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  • Male carpenter bees must earn the ladies' respect

    A large carpenter bee hovers above tulips in my front yard.

    My wife talks to it (our cat recently passed away), and she says it looks at her.

    “You’ve got a stud,” said Perri Eason, a University of Louisville professor who specializes in animal behavior. She means male carpenter bees – who hurl themselves at any bug that comes near – must be strong if they’re able to keep rivals away from prime real estate. They’re telling a potential mate: “Check out my flowers, honey. Good food. Good genes.”

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  • Telecommunicators: An invisible source of aid

    When a Kentucky State Police officer radioed in about a traffic stop he was making, Jodi Shacklette and Nita Franklin set to work.

    Shacklette clicked away at her keyboard, peered at five computer monitors mounted at her work station and told the trooper that the driver he was dealing with was someone who had been charged with an assault and multiple instances of driving under the influence.

    Both KSP senior police telecommunicators have been doing their job at one post or another for the past 16 years.

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  • Police: Road rage led to Sunday night shooting

    Police say a Sunday night shooting at the Five Star Food Mart near Lincoln Parkway in Elizabethtown stemmed from road rage a few miles earlier in the northbound lane of Interstate 65.

    The shooting left Su Hong Springer, 53, of Murfreesboro, Tenn. in critical condition at University Hospital in Louisville.

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  • Senior Life: Caregivers in the work force

    Many of us are jugglers and magicians by trade; we just didn’t recognize our talents. As workers and employees, we juggle multiple demands and schedules, on and off the clock.

    At the end of our shifts, many of us head home to take care of other family members. These family members are not necessarily minor children, but rather mothers, fathers or other aging family members. Their needs must be juggled with responsibilities to our employers. Somehow, it seems through magic, their needs are met, even if the caregiver is the one that struggles.

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  • Day of service puts students to work

    A soggy morning and bitter chill didn’t stop hundreds of energetic North Hardin High School students from abandoning their beds Saturday to honor a pledge.

    About 430 students committed to the inaugural day of service, which sent teams to clean, spruce and improve more than 20 sites in Hardin County. Chores included, among many, picking up trash, painting and landscaping.

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  • Moffett dislikes Obamacare, state spending habits

    Tea-Party backed gubernatorial candidate Phil Moffett on Saturday vowed to join other states in a federal lawsuit against national health care reform and said he would lobby for an “Arizona-style” law that would tighten down on illegal immigrants by requiring employers and landlords in the state to verify citizenship.

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  • A desperate decision: Need help?

    There’s more than one place to look for help if you or someone you know is depressed or contemplating suicide. Don’t be afraid to get help.

    COMMUNICARE CRISIS HOTLINE
    1-800-641-4673, 24 hours a day, seven days a week

    LINCOLN TRAIL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM
    1-800-274-7374, 24 hours a day, seven days a week

    NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE
    1-800-273-TALK (8255)

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  • A desperate decision: Suicide rates high among older adults

    The risk for suicide is not limited to teens and young adults.

    In fact, the suicide rate among older adults continues to be the highest among any age group in the U.S., said Karen Ross, home care coordinator at VNA Nazareth Home Health in Elizabethtown.

    Age groupings vary for suicide rates, but in Hardin County from 2001 to 2010, 38.7 percent of suicides were residents 50 or older. The oldest person to commit suicide in Hardin County in that time range was an 86-year-old man.

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  • The military, PTSD and suicide: Fighting an unseen battle

    Many in the military have scars from battle. Some carry invisible scars from battles within.

    Those with post-traumatic stress disorder fight this battle long after the war is over. Often, those with PTSD live with depression that can lead to suicidal thoughts and tendencies.

    According to a 2003 study in the American Journal of Psychiatry, patients with a major depressive episode and PTSD make “substantially more suicide attempts” than those with only depression.

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  • A desperate decision: Bullying a component in youth suicide

    Their lives have just begun. But somewhere, somehow, they’ve absorbed enough pain to want to quit living.

    Since 2004, three teens have died by suicide in Hardin County, according to the Hardin County coroner. The youngest suicide victim was 13 years old.

    While it is easy to picture a teen or a younger child as a being full of optimism and potential, youth are not immune to the risk factors of suicide. Psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, instability at home and other issues lead to suicidal behavior in children, just as in adults.

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