Category: News & Opinion

CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

Cynthiana-Harrison County Parks and Recreation are looking for persons interested in participating in an indoor soccer league. Interested parties should contact the Parks & Rec office at (859) 298-5113, parkdirector@roadrunner.com, or via their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1699918916901158&id=1435907653302287

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Harrison Memorial Hospital has announced a partnership with Comprehend, Inc. to bring behavioral health services to the hospital each Tuesday, beginning January 20, 2015. Comprehend, Inc. is a comprehensive behavioral health service provider that has been serving the Buffalo Trace Region for more than 47 years. Appointments will be available each Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the HMH Specialty Clinic; patients can be referred by a physician, or may conduct self-referrals by calling 877-852-1523.

Services that will be offered through the clinic include:

• Initial mental status and behavioral health assessment
• Individual and family psychotherapy
• Counseling for adults and children
• Counseling for substance abuse concerns

For more information on services offered at HMH, please visit the website at harrisonmemhosp.com.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/harrison-memorial-hospital/harrison-memorial-hospital-partners-with-comprehend-inc-to-offer-behavioral-heal/795395773864832

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KENTUCKY

Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has announced that says she plans to run for statewide office this year; however she has not yet decided upon which office to run for. Grimes, who had previously attempted a run for U.S. Senate against Senator Mitch McConnell, said she has been encouraged to run for governor, attorney general and to seek re-election as secretary of state. Grimes has seven days to make a decision and file for office before the Jan. 27 deadline.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150614010746/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Grimes-campaigns-for-statewide-office-but-which-one-289079081.html

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A 2-year-old western Kentucky boy who died yesterday, after being struck and killed by a train while he was wandering around with a dog a couple of blocks from home. Neighbors say Trayton Joiner was with his grandmother, who alledgedly fell asleep and didn’t hear the boy leave home; Trayton apparently toddled off and found his way to the nearby railway. Investigators say the train’s conductor spotted the boy on the tracks and sounded the train’s horn; the conductor, unfortunately, wasn’t able to stop the train in time. Police are investigating why the child was by himself; it’s unclear as to whether the boy may have been following the dog. The female pit-bull mix, was also struck by the locomotive and was taken to Skyline Animal Clinic in Hopkinsville; she is expected to survive, according to clinic staff.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150613202858/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/2-year-old-dies-after-being-hit-by-train-in-western-Kentucky-289068691.html

http://news.yahoo.com/two-old-kentucky-boy-killed-train-while-walking-014938087–finance.html

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NATION

A construction worker was killed and a tractor trailer driver injured when an interstate overpass in Cincinnati collapsed onto southbound interstate 75 near Hopple Street, around 10:30 p.m. Monday. Fire officials say southbound lanes were closed indefinitely. Witnesses in the area reported hearing “a real big boom” at the time of the collapse. Officials are investigating; at last report it still isn’t clear what caused the collapse.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150615103744/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Deadly-bridge-collapse-shuts-down-I-75-in-Cincinnati-289105771.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20150703000204/http://www.wtvq.com/story/d/story/report-1-dead-1-injured-in-overpass-collapse-on/37393/ghCXCnYT70CPisft2h4mFg

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Dalton Hayes (18) and his girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips (13) were arrested early Sunday in Panama City Beach, and are returning home to Kentucky to face charges. Hayes agreed to return to Kentucky during his video-link appearance in Bay County Court. Hayes will be returned directly to Kentucky, instead of going through a formal extradition process. Authorities expect Hayes to be charged with burglary, theft, criminal trespassing and criminal mischief. Phillips will face charges in juvenile court because she is a minor. Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins states that the earliest the two could be home would be later this week.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150614071541/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Wanted-teen-agrees-to-return-to-home-state-of-Kentucky-289033691.html

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1265 – The first English parliament to include not only nobles but also representatives of the major towns meets in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the “Houses of Parliament”.
• 1649 – Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other “high crimes”.
• 1783 – The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
• 1887 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• 1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
• 1929 – In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
• 1949 – Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
• 1972 – Pakistan launched its Nuclear weapons program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
• 1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• 1986 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
• 1999 – The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés.
• 2007 – A three-man team, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.

HARRISON COUNTY SPORTS

Breds Basketball: Freshman Game is cancelled this Sat. Jan 17. JV will start at 6:00. Varsity at 7:30.

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Two Harrison County High School students, W. Gray and M. Philpot, have been selected as Scholars of Week and will appear during Saturday’s Scholastic Ball Report at noon. The Schoolastic Ball Report can be seen on WKYT’s CW sub-channel on 27.2 over the air and on channel 99 on Time Warner Cable in Cynthiana.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152513384541607&id=296254501606

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KENTUCKY

Kentucky’s electronic tax-filing system for individuals goes live Jan. 20 and goes live for businesses Jan. 26. Electronic filing, available to individuals since tax year 1995,  is the only way to have a refund direct deposited. In the last 5 years, e-filing for individuals has increased from 65 percent to more than 84 percent in 2014–nearly a 30 percent jump.

“We encourage Kentuckians to take advantage of filing their taxes electronically as it is the fastest, easiest and most accurate way to do so,” said Tom Miller, commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Revenue.

