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  • Breakfast brawl: Women charged after May altercation at Waffle House

    Two Radcliff women are in custody after an altercation at a Waffle House restaurant in Radcliff left a third woman with a 2-inch gash on her forehead after she was struck with a sugar dispenser.

    Ashley Dubose, 24, and Alisa Ruttley, 23, are charged with second-degree assault and second-degree criminal mischief. The assault charge is a Class C felony punishable by 5 to 10 years in prison.

    According to the arrest warrant, after 6 a.m. May 19, Ruttley held the third woman down while Dubose struck her with with the sugar dispenser.

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  • Mother files wrongful death suit

    The mother of a Magnolia man shot and killed by a LaRue County Sheriff’s deputy in December has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the deputy, the LaRue County Sheriff’s Office and LaRue County government in U.S. District Court.

    The civil suit filed by Carolyn Chaudoin, mother of Thomas Earl Ferguson and administrator of his estate, said deputy James E. Williamson used excessive force and displayed negligence when he fatally wounded her son.

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  • Guardians giving back

    The Radcliff-Vine Grove Guardians of the Ribbon chapter again is using its resources to assist ailing cancer patients and their families.

    The chapter, which is operated by Radcliff and Vine Grove fire departments, is donating $2,500 in gas cards to Elizabethtown Hematology & Oncology and Hardin Memorial Health for distribution to cancer patients, said Radcliff Fire Chief Jamie Henderson.

    Henderson said the chapter has heard the costs for patients to travel back and forth between treatments are a big concern and the cards could alleviate some of that burden.

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  • Warm Blessings seeks donations to keep van service running

    High temperatures might mean hungry residents unless Warm Blessings Soup Kitchen can quickly get enough donations for a new van.

    The organization’s van, a 1991 11-seat Ford Goshen, has no air conditioning and has small windows that restrict air circulation.

    That means the vehicle can’t safely be used to transport those in need to the soup kitchen on East Dixie Avenue in Elizabethtown when temperatures are higher than 85 degrees.

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  • Patton tapping into virtual world

    Ed Miller walks over to the climate-controlled case housing Gen. George Patton’s pistols and pulls out his smartphone.

    In a few quick steps, the Booz Allen Hamilton associate has tapped into a mobile application designed specifically for the General George Patton Museum of Leadership. He then scans an icon featuring Patton’s image, affixed to the case, with the phone’s camera.

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  • A hall of old things no more

    Friday’s reopening of the Gen. George Patton Museum of Leadership will be a cause for celebration for Fort Knox, the Army and the state, Director Christopher Kolakowski said.

    The museum will return following a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Gov. Steve Beshear and Maj. Gen. Jefforey Smith, commander of Cadet Command and Fort Knox, are scheduled to speak and tour the museum following the ceremony. Music will be provided by the 113th Army Band.

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  • WWII barracks nearing completion

    The realm of augmented reality has not been contained to the halls of the General George Patton Museum of Leadership.

    The interactive technology also will infiltrate the last remaining World War II barracks at Fort Knox, which is under renovation on the museum’s grounds off Dixie Highway.

    Ed Miller, an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, said the barracks is expected to feature an exhibit where photos and video of barracks life at Fort Knox will be depicted.

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  • County issues bonds for HMH renovations

    Hardin Memorial Health now has the financial assurance to complete millions in renovations and improvements, primarily at its main campus on Dixie Avenue.

    Hardin Fiscal Court approved up to $40 million in hospital revenue bonds Tuesday to pay for HMH’s master facilities plan, which will increase the number of private suites available, renovate semi-private rooms into private quarters, upgrade the cancer care center by moving it offsite and renovate the emergency department.

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