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NOT A BIT SHEEPISH
Leigh Anne Tucker whistled for her dog, Till, to move toward sheep in the competition during the Bluegrass Classic Stockdog Trial that started today at Masterson Station Park on Leestown Road. The event runs through Sunday.  »  Full story

    TOM EBLEN | Herald-Leader columnist

    • Ideas for saving our teen drivers
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      MORE BEHIND-THE-WHEEL TRAINING CRUCIAL

      By Tom Eblen

      Jim Starks, a retired state trooper, asked if I remembered the most difficult part of the road test I took when I was 16 to get my driver's license.
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    MERLENE DAVIS | Herald-Leader columnist

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      Africa grabs at Lexingtonian's heart

      Merlene Davis

      During the summer of 2006, ­Lexington's Adam Rector traveled to Kenya and spent two months living in a mud, stick and dung hut ­without the luxuries of running water and electricity.

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    • Junior Johnson guilty
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      Ex-billionaire convicted in federal fraud case

      By Halimah Abdullah

      Charles "Junior" Johnson, a Lexington native who became a billionaire before he was 40, was found guilty Thursday on charges of fraud in a scheme that toppled Las Vegas-based PurchasePro and the executives who headed it.
      • Reaction muted in hometown

    • Hollywood Terrace gets historic nod

      AREA NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL REGISTER

      By Beverly Fortune

      Hollywood Terrace, the Lexington neighborhood that failed in its attempt to be designated a local historic district, is one step away from being added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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    • Corrections

      A lawsuit listed in For The Record on Page E7 of the May 14 Herald-Leader gave the incorrect claim in the suit. Michelle Leach is suing Speedway SuperAmerica LLC for injuries sustained in a fall on the defendant's property.
    NEWS OBITUARIES

    • She was the queen of gospel music

      By Jennifer Hewlett

      She wrote songs with verses that would make Shakespeare smile, and when she was on a stage, she owned it, her friends said Monday.
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