For more information, go to www.revenue.ky.gov.

http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7bE7D7722A-F287-4279-AA66-90B7EEF5D2D2%7d&activityType=PressRelease

 

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Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Kentucky Outstanding Civic Education Leadership Award. The award recognizes teachers, school administrators, legislators and community leaders who have made significant contributions toward promoting civic learning to teach students the importance of being engaged citizens. The Outstanding Civic Education Leadership Award is part of Grimes’ ongoing efforts to improve civic engagement in Kentucky. The award winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize to be used to further his or her civic learning initiatives or program. One finalist will be selected from each Kentucky High School Athletic Association region, and the winner and each finalist will receive a plaque and be recognized during the KHSAA Boy’s Sweet 16 Basketball Tournament in Lexington.

Application/Nomination forms and additional information about the award are available at www.sos.ky.gov. The Office of the Secretary of State is proud to sponsor this award with the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Kentucky Department of Education.

http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7b24F01203-6F11-4E1E-BE2C-EE97877B62A1%7d&activityType=PressRelease

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Police are still attempting to locate and apprehend Cheyenne Phillips (13) and Dalton Hayes (18) of Grayson County, Kentucky, as they continue on a multi-state road-trip and crime-spree. The two were most reecently spotted in Georgia and are now believed to be driving a stolen silver Toyota Tundra with Georgia license plate CF116I. Authorities have said that the vehicle had .45- and .38-caliber handguns in the back seat. Both are suspects in at least the two auto thefts. Hayes is also wanted on charges of custodial interference. Hayes’ mother, Tammy Martin, told reporters that her son texted her on Jan. 6 to say, “Mommy, don’t worry. I’m fine, okay — plenty of money and food. Love you, good night, sweet dreams.”

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Truck-found-in-Georgia-in-search-for-Grayson-County-teens-288795621.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-teens-dalton-hayes-cheyenne-phillips-run-12-days-n287301

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The City of Campbellsville Fire Department has been fined $25,000 for improper use of equipment and training in an incident that killed one firefighter and injured three while participating in the ALS “ice bucket challenge”. The Kentucky Office of Occupational Safety and Health issued the citation last week; the fire department has until Feb. 2 to contest it. State officials claim that the department failed to make sure that firefighters wore protective helmets designed to reduce electric shocks and allowed untrained people too close to a power line.

Forty-one-year-old Tony Grider died after the ladder he was on got too close to a power line while firefighters were attempting to spray water on the Campbellsville University marching band.

Campbellsville Fire Chief Kyle Smith declined to comment.

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Campbellsville-fire-dept-fined-for-incident-involving-ice-bucket-challenge-288797521.html

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NATION

Republican Sen. Rand Paul stated that some people “game the system”, receiving disability benefits they don’t deserve, during a meeting with Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire on Wednesday. Paul said that fraud is a widespread problem in disability programs that are designed to help people who’ve become injured at work.

“…over half the people on disability are either anxious, or their back hurts…join the club, you know…who doesn’t get up a little anxious for work everyday and their back hurts? Everybody over forty has a back pain,” said Paul.

The Democratic National Committee jumped on the comments, declaring them as being offensive.

Paul dismissed the criticism in a later interview with The Associated Press, stating that the federal government does not do an adequate job in monitoring and policing a system in need of reform.

http://wuky.org/post/paul-stirs-controversy-remarks-about-disability-payments

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
• 1120 – The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
• 1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
• 1581 – The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
• 1707 – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
• 1786 – Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
• 1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
• 1900 – The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• 1919 – Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
• 1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
• 1939 – The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
• 1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
• 1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
• 1956 – President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
• 1964 – Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
• 1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
• 1991 – The Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
• 1992 – El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
• 2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
• 2002 – The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
• 2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
• 2005 – Romanian university lecturer and novelist Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66 to her daughter Eliza, breaking the record for the oldest birth mother in the world
• 2006 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new president. She becomes Africa’s first female elected head of state.

HARRISON COUNTY SPORTS

Fillies Basketball:

• Monday, 1-19-15 HC vs Fleming Co at Fleming F/JV/Var 4:30
• Wednesday, 1-21-15 HC vs Robertson Co at Robertson Varsity only 7:00
• Thursday, 1-22-15 HC vs Montgomery Co at home Freshman 6:30
• Friday, 1-23-15 HC vs Mason Co at Mason JV/Var 6/7:30

Wrestling:

• Wednesday, 1-21-15 HC at Madison Central Duals Richmond
• Saturday,1-24-15 HC at Capital City Classic – Frankfort

Breds Basketball:

• Tuesday, 1-20-15 HC vs Brossart at Home F/ JV/Var 5/6/7:30
• Wednesday, 1-21-15 HC vs Pendleton Co at Home JV/Freshman 6/7:15
• Thursday, 1-22-15 HC vs Bracken Co away Freshman 6:30
• Saturday, 1-24-15 Boys Freshman District hosted by Harrison Co.
  • Games begin at 10:00
  • Championship game at 11:45

