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  • Human remains found in Meade County

    Human remains were discovered Sunday on the banks of the Ohio River in Meade County.

    Boaters found the remains early in the afternoon, according to a news release from Kentucky State Police. The remains will be taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for possible identification.

    Kentucky Fish & Wildlife, Indiana conservation officers, Meade County Fire Department and the Meade County Coroner assisted Kentucky State Police at the scene.
     

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  • Unification supporters to approach more organizations

    More residents and civic organizations will be asked to support a proposal to form a commission that would draft a plan for a unified county government.

    Hardin County United on Friday announced its first formal support from a community organization for forming a unification review commission. The Hardin County Public Library Board of Trustees approved a resolution Thursday calling for its establishment.

    If formed, the commission would develop a plan for a unified government to be presented to voters in November 2012.

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  • If passed, local options would mean mixed drink results

    If voters say yes Oct. 4 to expanded alcohol sales in Elizabethtown, Radcliff and Vine Grove, alcohol provisions for the three cities will differ based on each city’s classification.

    A yes vote in Radcliff, Hardin County’s only second-class city, would give the city all of the privileges of wet status, including bars, but fourth-class cities Elizabethtown and Vine Grove still would be limited in alcohol sales, said Steve Humphress, general counsel for the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

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  • Civil War ghosts appear for downtown visitors

    The streets of Elizabethtown were walked Friday night by visions from the past, all sent from a time when the city was caught in the War Between the States.

    The second run of the Civil War Ghosts and Legends Drama took place downtown. Groups walked through scenes of the past that included Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky Gov. John Helm and Gen. John Hunt Morgan.

    Many participating actors have been part of the Charlie Logsdon Downtown Walking Tour as well, including Steve and Lisa Lindsey, who portrayed Gov. and Mrs. Helm.

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  • Doobie Brothers, Kansas rock Godman Airfield

    Illness and weather might have caused some snags, but when Saturday night rolled around, the people were ready for some music.

    Thousands filled Godman Army Air Field at Fort Knox on Saturday to see classic rock groups Kansas and the Doobie Brothers take the stage. Kansas was a last-minute replacement for southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band had to pull out of the performance after an illness sidelined lead singer Johnny Van Zant.

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  • Faces & Places: Registration week at ECTC
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  • Cecliia celebrates music, food, tractors at annual festival

    Visitors flocked to Cecilia Baptist Church this weekend to take part in the sights and sounds of Cecilia Days.

    Children played games for prizes and rode on a miniature train, while others perused a crafts table, ate a meal of barbecued chicken or took in a show from one of the performing musicians.

    Hannah Woosley, 6, and her mother, Kelly Woosley, were working on a sand art necklace for Hannah. Kelly Woosley said they try to go to the festival every year.

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  • Photo: Cheers!
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  • GPS tracks down car, theft suspect

    Modern technology played a major role Thursday in tracking down a man suspected of stealing a vehicle from the local State Transportation Cabinet office on South Dixie Avenue.

    Mark Vera, 32, was arrested and charged with burglary, criminal mischief and theft by unlawful taking of a vehicle more than $500 when he was found sitting in the stolen SUV in Shelbyville.

    A GPS tracking device in the Ford Escape led authorities to the exact location of the vehicle. Authorities not only were able to find the car, but the man who stole it, they say.

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  • LaRue man charged for meth, marijuana

    A Magnolia man was arrested Thursday on charges of marijuana cultivation and manufacturing methamphetamine.

    Willis A. Richardson, 39, was taken to the LaRue County Jail after Kentucky State Police assisted with a welfare check on children at a residence on Cruse Road, according to a KSP news release. Police said they found a marijuana plant and evidence of meth labs at the site.

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