and cut it for cut flowers,” said Albert Peterson, who farms with his father, Bill, and his uncles, Bernard and David.

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  • Superintendent unexpectedly announces retirement

    Almost two years to the day after Dr. Chuck Hamilton was hired to become the Marion County Superintendent, he unexpectedly announced his retirement Thursday evening, May 2.
    Hamilton’s announcement came during a special-called meeting at the Marion County Board of Education office. At 5 p.m., the board went into executive session to discuss personnel under KRS 61.810(1)(f).
    The closed session lasted only two minutes and the board reconvened into open session and unanimously accepted Hamilton’s retirement, effective June 30.

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  • Marion County Board of Education meeting is Tuesday, May 14

    The Marion County Board of Education will be having its regular monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, at the administration building located at 755 E. Main St., Lebanon,
    The agenda includes:
    • Special recognitions: STLP and 2A Pole Vault Mason Dixon Champion
    • Lebanon Middle School – National Schools To Watch Designation
    • Parent representatives Neil Lanham and Michelle Lancaster – high school boys basketball
    • Parent representatives Susan Murphy and Kristie Raikes – motivational speaker request

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  • Louisville man found guilty of disorderly conduct, harassment

    A Louisville man who filed a federal civil lawsuit over his arrest was found guilty on two charges Friday after a jury trial in Marion District Court
    James G. Walker Jr., 47, of 7500 Farm House Lane in Louisville was found guilty of disorderly conduct and harassment. Charges of resisting arrest and fourth-degree assault were dismissed, although the harassment charge was listed as a lesser charge to assault in the court records.

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  • Governor hints redistricting special session is possible

    The 2013 General Assembly concluded March 30, but last week Gov. Steve Beshear indicated he may call a special session to deal with redistricting.
    “I hope to deal with redistricting sometime before the next regular session in January so that it will not be a distraction when we’re preparing the budget for the commonwealth for the next two years,” Beshear was quoted as saying in Lexington Herald-Leader’s Bluegrass Politics Blog.

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  • Postal food drive is Saturday

    Local members of the National Association of Letter Carriers are holding their annual food drive Saturday, May 11.
    Residents can drop off non-perishable food items at their nearest post office or leave them in their mailbox. No donation is too small.
    The items will be distributed to local food banks.
    Anyone who wants more information or who has a special pick-up request can contact Ron Osborne at (270) 699-5860.

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  • Tourist commission holding interviews

    The Lebanon Tourist and Convention Commission was scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. The only item on the agenda is an executive session under KRS 61.810(f), which deals with possible hiring, firing or disciplinary action.
    The commission is searching for a replacement for outgoing tourism director Nicky Reynolds, who has accepted an offer to become the vice president of the Rutherford County Convention and Visitors Bureau in Tennessee.

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