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  • 3/1 soldier dies in Afghanistan

    A second member of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke based at Fort Knox has died from injuries suffered while serving in Afghanistan.

    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mecolus C. McDaniel, 33, of Fort Hood, Texas, was a cavalry scout assigned to Troop A, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke.

    McDaniel died Saturday from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire in Khowst Province, Afghanistan.

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  • Child testifies that he saw Brent Burke shoot 'Momma Tracy'

    The double murder trial of U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke opened Monday morning with testimony from his son that he saw his father kill Tracy Burke.

    On the stand wearing a vest, white shirt and a tie, Burke's son, Ian, said on the night of the shooting in Rineyville in September 2007, he was in bed, woke up and "Brent shot Momma Tracy.''

    The child was 4 at the time of the shooting death of Tracy Burke and her former mother-in-law, Karen Comer at Comer's home.

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  • Clipped for a cause

    People filled the Knights of Columbus Hall on Sunday to clip for a cure.

    More than 50 people had their heads shaved for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation . It was the first event of its kind in the Elizabethtown area and had brought in tens of thousands of dollars before a set of clippers ever touched a head.
    The St. Baldrick’s Foundation’s mission is to raise money for childhood cancer research.

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  • Family celebrates birthday with $10,000 lottery ticket

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    Merianne Johnson’s $30 worth of lottery tickets turned into a $10,000 birthday present for her mother.
    Johnson buys the tickets for her mother for birthdays and holidays. The most that Merian Johnson had won before was $37 until she scratched off a Betty Boop ticket March 14 for her 87th birthday.

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  • Radcliff mayor questions census data

    Results from the 2010 census showed growth in Hardin County, which increased in population by 12.1 percent during the past 10 years to 105,543 residents. The national head count said Elizabethtown’s population leaped by 26.6 percent to 28,531 residents.

    But Radcliff showed a population loss and Mayor J.J. Duvall doesn’t believe it.

    The census recorded Radcliff as losing 1.2 percent of its population in the last 10 years, dropping to 21,688 residents.

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  • Woman learns 'You can't put an age on cancer'

    As a wife and mother of two daughters, Carrie Weber looks forward to many of the small joys of everyday life.

    Sharing a conversation with her husband, laughing with her children, sitting and just watching what they do and how they do it.

    At 33 years of age, Weber already has dealt with some tough times in her life.

    A little more than three months ago, diagnosed with colon cancer, she faced surgery and an uncertain future.

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  • Burke retrial starts Monday

    After a week of questioning more than 200 potential jurors for the murder trial of Brent Burke, 15 people — six men and nine women — were seated Friday.

    Because the trial is expected to last about three weeks, Hardin Circuit Judge Kelly Mark Easton explained that three alternate jurors were selected in addition to the 12 jurors needed to deliberate.

    All 15 jurors will listen to the evidence and the final 12 jurors selected when testimony concludes will deliberate a verdict.

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  • Hosparus holds its annual tea and auction fundraiser

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