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Wednesday, Oct. 07, 2009

'Blair Witch' producer still making creepy movies

October 7, 2009

A link to the Kentucky News Review is available throughout the day on Kentucky.com, under the Find It Now tab, in the black navigation bar above.

• Kentucky Living interviews Henderson native and film producer Gregg Hale. Hale's career took off when he produced The Blair Witch Project, which became the most profitable independent film of all time grossing $248 million at the box office worldwide. Hale is now producing Seventh Moon, which follows the plight of an American honeymoon couple after they celebrate the Hungry Ghost Festival in China and it turns sinister.
  

• Schools in Corbin will be closed the rest of this week due to illness. The Corbin Times-Tribune reports that 25 teachers called in sick Monday. Class will resume Oct. 19, after the fall break.
  

• The Rural Blog takes issue with a Wall Street Journal report on a recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency on 79 mining permit applications. The Wall Street Journal story says that mining companies are "required to rebuild mountains when work is finished." The Rural Blog says that is not correct. The Coal Tattoo also takes a look at the mining permits.
  

• The Centers for Disease Control reports on availablity of snack foods and beverages from vending machines in secondary schools around the U.S. The report shows that of 238 high schools in Kentucky, 73 percent of those schools did not allow students to purchase food from vending machines, which is unregulated by federal school nutrition standards. In 2002, 19 percent of Kentucky's surveyed schools prohibited vending machine food sales.