http://www.kentucky.com/171/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2008 Kentucky.com Jessamine County 60 Sat, 17 May 2008 02:07:49 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/403161.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/403161.html Tue, 13 May 2008 07:16 EDT
2 SCHOOL BUSES, PICKUP COLLIDE; DOZENS INJURED

Dozens of people suffered minor injuries Monday when two school buses and a pickup collided on Interstate 65 in Louisville. Police spokesman Phil Russell said at least 40 people, including several students, were taken to area hospitals to get checked out after the accident. Russell said a car pulling out of an emergency lane set off a chain-reaction collision. "The driver of a pickup stopped to avoid the car and was hit by a school bus from Fort Knox," Russell said. "Then the bus from Nelson County hit the other school bus." Russell said no charges would be filed.

LEBANON JUNCTION

SCHOOL BUS OVERTURNS; NO INJURIES ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/402176.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/402176.html Mon, 12 May 2008 09:23 EDT
Tuesday: Urban County Council intergovernmental committee, 1 p.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center, 200 East Main Street.

Council work session, 3 p.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center, 200 East Main Street.

Wednesday: Board of Architectural Review, 5 p.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center.

Jessamine County ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/402194.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/402194.html Mon, 12 May 2008 09:24 EDT
Motorists can expect delays next weekend on New Circle Road near the Versailles Road interchange while the inner loop is reduced to one lane for bridge deck repairs. The project will require closing ramps from New Circle Road to outbound Versailles Road and from inbound Versailles to the New Circle inner loop. The work will be performed over four weekends between 8 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday.

The following streets will be milled and paved this week: East Third Street between North Limestone and Spruce Street; East Fourth Street between Humbard Alley and Silver Maple Way; Coleman Alley between East Fourth and the end of the street; East Fourth between Chestnut Street and Hawkins Avenue; Bryan Avenue between Carlisle and Devonia avenues.


Major traffic impact



East Loudon Avenue will be closed between Winchester Road and Floyd Drive through Aug. 1 for roadway reconstruction. Motorists should use side-street access to East Loudon from Seventh Street. Eastland Drive is also closed at Loudon. East Loudon will be closed between Shropshire Avenue and Meadow Lane through Oct. 3. A detour is in place.

Blue Grass Parkway is reduced to one lane eastbound and westbound between mileposts 67 and 69 in Woodford County for a bridge replacement on Ky. 33. Expect delays on both roads.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/399813.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/399813.html Fri, 09 May 2008 05:52 EDT
I've been driving Dry Ridge Road in Woodford County for more than 30 years, usually while squeezing the steering wheel and hoping somebody wouldn't pop over a hill and hit me head-on.

At least 10 people have died in five accidents on that 3-mile ribbon of pavement since 1984, according to the Herald-Leader archives.

My first thought: Something should be done about that road.

My second thought: The road isn't the problem.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/399825.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/399825.html Fri, 09 May 2008 02:05 EDT
GRAND JURY GETS FATAL ACCIDENT CASE

The case of a man accused of leaving the scene of an accident in which a University of Kentucky student was killed April 13 has been sent to a grand jury. Shannon D. Houser, 36, who has pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and tampering with physical evidence, appeared in court Thursday morning. UK freshman Connie Blount, 18, was crossing South Broadway at West Maxwell against the traffic signal about 2:30 a.m. when she was hit by a truck going south on South Broadway. Blount died at UK Hospital. Houser was arrested about two weeks later. Police impounded the truck from Houser's driveway on Detroit Avenue and matched damaged truck parts to debris at the scene of the wreck.

NICHOLASVILLE

BURNED BODY IDENTIFIED ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/398730.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/398730.html Thu, 08 May 2008 07:09 EDT
MAN IS FOUND DEAD IN BURNING VEHICLE

A man was found dead Tuesday night in a burning vehicle in Jessamine County, Kentucky State Police said. Late Wednesday, authorities said they were investigating the death as a murder. The Jessamine County Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire about 8 p.m. Tuesday on Hunters Ferry Road, and firefighters found the man's body after extinguishing the blaze, state police said. Further examination of dental and medical records is needed to identify the body, state police said.

LOUISVILLE

SMALL PLANE HITS FENCE; PILOT HURT ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/398729.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/398729.html Thu, 08 May 2008 08:56 EDT
MAN IS FOUND DEAD IN BURNING VEHICLE

A man was found dead Tuesday night in a burning vehicle in Jessamine County, Kentucky State Police said. Late Wednesday authorities said they were investigating the death as a murder. The Jessamine County Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire about 8 p.m. Tuesday on Hunters Ferry Road, and firefighters found the man's body after extinguishing the blaze, state police said. Further examination of dental and medical records is needed to identify the body, state police said.

