By Janet Patton And Beverly Fortune
There was muted reaction Thursday from former local investors in Charles "Junior" Johnson's company, PurchasePro.
Peggy Henson
Place of birth: Woodford County
THE VERDICT
By Jack Brammer
Then: Paul Richwalsky worked for Attorney General Fred Cowan when he was named special prosecutor in the case against Larry Mahoney.
THE RESCUER
By Jack Brammer
Then: Bob Burnett and his wife, Connie, had eaten supper that Saturday evening in La Grange. On the way back to their home in Campbellsburg, he remarked about "a lot of buses on the interstate" and guessed "they had been to Kings Island."
THE PARENT
By Jack Brammer
Then: Karolyn Nunnallee was in Florida tending to her ailing mother the Saturday night of the bus crash. "Life for me was normal," she said. "It changed when my in-laws told me there had been an accident in Kentucky and I learned that Jim, my husband, had asked for Patty's dental records."
THE INVESTIGATOR
By Jack Brammer
Then: Six months after graduating from traffic collision reconstruction training for the Kentucky State Police, Trooper Sonny Cease, 26, was named lead investigator of the Carrollton bus crash.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
By Jack Brammer
Then: When state medical examiner George Nichols, 41, arrived at the bus crash scene, Carroll County coroner Jim Dunn told him there were 27 bodies on the bus.
THE SURVIVORS
By Jack Brammer
Then: Conrad Garcia Jr., 14, at first thought the bus had blown a tire. "We skidded a bit. After the bus came to a stop, there was the fire," he said.
Cheryl Feigel Age: 60 Place of birth: Cincinnati Residence: 301 Colony Boulevard Occupation: Retired Education: Bachelor's in human environmental science and a master's in interior design from the University of Kentucky.
Diane Lawless Age: 56 Place of birth: Owensboro Residence: 315 Hanover Court Occupation: Retired director of the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center and community activist
Herald-Leader Staff Report
Web sites for keeping family and friends informed during times of crisis operate on the same model as most social networking sites.
Here is a timeline of major events in the fen-phen case. September 1997: Fen-phen pulled off market after studies show the hugely popular diet-drug combination causes heart damage in some people.
By Lilian Rogers
Our traditions, every Saturday
Beginning late next week, Yellow Bikes will be available for loan to program members at these five locations: High Street YMCA, 239 East High Street.
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