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KENTUCKY

Twenty-six Kentucky law enforcement agencies will be able to cross jurisdictional boundaries when conducting investigations under a program called BACKUPPS–Bluegrass and Central Kentucky Unified Police Protection System. BACKUPPS is a cooperative agreement between the agencies, based upon KRS 65.240. Included are sheriff’s offices in Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Franklin, Grant, Mercer, Montgomery, Owen, Powell, Scott and Woodford counties and police in Clay City, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Harrodsburg, Lancaster, Mount Sterling, Nicholasville, Owenton, Paris, Stanton, Versailles, Winchester and the University of Kentucky.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150604002158/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Ky-law-enforcement-agencies-can-cross-boundaries-in-agreement-288654511.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20161222095655/http://kledispatches.ky.gov/Documents/0115_backupps.pdf

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Ciji L. Jefferson (28) of Sadieville plead guilty to complicity to second-degree burglary, yesterday, in Bourbon County. Jefferson was indicted last year for that charge in connection with the burglary and murder of Glenda Sue Jones on Feb. 4, 2010. The Scott County coroner said Jones died of blunt-force trauma. Jefferson had been scheduled to go on trial Jan. 21. Her indictment said that she told Nicholas Willinger that Jones had a large amount of money in her home on Double Culvert Road in Sadieville, and that Jones wouldn’t be home on a particular date. Jefferson accompanied Willinger to Jones’ house, and waited outside while Willinger went inside. Willinger’s indictment said he killed Jones by striking her in the head with a blunt object. Jefferson is scheduled to be sentenced March 10.

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Family members are offering a $5,000.00 reward for information on the deaths of Sandra Kay Melton (64) and Suzy Melton (35); the mother and daughter died inside their home in Perry County in 2013. The Meltons were shot, and left inside their home which was set ablaze by an unknown suspect. While police are still waiting on leads, family members still hold on to hope someone will step forward and help solve this case. Anyone with information regarding this case should call the Kentucky State Police post in Hazard at 606-435-6069.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150602051356/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/family-of-women-killed-in-fire-offer-reward-for-information-186755601.html

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the “Holy Catholic faith”.
1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
1782 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
1815 – War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
1865 – American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey (“A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly).
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m).
1919 – Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
1943 – The world’s largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1947 – The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (The “Black Dahlia”) is found in Los Angeles’ Leimert Park.
1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
1974 – Dennis Rader aka the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house.
1976 – Gerald Ford’s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
2005 – ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
2007 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. All passengers and crew members survive.

KENTUCKY

A Kentucky judge has granted a same-sex couple the right to divorce, despite the fact the state doesn’t recognize gay marriage. Lawyers argued that the women–Alysha Romero and Rebecca Sue Romero–should be able to divorce in Kentucky, where they live now, instead of having to move back to Massachusetts. Jefferson Family Court Judge Joseph O’Reilly said in his ruling that not allowing the divorce would violate a guarantee in the state constitution that all people should be treated as equals. The court’s ruling comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to hear any gay marriage cases.

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Ky-judge-grants-divorce-to-same-sex-couple-288400461.html

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Grayson County deputies have said that a missing 13-year-old girl appears to be on a crime spree with her boyfriend. Cheyenne Phillips, 13, has been missing since Jan. 3, and is believed to be with her presumed boyfriend, Dalton Hayes, 18, according to police. Sheriff Norman Chaffins said the couple have evaded deputies, and now they’re accused of stealing two cars. Chaffins said the two stole a car and crashed it, and then ran from police and stole another car. The two are now believed to be in a red 2006 Toyota Tacoma. Authorities have said that a gun, without ammunition, was inside the car; Authorities have also said the two do not have any cash, so they’re worried about what measures the couple may take to get money. If you see the couple, you’re asked to call 911.

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Grayson-County–288376731.html

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Two Kenton County men have been arrested on child pornography charges. Kenneth Sundberg (47) and Alan Newberry (42) were both arrested by Attorney General Jack Conway’s Cybercrimes Unit in separate investigations. Both men were charged with four counts of possesion of material protraying a sexual performance by a minor.

http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7b279AC76C-8628-4F35-98F0-4AA2DFB461F2%7d&activityType=PressRelease

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Cheryl Castle of Lowmansville is the first patient in Kentucky to receive surgery to treat her epileptic seizures, having the Neuropace RNS system implanted by a neurosurgery team at UK led by Dr. Craig Van Horne this past November. The device, which works similarly to a pacemaker, according to Dr. Horne, continuously monitors electrical activity in the brain, detecting abnormalities and delivering electrical stimulation to treat oncoming seizures. Doctors from UK Heathcare’s Kentucky Neuroscience Institute announced the procedure a success yesterday morning, following Castle’s reports of improved health and living conditions.

http://wuky.org/post/new-procedure-changing-lives

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/First-patient-in-Kentucky-receives-brain-implant-to-treat-epilepsy-288448861.html

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A Bourbon County man suffered minor burns early this morning in a fire that destroyed a home along Winchester Road. Officials state that the homeowner and a friend woke up smelling smoke around 1:30 a.m. When the two got up to check it out, they discovered a small fire that was beginning to spread. By the time firefighters arrived on scene, the structure was fully engulfed in flames. The homeowner was transported to the hospital by EMS for burns; the friend was reportedly unharmed. Officials have not determined the cause of the fire, but say it may have started around the fireplace.

http://www.lex18.com/story/27845099/fire-injures-man-destroys-home-in-bourbon-county

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NATION

Facebook announced a partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, yesterday, to send AMBER Alerts to the public via user’s News Feeds in order to help find missing children. The alerts will include photographs and other details about the missing child, and will be shown on Facebook’s mobile and desktop platforms.

http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/01/introducing-amber-alerts-on-facebook/

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ENTERTAINMENT

Amazon Studios has announced that they are in the process of delivering Woody Allen’s first-ever TV series. The veteran filmmaker is to write and direct all of the episodes of the half-hour series, which premieres on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video sometime in 2016. No other details about the series were disclosed.

