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A 15-year Radcliff Police Department veteran was formally charged June 24 with computer solicitation of a minor in Brevard County, Fla.

David Williams, 37, was arrested May 9 by Kentucky State Police following an Internet sting operation led by the Brevard County Sheriff's office.

The sheriff’s office began investigating Williams’ Internet activity in September.

Hardin County Habitat for Humanity is doing more than building houses for people in need.
The organization has begun a new program, currently called Brush With Kindness, that is aimed at helping homeowners with necessary projects that they can’t afford to complete.
Habitat for Humanity International expanded its mission about two years ago to help people beyond building houses so the organization could help more families, said Larry Mengel, executive director of Hardin County Habitat.

Brent Burke has spent more than 1,000 days in the Hardin County Detention Center. The commonwealth’s attorney has attempted to prosecute him four times. Twice he heard his son accuse him of killing his estranged wife and her former mother-in-law.

Just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Judge Kelly Mark Easton dismissed the charges against Burke without prejudice.

Only members of the media were at the detention center to watch Burke leave, and even they didn’t notice as a pickup truck carrying Burke left the jail at 4:13 p.m.

The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park will host the 150th year commemoration of the Civil War and celebrate Independence Day on Monday.

The park honors the day with period and patriotic music by Saxton’s Coronet Band from 11 a.m. until noon at Sinking Spring Farm, 2995 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville.

The event is free and open to the public.

The band, which was organized in 1989, is named for an ensemble that performed in Kentucky for more than 60 years, from before the Civil War into the early 20th Century.