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Lexington's Most Wanted: Feb. 1
Lexington's Most Wanted is a service of the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff and the Herald-Leader.
Big Brothers Big Sisters raises nearly $50,000 after emergency plea
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass has raised nearly $50,000 since it issued an emergency plea for donations. The troubled organization also announced Friday that it has hired Eric Ward, former athletic director at Georgetown College, as its new executive director.
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STATE
DNA testing being done in missing student case
A Kentucky prosecutor says what is believed to be flesh found at an Indiana landfill is being tested against a DNA sample from a missing Sullivan University student.
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PUBLIC RECORDS
Search 2011 Fayette County public schools salaries
The Fayette County Public Schools salary database is updated as of Sept. 10, 2011.
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STATE
Sheriff: Body found in shallow grave missing woman
A western Kentucky couple has been arrested after Hopkins County sheriff's detectives found the remains of a woman in a shallow grave.
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BUSINESS
John Booe, former owner of Rebecca Ruth Candies, dies at 85.
John Booe, the son of Rebecca Ruth Candy's co-founder who took over the company after his mother's death, died this week. He was 85.
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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
State representative calls for task force to consider overhauling Kentucky juvenile code
State Rep. John Tilley, one of the lawmakers who led the efforts to overhaul the state's criminal code in 2011, has introduced a resolution for a task force that would study Kentucky's juvenile code.
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FAYETTE COUNTY
Mayor Gray sends board letter, inquires about 'corrective actions' at the Explorium
In a Friday letter to the Explorium board chairman, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray wrote that he wants to know "what corrective actions" are being pursued to fix problems at the children's museum.
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Lexington man pleads not guilty to killing mother, hiding her in Herbie
Mark Adam Cave, 27, was charged with murder and tampering with evidence in the death of his mother, Sharon Cave-Howard, 54. He admitted to killing her, according to court documents.
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FAMILY
Kentucky's Planned Parenthood, Komen groups caught in whirlwind of national debate
What a difference a day makes. On Thursday, Kentucky anti-abortion and pro-choice advocates alike were all atwitter, many on Twitter, proclaiming joy or dismay over the news that the giant breast-cancer awareness group Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation had pulled funding for Planned Parenthood...
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MEDICINE
State denies neonatal intensive care unit at St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Officials with the state Cabinet for Health and Human Services denied a request by St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, in Northern Kentucky, to open a 12-bed intensive-care unit for premature infants. St. Elizabeth has fought for more than a year to open the unit, which would provide ventilation...
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Grand jury charges Breathitt sheriff's daughter with forgery
Breathitt County Sheriff Ray Clemons' daughter, who once worked for him, forged his name on checks submitted to the office, a grand jury has charged.