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Amazon-signs-Woody-Allen-to-create-his-first-TV-series-288400721.html

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States – Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
• 1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
• 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
• 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
• 1950 – The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• 1952 – NBC’s long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• 1969 – An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
• 1973 – Elvis Presley’s concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
• 1975 – Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka “the Black Panther”.
• 2005 – The Huygens probe lands on Saturn’s moon Titan.

 

KENTUCKY

Follow-up: A Shell gas station in Paris was robbed early yesterday morning following a brutal attack upon the station’s store clerk; the offender–a former employee whom was recently fired. According to management, Donna Whisman (36) entered the building around 1:30 a.m. and began beating the woman working the register, Lisa Eubanks, with a metal pipe. Management states that Whisman was hired and shortly thereafter fired a few weeks ago due to her allowing for multiple people to “drive-off”; management has stated that they are unsureas to whether the violent attack was directed at the establishment or a vendetta against Eubanks.

Eubanks has been released from the hospital, but coworkers report that her back and arms are badly bruised, and that she has numerous staples in her head.

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Fired-Paris-employee-accused-of-robbing-former-workplace-attacking-clerk-288293851.html

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Attorney General Jack Conway filed candidacy papers to run for governor with the Secretary of State’s office Monday morning. Conway announced his candidacy in May and has been raising funds since, but Monday’s filing officially puts him on the ballot for the May 19 Democratic primary. Conway is the second person to file for Kentucky’s chief executive officer; former congressional candidate Geoff Young filed in December. Candidates have until 4 p.m. on Jan. 27 to file for the race. At least three Republicans have said they will run, but none have filed yet.

http://wuky.org/post/conway-files-papers-run-ky-governor

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ENTERTAINMENT

Music-based game producer Harmonix has released three new titles to their Rock Band catalog after a two-year hiatus. In February of 2013, Harmonix had announced that there weren’t any planned releases beyond April 2nd of that year, due to the company devoting time and efforts to other projects. Today, however, Rock Band gamers have the opportunity to purchase Avenged Sevenfold’s “Shepherd Of Fire”, Arctic Monkeys’ “R U Mine?”, and Foo Fighters’ “Something From Nothing”. While it was not explicitly stated in Harmonix’ press release, it can be assumed that the new titles will only be compatible with Rock Band 3–the last title released in the Rock Band family. The songs are priced at $1.99, and are currently available for download/purchase for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles. No word, yet, as to whether Harmonix is planning on releasing any further titles in the future.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/harmonix-adds-new-dlc-songs-to-rock-band-after-nearly-two-year-break/

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
• 1833 – President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina’s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
• 1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
• 1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
• 1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
• 1869 – National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
• 1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York.
• 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
• 1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
• 1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
• 1978 – U.S. Food & Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled “paid” or “volunteer” donors.
• 1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
• 1988 – Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
• 1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
• 1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
• 1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.

HARRISON COUNTY SPORTS

Archery Schedule:

• Jan 31 Harrison Co Invitational at HCMS 9:00 am
• Feb 6 Region TBD
• Feb 7 Region TBD
• Feb 28 Harrison Co Spring Arrow Fling 9:00 am
• Mar 11 State TBD
• Mar 12 State TBD

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Breds Freshman Basketball Schedule:

• Jan 12 Home vs Mason Co 7:00
• Jan 15 At Bourbon Co 5:00
• Jan 17 Home vs Oldham Co 5:00
• Jan 20 Home vs Bishop Brossart 5:00
• Jan 21 Home vs Pendleton 6:00
• Jan 22 At Bracken Co 6:30
• Jan 24 District Tournament at Home vs Nicholas 10:00 am
• Championship Game at 11:30 am
• Jan 28 At Henry Clay 5:15
• Feb 6 Home vs Bracken Co 5:00
• Feb 7 At Collins TBD
• Feb 14 At Paris 5:00

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Fillies Freshman Basketball Schedule:

• Jan 10 At Lexington Christian 6:00
• Jan 13 At Paris 6:30
• Jan 15 At Nicholas 6:00
• Jan 17 At Bourbon 4:30
• Jan 19 At Fleming 4:30
• Jan 22 Home vs Montgomery 6:30
• Jan 24 District Tournament at Nicholas 11:30 am

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Breds Basketball Schedule:

• Jan 9, 15 Woodford County home 7:30 PM
• Jan 13, 15 George Rogers Clark home 7:30 PM
• Jan 15, 15 Bourbon County away 7:30 PM
• Jan 17, 15 Oldham County home 7:30 PM
• Jan 20, 15 Bishop Brossart home 7:30 PM
• Jan 27, 15 Henry Clay away 8:00 PM
• Jan 30, 15 Pendleton County away 7:30 PM
• Jan 31, 15 Fleming County away 7:30 PM
• Feb 3, 15 Campbell County away 7:30 PM
• Feb 6, 15 Bracken County home 7:30 PM
• Feb 7, 15 Collins away 7:30 PM
• Feb 12, 15 Mason County home 7:30 PM
• Feb 14, 15 Paris away 7:30 PM
• Feb 17, 15 Franklin County away 7:30 PM
• Feb 20, 15 Montgomery County home 7:30 PM

