http://www.kentucky.com/347/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2008 Kentucky.com Regional Indicators 60 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:47:49 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/452302.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/452302.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:40 EDT
Now, after 101 years, the business is coming to an end.

The Lexington-based chain filed notice Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court that it has been unable to raise the cash to continue operating and will shut down Sept. 30.

"Our goal was to produce and to implement a plan which would allow the company to keep the 22 stores open, and ultimately to be able to satisfy our secured, and possibly some other creditors," company president Harding Dawahare said in a written statement." He said that after a month of trying, closing was the only option.

The company said it has been unable to get loans to complete the restructuring proposed in its late May bankruptcy reorganization filing.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/452304.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/452304.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00 EDT
Four in Lexington

Three in Louisville

Murray

Madisonville]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/451310.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/451310.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:15 EDT
"As long as you see work going on - and the construction, and increasing your size - you know your business is doing well," said Russell, who started working for the bourbon maker in 1954.

Distillers are expanding their bourbon production and storage and dispatching sales teams around the world, bullish for a traditionally Southern beverage gaining popularity worldwide. Surging exports, the weak U.S. dollar and rising popularity among younger Americans are driving the boom.

"It's an exciting time to be in the bourbon business," said Max L. Shapira, president of Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc., a family-owned liquor company based in Bardstown. "Most of the time that I've been in the business - up until about the last 10 years - everybody was trying to consign the bourbon category to that great liquor store in the sky."

Heaven Hill recently spent nearly $4 million boosting capacity 50 percent at its distillery in Louisville, where it makes Evan Williams and Elijah Craig bourbons.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/451979.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/451979.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:10 EDT
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Dawahare's says in a filing Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Lexington it is shutting down its remaining 22 stores because it expects to run out of money by October.

The 101-year-old family-owned company had filed for bankruptcy protection in May and closed seven stores.

Dawahare's says it expects the liquidation of its 22 Dawahare's and Cat Bird Seat stores statewide to begin July 14 and to end by Sept. 30.

The newspaper says about 400 employees will be affected by the latest closings.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/451537.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/451537.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:35 EDT
The jury had considered the case against suspended lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. for eight days, and twice in two days sent out notes indicating it was stumped. A third defendant, Melbourne Mills Jr., was acquitted earlier this week. All faced a single charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The case has been closely watched in the horse racing industry because Gallion and Cunningham are part-owners of 2007's Horse of the Year, Curlin. Curlin has won the Preakness, Breeders' Cup and Stephen Foster Handicap. The attorneys have since sold an 80 percent share of the horse.

Attorneys for Cunningham and Gallion asked U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman to free the two men pending a new trial, but Bertelsman ordered them back to jail. Gallion is being held on $52 million bond; Cunningham on $45 million bond. Prosecutors said they plan to request and schedule a new trial in the next two months.

"The weight of the evidence is strong, nothing has changed in my mind," Bertelsman said. "The risk to flee is even greater in my mind."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/450846.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/450846.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:25 EDT
The 86-year-old Henderson track overcame flooding in 1937 and a tornado this decade that ripped out parts of the grandstand. But owner Ron Geary said Thursday he doubted he could finish out the upcoming meet schedule without the $15 million he had been depending on from account wagering.

Geary failed to win a court order Wednesday to let him offer Ellis races to national account wagering outlets that take bets by phone and online. The account wagering was blocked by the Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protection Association, which is seeking a larger share of those revenues.

Geary said he didn't rule out further talks, but said he had been counting on that revenue to trim the track's operating debt.

"We've done the best we can to ... make this a thriving, wonderful track like it was many years ago," said Geary, who bought the track with its soybean infield for an undisclosed amount in 2006.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/451595.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/451595.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:10 EDT
The ruling came Thursday after jurors said they were deadlocked.

The jury had considered the case against suspended lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. for eight days. A third defendant was acquitted earlier this week. All faced a single charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The case has been closely watched in the horse racing industry because Gallion and Cunningham are part-owners of 2007's Horse of the Year, Curlin.

Jurors were dismissed and left without commenting. Judge William Bertelseman ordered Gallion and Cunningham sent back to jail.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/450115.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/450115.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:12 EDT
It comes a day after U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman told attorneys he anticipates either a verdict or a deadlocked panel before dismissing the jury for the July 4 holiday.

Jurors in the case of suspended lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. have deliberated for about 48 hours over seven days, after hearing more than six weeks of testimony.

The case has been closely watched in the horse racing industry because Gallion and Cunningham are part-owners of 2007's Horse of the Year, Curlin.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/450600.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/450600.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:23 EDT
A new competitive bid process started in South Florida and nine other metro areas this week. The government estimates an average savings of 26 percent on 10 types of items covered under the program, including diabetic supplies, hospital beds and walkers.

Under the old system, companies approved as Medicare providers charged prices set by the government. They were based on a list that was drawn up in 1989 and adjusted for inflation.

The government will get most of the savings from the new pricing system. But Medicare recipients with no supplemental insurance, many of them poor, will save on copays.

In the Miami area, for example, a standard power wheelchair that cost Medicare $4,024 last week will cost an estimated $2,817 under the new system. The cost for someone paying the 20 percent copay would drop from $805 to $563.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/450689.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/450689.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:49 EDT
The recall involves ground beef products in Styrofoam tray packages wrapped in clear cellophane or purchased from an in-store service counter. The following chart provided by Kroger explains the range of "sell-by" dates that customers should check:

- Fred Meyer: May 21-July 5.

- QFC: May 21-July 5.

- Kroger stores: May 21-July 3, except Kroger stores in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Knoxville, Tenn., and Kroger's Mid-Atlantic division, which includes stores in North Carolina, northeastern Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia; Kroger stores in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Knoxville are not involved in the recall of ground beef in Styrofoam trays or from in-store service counters.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/452393.html http://www.kentucky.com/465/story/452393.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:10 EDT
House, a 35-year-old Georgia native who hauled his 12-horse stable from Tampa Bay Downs to Henderson for the summer meet, knows no racetrack means no payday.

"We're all-in for this meet," House said.

Now House, along with other owners, trainers, track employees and business owners, are hoping a last-minute deal can be reached to save the track and its summer meet, which was scheduled to open on Friday.

Ron Geary, who owns the 86-year-old Henderson track, announced Thursday the track would shut down amid a bitter dispute over account wagering. Geary wanted to offer Ellis races to national account wagering outlets that take bets by phone and online.]]>