LOUISVILLE

SMALL PLANE HITS FENCE; PILOT HURT ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/397390.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/397390.html Tue, 06 May 2008 19:40 EDT
Women's Health Day will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at the Jessamine County Career and Technology Center on Wilmore Road. Blood-pressure checks; EKGs; cholesterol, body fat, glucose, hearing and vision tests, and more will be offered. Call (859) 885-4149, Ext. 1006.



Wine and Vine Fest begins Thursday

The Kentucky Wine and Vine Fest, the official wine festival of Kentucky, begins Thursday. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/395782.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/395782.html Mon, 05 May 2008 09:23 EDT
The project will also require closing the ramps from New Circle Road to outbound Versailles Road and from inbound Versailles Road to the inner loop of New Circle Road.

The closures will be in place until 5 a.m. Monday. The bridge work will be performed over four weekends beginning at 8 p.m. Fridays and ending at 5 a.m. Mondays.

Traffic control will be switched from old traffic signals to new ones at Winchester Road's intersections with Walton and Delaware avenues at 9 a.m. Monday.

The following streets will be paved through Friday: Kenesaw Drive between Moss Drive and Hartland Parkway; East Tiverton Way between Wem Drive and Fox Harbour Drive; Vanderbilt Drive between Stanford Drive and the end of the street; Gladman Way between Man o' War Boulevard and Higbee Mill Road; Rockbridge Road between Fieldmoor Drive and Hartland Parkway; and West Edgebrook Drive between Brook Park and Farmview drives. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/394266.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/394266.html Sat, 03 May 2008 02:03 EDT
At a Bluegrass Water Supply Commission meeting Thursday, a June 2 deadline was agreed on to decide whether the commission -- acting on behalf of some of its members -- will buy into Kentucky American Water's newly approved treatment plant and pipeline.

"The window of opportunity ... is rapidly closing," said Damon Talley, the commission's attorney.

The big question: Which towns are willing to make a commitment?

If the commission agrees to buy 5 million gallons of water a day, Kentucky American would increase the capacity of its plant from 20 million gallons a day to 25 million. The commission would own 20 percent of the plant and pipeline, with the construction and operating costs falling only on the towns that get the water.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/392122.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/392122.html Thu, 01 May 2008 02:04 EDT
The 42-acre site off U.S. 27 would have an ambulatory care center and a medical office building. Eventually it might also include an assisted living center and even a helipad for an air ambulance, said property owner Dallas Murphy of Lexington.

In addition, Royal Manor Healthcare Facility, an 83-bed Nicholasville nursing home, has expressed interest in relocating from Sparks Avenue to the Murphy property, according to a letter from the home's administrator.

The project would continue Jessamine County's rapid growth in medical facilities -- though none is the full-service hospital county residents have sought.

Murphy's land is near the Memorial Sports Complex, a privately financed ballpark that draws thousands of youth baseball players and parents from all over the country to Nicholasville each year. The city annexed the property in 2005.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/390774.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/390774.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:40 EDT
The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, UK Health Care Clinical Research Development and Operations Center and the Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association will sponsor Mind Matters: The Science and Care Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 17 at the Second Presbyterian Church, Main and Ransom Streets.

The free fair will feature memory screenings, free lunches, and door prizes, as well as opportunities to learn about normal healthy brain aging, respecting and interacting with a person who has Alzheimer's disease, and identifying community resources. Contact Roberta Davis at (859) 323-6316.



$3 rabies clinic at the fire station ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/390776.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/390776.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:40 EDT
The Brenda Cowan .Coalition for Kentucky will have a golf scramble May 9 at Connemara Golf Course, 2327 Lexington Road just north of Nicholasville. Registration is at 11 a.m. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m., and tee time is 12:15 p.m. Hole-in-one prizes include a 2008 Buick, and a bag and clubs. The event includes a raffle for gift cards. The cost is $70 ($280 per team) and includes cart, green fees, range balls and lunch. Call Angie Tedder at (859) 276-4457, Ext. 237.



Boone expert

Daniel Boone expert Jennings Krahenduhl will discuss the legacy of the explorer in Fayette and Jessamine counties at 7 p.m. Monday at the Jessamine Public Library, 600 South Main Street, Nicholasville. Register at www.jesspublib.org or call (859) 885-5164. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/387411.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/387411.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:06 EDT
Under the agreement approved by Judge Janet Booth, Argo and Sharon Clagett will get 25 horses back. The Clagetts have selected the 25 they want.

The horses have been cared for at private farms in Jessamine and Garrard counties since being seized March 26 and 27. The Clagetts, who have raised Tennessee walking horses, were charged with second-degree animal cruelty, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.