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Fillies Basketball Schedule:

• Jan 10, 15 Lexington Christian away 6:00 PM
• Jan 17, 15 Bourbon County away 7:30 PM
• Jan 19, 15 Fleming County away 7:30 PM
• Jan 21, 15 Robertson County away 7:00 PM
• Jan 23, 15 Mason County away 7:30 PM
• Jan 26, 15 Campbell County home 7:30 PM
• Jan 31, 15 Pendleton County away 6:00 PM
• Feb 2, 15 Williamstown away 7:30 PM
• Feb 7, 15 Bishop Brossart away 7:30 PM
• Feb 9, 15 Estill County away 7:30 PM
• Feb 11, 15 Woodford County home 7:30 PM
• Feb 13, 15 East Jessamine home 7:30 PM
• Feb 16, 15 Scott away 7:30 PM
• Feb 20, 15 Montgomery County home 6:00 PM

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Bowling Schedule:

• Jan 10 Galactic Alley Home vs E Jess Sr Night 3:00
• Jan 11 At Mad Cent 2:00
• Jan 16 At E Jess 6:00
• Jan 31 Region at Southland Lanes TBD
• Feb 1 Region at Southland Lanes TBD

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Wrestling Schedule:

• Jan 10 At North Hardin 9:00 am
• Jan 14 Home vs Bourbon Senior Night HS Gym 5:30
• Jan 17 At Spring Valley Duals (W. Va.) 9:00 am
• Jan 21 At Madison Central 6:00
• Jan 24 At Frankiln Co 9:00 am
• Jan 28 At Dunbar 6:00
• Jan 31 At Western Hills 9:00 am
• Feb 7 At Jeffersontown (Louisville) 9:00 am
• Feb 14 Region at Belfry 9:00 am

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KENTUCKY

Police in Bourbon County arrested a woman after a violent robbery at the Shell station along Main Street in Paris put a gas station clerk in the hospital early this morning. Police say the suspect entered the Shell around 2 a.m. and proceeded to hit the clerk on the head with a pipe numerous times while demanding money. The suspect got some cash and ran toward the railroad tracks behind the gas station. EMS took the clerk to a local hospital for treatment. Officials have not released any information about the clerk’s condition. A K9 unit from Lexington was called in to search for the suspect, whom was found a short time later, hiding near the railroad with a bag of cash. Police say officers are questioning another person in the case, but it remains unclear if that individual will face charges. The suspect’s name has yet to be released.

http://www.lex18.com/story/27824426/woman-arrested-after-violent-gas-station-robbery-in-bourbon-county

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A barn on Lexington Road in Bourbon County burned to the ground killing three thoroughbred horses, late Saturday eve. Both Bourbon County and Fayette County had departments responding to the fire. Bourbon County Fire Department Chief Lloyd Campbell said that someone driving by called in the fire and that a state trooper nearby had alerted the homeowners. Crews were able to get the fire under control within five minutes. A vehicle, a tractor and propane tanks near the barn caused some explosions. Three thoroughbred yearlings were killed in the fire.

http://www.lex18.com/story/27820768/barn-burns-to-ground-kills-three-thoroughbred-horses

https://web.archive.org/web/20150525124437/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Three-thoroughbred-horses-killed-in-Bourbon-County-barn-fire-288186131.html

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WORLD

Divers have retrieved one of the black boxes, and located the other from AirAsia Flight 8501–which crashed more than two weeks ago, into the Java Sea. The cockpit voice recorder was located just hours after officials announced retrieving the flight data recorder from beneath a piece of the aircraft’s wing.

http://www.lex18.com/story/27824353/divers-find-black-boxes-in-airasia-crash-retrieve-1-of-them

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/01/12/divers-retrieve-airasia-flight-8501-data-recorder-locate-voice-recorder/

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1908 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
• 1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
• 1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
• 1921 – Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball’s first commissioner.
• 1926 – Original Sam ‘n’ Henry aired on Chicago, Illinois radio later renamed Amos ‘n’ Andy in 1928.
• 1932 – Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• 1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
• 1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
• 1966 – Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
• 1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
• 1969 – The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
• 1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
• 1971 – All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS
• 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• 1986 – Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist.
• 1991 – Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
• 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
• 2004 – The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
• 2005 – Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
• 2004 – The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
• 2005 – Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.

You can watch the entire first episode of All in the Family on Hulu at: http://www.hulu.com/watch/262044.

All in the Family also airs in syndication on Antenna TV; Antenna TV can be viewed locally on WTVQ 36.3.

Due to having overslept, and plans for a birthday bash for one of the kids, I hereby declare this a no news day.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
• 1431 – Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
• 1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
• 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• 1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain’s war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The “Star of the West” incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the “First Shots of the American Civil War”.
• 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University, is founded.
• 2006 – Nivea Pearl Palmer is born.
• 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone.

CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

After leaving students and parents in temporary suspense, Harrison County school officials decided to cancel all classes for today–the decision was announced around 7:45pm, Wednesday evening. Initially, the school district had sent children home with word of a two-hour delay due to the extreme cold temperatures expected overnight and into today; parents were also notified via automated phone-call, SMS, and social media. The final decision to keep the doors closed for Thursday was also announced via automated call, social media, and broadcast media.

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HARRISON COUNTY SPORTS

Fillies Basketball: – The freshman game that had been scheduled last night at Mason Co was cancelled in relation to yesterday’s cold weather. Likewise, the JV/Varsity games set for this evening at home vs Augusta have been cancelled and rescheduled for Feb. 3 at 6:00 and 7:30.

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Breds Freshman Basketball: Harrison Co will host the 2015 38th District Freshman Basketball Tournament on Sat, Jan 24. The Breds will play Nicholas Co in the High School Gym at 10:00 am. Pendleton Co will play Robertson Co at 10:00 am in the Middle School Gym. The winners will play in the High School Gym at 11:30.

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Fillies Freshman Basketball: The Fillies Freshman basketball team will play at Nicholas Co on Jan 24 at 11:30 for the 38th District Freshman Championship.

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KENTUCKY

Gov. Steve Beshear delivered his final State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday night in front of a joint session of the Kentucky General Assembly. In his address, Beshear introduced an aggressive agenda that includes a statewide smoking ban, requiring more children to ride in booster seats and protecting heroin users who seek help from minor drug charges. This is the last year of Beshear’s second and final term as Kentucky’s governor.

http://wuky.org/post/beshear-deliver-his-final-state-commonwealth-speech

https://web.archive.org/web/20150515112335/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/287857321.html

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A Bourbon County man was shot in the leg Tuesday evening in Lexington, and was found in the Speedway parking lot across from the UK Chandler Medical Center. According to information released to the media, the man had agreed to meet with someone with whom he’d had numerous disagreements with in the past.

“They were going to meet up on Paris Pike in Fayette County and evidently settle their disagreements,” Lexington Police spokesperson Sherelle Roberts told the Lexington Herald-Leader. “Evidently, when they met up to settle this once and for all, they got into a fistfight that led to the shooting.”

Lexington Police contacted the alleged shooting suspect, who denied having seen or shot the man. Police are continuing to investigate the case; as of Wednesday afternoon no charges had been filed.

http://www.kentucky.com/2015/01/07/3628767_bourbon-county-man-shot-in-leg.html

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NATION

The FBI has issued an alert for a missing girl out of Ohio. Kaitlin Walters, 13, was last seen on December 30, 2014 in Wayne County, Ohio. Walters is described as being 5’4″ and 110 pounds with blonde hair and hazel eyes.

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office believes that Walters is with Walter Lee Dunn, 27, of Richmond, KY. According to reports, Richmond Police searched Dunn’s home Tuesday, finding it had been abandoned. Dunn has also reportedly lived in Texas and Indiana. Dunn is described as being 6’1″ and 150 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Deputies believe Walters left on her own with Dunn.

The FBI in Knoxville report that Dunn’s car was found in Knoxville on Wednesday, however the Kentucky license plate on the car had been removed.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of these two individuals should call 911 or your local law enforcement agency.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150515143658/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Missing-Ohio-girl-believed-to-be-with-Richmond-man-287870751.html

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/07/car-connected-to-search-for-missing-teen-found-in-knoxville/21404163/

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Nashville, Illinois is saying goodbye to four of its own killed in a Kentucky plane crash.

Services were held yesterday for 14-year-old Sierra Wilder at Nashville’s Campagna Funeral Home. Wilder died in the Friday crash near Paducah along with Nashville furniture store owner Marty Gutzler, wife Kim Gutzler and their 9-year-old daughter, Piper. The Gutzlers’ other daughter, 7-year-old Sailor Gutzler, survived.

Private services for the Gutzlers are Friday.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what caused the crash.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150515230905/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Illinois-town-to-bid-farewell-to-victims-of-Kentucky-crash-287760081.html

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1697 – Last execution for blasphemy in Britain; of Thomas Aikenhead, student, at Edinburgh.
• 1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York.
• 1815 – War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
• 1835 – The United States national debt is zero for the only time.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield
• 1867 – African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
• 1877 – Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• 1918 – President Woodrow Wilson announces his “Fourteen Points” for the aftermath of World War I.
• 1920 – The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
• 1964 – President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a “War on Poverty” in the United States.
• 1973 – Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• 1975 – Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
• 1982 – The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
• 1994 – Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
• 2002 – President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
• 2011 – The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store, for which Jared Lee Loughner is subsequently arrested, kills six people and wounds 13, including Giffords.

