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  • Breitner 'eager' to start dream job at Sports Park

    Seth Breitner said he will embrace the hard work ahead of him as he takes over operations of the Elizabethtown Sports Park this fall.

    “I know there’s going to be a lot of challenges because it’s on the ground floor, but I’m eager to get started,” Breitner said.

    Elizabethtown City Council approved Breitner’s appointment as sports park director last week with his start date tentatively scheduled for Sept. 6.

    Mayor Tim Walker said Breitner’s appointment was culled from a list of more than 75 resumes.

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  • Driver involved in I-65 wreck dies

    An Augusta man died Thursday after a Wednesday wreck on Interstate 65 in which a tire blew out on his 2004 Ford F650.

    August Stegemann Jr., 54, died shortly after midnight Thursday in Louisville, where he was taken for treatment following the single-car wreck Wednesday morning near the Glendale exit on I-65.

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  • 233rd cases colors for Iraq deployment

    The 233rd Transportation Company is headed back to the Middle East.

    The heavy truck company under the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) cased its colors Wednesday at Fort Knox as it readied for deployment to Iraq later this week.

    The deployment is the company’s seventh to Iraq since 2003 and supports Operation New Dawn. The unit deployed six times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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  • Local woman begins petition to unseal evidence against Casey Anthony


    Elizabethtown’s Hope Cundiff said the trial of Casey Anthony was uncomfortably familiar as she followed every piece of information made available.
    Cundiff has started an online petition to release sealed evidence, hoping to keep Anthony in jail.
    The petition had drawn 447 names by Wednesday afternoon. Cundiff hopes to have at least 1,000 before Sunday, Anthony’s scheduled release date.

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  • West Point man charged with illegal sex act with a minor

    A West Point man was arrested and charged Monday with first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor. The child was his foster child.
    According to the arrest warrant, Jimmie Sturgill, 64, “knowingly attempted to induce or cause a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity with him.”
    From October to June, Sturgill sent sexually charged messages via Facebook and Yahoo to the child, according to the warrant. Sturgill reportedly admitted to police that he sent the messages.

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  • Human Resources' BRAC move complete
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  • Man pleads not guilty to sexually abusing a minor

    An out-of-state resident pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor in Hardin Circuit Court.
    According to the arrest warrant, Christifer Davis, 27, forcibly touched the breasts and buttocks of his stepdaughter, who is younger than 16, on Jan. 6 at E’town Motel, 455 Lincoln Road.
    Davis’ mother, Susan Souzan, was at the arraignment Tuesday. She said she reported Davis to the police but was unwilling to comment further.

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  • Driver dies from injuries in I-65 crash

    An Augusta resident died from injuries sustained in a single-car wreck Wednesday morning near the Glendale exit on Interstate 65.

    August Stegemann Jr. died shortly after midnight.

    Kentucky State Police report that he was traveling north in a 2004 Ford F650 at 7:32 a.m. Wednesday when one of the truck's tires blew out, Kentucky State Police said.

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  • Council approves additional work for College Street Road bridge

    Elizabethtown City Council has approved additional work on the College Street Road bridge project.

    The council agreed this week to amend a contract with HDR Engineers for additional consulting services related to construction. The amended amount is not to exceed $17,373 and adds onto the original contract of roughly $120,000.

    “We want to make sure the project we build out there is the one we designed,” said Robert Bush, director of stormwater management.

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