On Friday afternoon, the Clagetts took possession of eight horses on Dennis King's farm about five miles southeast of Nicholasville under the watchful eye of a Jessamine County deputy sheriff. The Clagetts had no comment on the court agreement reached between their attorney, David Thomas, and Jessamine County Attorney Brian Goettl.

The Clagetts hope to retrieve an additional 17 horses on Saturday and Sunday.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/387418.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/387418.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:06 EDT
HIGH COURT RULES ON FATHERHOOD RIGHTS

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a man who fathers a child during an affair with a married woman has no legal rights to fatherhood. The vote was divided at 4-3, but the ruling upheld the presumption that a child born to a married woman living with her husband is a child of the marriage. Justice Bill Cunningham wrote in the ruling that married couples have a right to be left alone from the claims of "interloper adulterers." The court sided with a Louisville couple, Julia and Jonathan Ricketts. They had sought to block James Rhoades Jr. from trying to establish paternity of a child born during an affair with the woman.

PIKE COUNTY

MINE SEAL FAILS; NO ONE HURT ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/386375.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/386375.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:41 EDT
A police news release said Lt. Bill Jones intended to use his Taser to stop a fight outside the police department, but he mistakenly drew his handgun and shot the man once in the side. Jones is on administrative leave pending a Kentucky State Police investigation, Nicholasville Police Chief Barry Waldrop said.

Nathan MacLaren of Baytown, Texas, identified the man who was shot as Michael McCarty, 27. McCarty had been listed in critical condition Thursday night.

MacLaren, 47, is the boyfriend of McCarty’s soon-to-be ex-wife, Amanda, and they intended to take the McCartys’ 8-year-old son, Johnny, to Texas, MacLaren said.

MacClaren said he and Amanda McCarty had expected trouble, and they arranged for Michael McCarty to say goodbye to his son at the police department. The couple had a police officer get the boy from Warner Elementary School in Nicholasville, and they had police verify a court order in which a judge granted Amanda McCarty full custody of Johnny and his 6-year-old sister, Megan.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/384462.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/384462.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:18 EDT
Asbury College will host an .Engaging Culture Weekend. Thursday through Saturday for students and the Central Kentucky community to explore the importance of ideas, truth and the art of film. Professor Greg Bandy and communications department students are producing the events, which include the Spring Classics Concert, Narnia Night and Highbridge Film Festival. Visit www.asbury.edu/engagingculture or call (859) 858-3511 ext. 2250.

. Academy Award nominee and Emmy-winning composer Bruce Broughton and Asbury College music students present the Spring Classics Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Hughes Auditorium. It is free.

. Narnia Night will offer unseen clips and a super-trailer from the newest .addition to C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia films, Prince Caspian , at 7 p.m. Friday in Hughes Auditorium. The evening includes a presentation by noted Narnia scholar, and Asbury professor Devin Brown. Free.

. Student films from across the country will be featured at the fourth annual Highbridge Film Festival at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Hughes Auditorium. Judges include Kim Darby, best known for her role in True Grit, starring John Wayne. Admission is $5. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/382271.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/382271.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:05 EDT
The nutrigenomic center was built in a 20,000-square-foot expansion at the company's existing research facility. Databases generated there will be analyzed to determine the health and performance status of livestock and the best nutritional interventions for peak production potential.

Alltech's founder and president, Pearse Lyons, said the facility is the first built for the study of nutrigenomics.

Last year, Alltech partnered with the University of Kentucky to promote research in this field. The partnership included a $900,000 grant from Alltech to place faculty and staff members from UK's College of Agriculture at the nutrigenomics facility. Alltech expects 40 additional research professionals to work in the new lab.

Alltech is the sponsor of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, which will be held in Lexington in 2010.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/381551.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/381551.html Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:05 EDT
The company rededicated its first headquarters on Saturday, a year or so after putting it on dollies and moving it up the road to the home of its new corporate offices.

"After the construction of this new modern facility, we weren't really going to be at home until we brought Jay Station depot back over here," said Noel Rush, vice president of strategic planning and development.

Jay Station was originally built on Jessamine Station Road and dedicated in 1986 by then-Lt. Gov. Steve Beshear. It's named for Jay Corman, father of the company's founder and owner Rick Corman.

The company was founded in 1973 and had its offices inside a locomotive before Jay Station was built, Rush said.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/381600.html http://www.kentucky.com/171/story/381600.html Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:53 EDT
Council work session, 3 p.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center.

Wednesday: Board of Architectural Review, 5 p.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center.

Thursday: Planning Commission public hearings regarding zoning items, 1:30 p.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center.

Council meeting, 7 p.m., council chambers, Urban County Government Center.]]>