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SONG OF THE DAY

In going through the list of “This Day in History” items, I couldn’t help but think of the following song:

HARRISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

• Archery:
  • Jan. 31, 2015 Saturday Harrison Co. Invitational
• Bowling:
  • Saturday, 1-10-15 HC vs East Jessamine at home
• Breds Basketball:
  • Thursday, 1-8-2015 Freshman at Montgomery 6:00
  • Friday, 1-9-2015 JV/Varsity at Home Jan 9 vs Woodford 6:00/7:30
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  • Monday, 1-12-15 HC vs Mason Co at Home Freshman 7:00
  • Tuesday, 1-13 Hc vs Clark Co at home Fr/ JV/Var 5/ 6/7:30
  • Thursday, 1-15-15 HC vs Bourbon Co at Bourbon JV/Var 6/7:30
  • Saturday, 1-17-15 HC vs Oldham at home Fr/JV/Var. 4:45/6/7:30
• Fillies Basketball:
  • Wednesday, 1-7-15 Freshman at Mason 6:30
  • Thursday, 1-8-15 HC vs Augusta at Home JV/Var 6/7:30
  • Saturday, 1-10-25 HC at Lex Christian JV/Var 12:00/1:30
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  • Tuesday, 1-13-15 HC vs Paris at Paris f/JV 6:30/7:30
  • Thursday, 1-15-15 HC vs Nicholas at Nicholas F/JV 6/7:30
  • Saturday, 1-17-25 HC vs Bourbon Co at Bourbon F/JV/Var 4:30/6/7:30
• Wrestling: 
  • Trojan Inv at North Hardin HS Jan 10

http://www.harrison.kyschools.us/virtual/high/sports/

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KENTUCKY

Gov. Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced on Tuesday that heroin overdose reversal kits will be purchased for Kentucky hospitals with the highest rates of heroin overdose deaths. Overdose patients will receive a free kit when discharged from the hospital, in hopes that they or a loved one can prevent another overdose event and potentially save a life. Funding for the project is provided through the Substance Abuse Treatment Advisory Committee (SATAC).

http://wuky.org/post/pilot-project-announced-combat-heroin-overdose-deaths

http://www.kentucky.com/2015/01/06/3626974_state-to-fund-kits-with-life-saving.html

http://migration.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/ag/overdosereversalkits.htm

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First Lady Jane Beshear, along with representatives from the Kentucky Cancer Program, the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center and KentuckyOne Health, launched a new Horses and Hope campaign to raise $1 million for a mobile unit to provide free or significantly reduced cost cancer screenings to underserved populations across Kentucky. Mrs. Beshear announced a $90,000 commitment from Churchill Downs and a $25,000 donation from Kroger for the new van.

http://wuky.org/post/horses-and-hope-kicks-1m-fundraiser-purchase-mobile-van-cancer-screenings

http://migration.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/firstlady/20150106screenVan.htm

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Former state Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott has announced his bid to run for governor. Scott said Tuesday that he will announce his running mate at his official campaign kickoff next week. Other Republicans in the race are: state Agriculture Commissioner James Comer and former Louisville councilman Hal Heiner. Democratic hopefuls are state Attorney General Jack Conway and former congressional candidate Geoff Young.

http://wuky.org/post/former-justice-will-t-scott-will-seek-gop-gubernatorial-nomination

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NATION

Historians at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts opened and unveiled the numerous items that were contained within a time capsule that had originally been buried by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams some 220 years ago. The capsule had once before been uncovered and opened in 1855 during construction at the Massachusetts State House, only to be reburied–after a few additional items were added to it. Contained in the capsule were five folded newspapers, two dozen coins–some dating back to the 1650s, a silver plaque, and the seal of the Commonwealth. After conservation work is conducted on the capsule’s contents they will go on display at the museum. Eventually, the time capsule and its contents will be returned to the cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House, said William F. Galvin, secretary of the commonwealth.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/01/06/1795-time-capsule-buried-by-sam-adams-paul-revere-to-be-opened/

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/us/feat-paul-revere-sam-adams-boston-time-capsule/

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WORLD

Divers in the Java Sea have located the tail section of AirAsia Flight 8501, an Indonesian search and rescue official said Wednesday; the discovery of this part of the wreckage is significant as it could contain the plane’s “black box” recorders. AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes said on Wednesday that if the correct part of the tail had been found “then the black box should be there.” Writing on his Twitter account he added: “We need to find all parts soon so we can find all [our] guests to ease the pain of our families. That still is our priority.”

We need to find all parts soon so we can find all out guests to ease the pain of our families. That still is our priority

— Tony Fernandes (@tonyfernandes) January 7, 2015

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/airasia-plane-crash/airasia-flight-8501s-tail-section-found-divers-java-sea-n281171

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WEATHER

Light snow showers will move through the area this morning resulting in a dusting of accumulation at best for some locations. This light dusting of snow may cause slick spots for the morning commute. Travelers are urged to use caution and allow extra travel time this morning.

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A wind chill advisory remains in effect from 9am this morning to 10am Thursday.

* Wind chill values: Readings will drop down to around 10 below zero by mid morning over north central Kentucky by late this afternoon or early evening. Readings of -10 to -15 are likely this evening through Thursday morning.

If you venture outdoors, make sure you protect your extremities. These low wind chills could result in frost bite and hypothermia if precautions are not taken.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
• 1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
• 1904 – The distress signal “CQD” is established only to be replaced two years later by “SOS“.
• 1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York, New York to London, United Kingdom.
• 1948 – Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
• 1959 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
• 1960 – The Polaris missile is test launched.
• 1968 – Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
• 1980 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• 1985 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan’s first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
• 1990 – The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public for safety reasons.
• 1999 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.

CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

Hayden Joseph Bach son of Kaitlyn Bach, of Carlisle, is the first baby born at Harrison Memorial Hospital in 2015. He arrived January 2, 2015, at 7:07 p.m. Hayden weighed 7 pounds and 2 ounces, was 18.5 inches long and was delivered by Dr. Gerald Harpel. He was presented with gifts from HMH, the HMH OB department and Project Linus.

Featured in the photo is Kaitlyn Bach holding Hayden Joseph and Dr. Gerald Harpel, HMH OB/GYN.

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KENTUCKY

Gov. Steve Beshear set a special election for March 3 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Walter Blevins Jr. (Dem.) of Morehead from the Kentucky Senate. Blevins resigned Sunday from his seat as State Senator for District 27 to become Rowan County judge-executive, a position he won in the Nov. 4 election. District 27 includes the counties of Bourbon, Fleming, Harrison, Lewis, Mason, Nicholas, Robertson and Rowan. Potential Democratic candidates have been listed as: banker Scott McCauley of Harrison County, Maysville attorney Kelly Caudill, James Bodie Stevens of Rowan County, Paris Mayor Mike Thornton and Paige Short of Paris. The State Democratic Party is scheduled to select a candidate at a special meeting in Morehead, this Saturday. The State Republican Party has not revealed any potential candidates as of yet.

http://www.kentucky.com/2015/01/05/3625045_democratic-state-sen-walter-blevins.html

http://wuky.org/post/beshear-sets-special-election-state-senate-seat

http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7b48995C37-CA91-4D93-9338-03AB01036AEF%7d&activityType=PressRelease

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For the second year, Whitaker Bank, as part of its continuing title sponsorship of the Boys’ Sweet 16®, and the KHSAA will be presenting four one-time $1,500 scholarships. The scholarships are open to high school seniors that participate in KHSAA sanctioned sports and sport-activities.

Deadline for the information to be received by the KHSAA is Feb. 25. There is no limit to the number of applicants from a school.

Winners will be recognized during the 2015 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys’ State Basketball Tournament, March 18-22 in Lexington.

Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16® Scholarship Application Form:
http://khsaa.org/forms/bk148.pdf

http://khsaa.org/010515-whitaker-bankkhsaa-sweet-16-scholarship-application/

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According to recently published numbers, only 1/4 of Kentuckians have taken advantage of their eligibility to purchase insurance through the Kynect system. State officials had previously estimated that 340,000 people would be able to select and purchase subsidized plans through the state’s insurance exchange; in reality, only some 86,000 have done so.

“People earning between 138 and 400 percent of the poverty level — between about $16,000 and $47,000 for a single person — can get subsidies to help with the cost,” explains New York Times reporter Abby Goodnough, who has been chronicling Obamacare and Kentucky’s lead in the use and enrollment under the Affordable Care Act. According to Goodnough’s article, part of the reason behind so few enrolling in healthcare still lies in the views of healthcare being too expensive–despite the ability to pay a subsidized premium.

http://www.kyforward.com/only-a-fourth-of-those-eligible-have-bought-subsidized-health-coverage-through-kynect/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/us/kentucky-health-plan-is-flooded-with-the-poorest-and-sickest.html?_r=0

Personal note: I am among one of the 86,000 to have enrolled. Due to my low-income, I was able to qualify for Medicaid and have now been insured for over a year–the first time that I have had medical insurance since I was 21, when I was no longer eligible under my parent’s plans. I am very grateful for the ACA, as I have now been able to pay better attention to my health. Had it not been for the ACA, I would likely have HMH breathing down my neck for that gall-bladder surgery that I had this past summer.

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ENTERTAINMENT

A streaming cable/satellite-like viewing experience for as little as $20 per month is what Dish Network aims to deliver with the forthcoming launch of a product called Sling TV. Dish unveiled details about the service at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, yesterday. Among some of the top points mentioned in the announcement are that Sling TV will carry channels like ABC Family, Cartoon Network, CNN, Disney Channel, ESPN and ESPN 2, the Food Network, HGTV, TBS, TNT, The Travel Channel and Adult Swim. Sling TV will be available on many devices and platforms including Windows and Macintosh OSes, Andriod and iOS devices, Roku, Xbox One, and certain LG televisions. Sling TV is set to launch  in the first quarter of 2015.

http://about.dish.com/press-release/products-and-services/sling-tv-launch-live-over-top-service-20-month-watch-tvs-tablets

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2015/01/05/dish-new-sling-tv-streaming-service/21236795/

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/15/01/05/2115219/dish-introduces-20-a-month-streaming-tv-service?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed

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WEATHER

An Arctic front will bring the coldest air of the season to the region beginning Wednesday. After a mild December, this Arctic blast will be some of the coldest air to affect the area since last January. Now is the time to make precautions for the cold.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1838 – Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
• 1853 – President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Pierce’s 11-year-old son Benjamin is killed in the crash.
• 1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
• 1912 – New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• 1912 – German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• 1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India’s poorest and sick people.
• 1930 – The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
• 1931 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
• 1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
• 1947 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
• 1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People’s Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
• 1951 – Korean War: An estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre.
• 1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida.
• 1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
• 1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
• 2000 – Celia, the last Pyrenean Ibex was found dead after a tree had landed on her.
• 2005 – American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.