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  • Sister: Grief, lack of medication left Radcliff woman disoriented

    The sister of a Radcliff woman found in her home after a nearly three-day search says not taking medication and grief over a recent family death and illness contributed to her sister’s situation.

    Beverly Mahone of Elizabethtown said her sister, Gwendolyn S. Payne, has had difficulty dealing with the death of a brother-in-law and her father’s medical diagnosis earlier this year.

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  • Witnesses note Burke's obsession with his wife

    Prosecution witnesses testified Friday about Brent Burke’s obsession with his wife’s whereabouts and other erratic behavior noticed in the months leading up to Tracy Burke’s and Karen Comer’s violent deaths.

    During an emotional block of testimony in the double murder trial, Tracy Burke’s brother, Dave Wilburn, said he befriended Burke shortly after meeting him because they shared similar interests in hunting and sports.

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  • Street painting festival to take over downtown E'town for second year

    Elizabethtown will transform into a canvas for artists again this fall.
    The Via Colori Italian Street Painting Festival once again will take over downtown on Sept. 10.

    The festival is a fundraiser for the Advocacy and Support Center in Elizabethtown and provides a creative outlet artists can access to mold scenic pastel paintings directly on the pavement of North Main Street and the square in downtown.

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  • Dining demo
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  • Teens hurt in car crash near Buffalo

    Landmark News Service

    Four teenagers were injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon near Buffalo in LaRue County.

    Just before 3 p.m., a Ford Mustang went out of control on North L&N Turnpike, Deputy Sheriff Russell McCoy said. The car crossed the center line and clipped the shoulder of the roadway. McCoy said the driver overcorrected and the car ran off the opposite side of the road, through a ditch, striking several small trees.

    The car flipped at least once before striking a large tree in the front yard of a residence.

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  • Faces and Places: Signs of spring
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  • Programs promote girl power, self-esteem

    County schools and area Girl Scouts have a common goal: girl power.

    They’re tired of girls shrinking in their seats when asked for answers in class. They want to stop girls from feeling fat, ugly and unable to achieve. They want to give them the tools to live healthier and happier lives.

    They are using similar methods of achieving that goal.

    About 10 county elementary and middle schools have a program called Girl Power that pulls aside girls to discuss topics such as body issues, standing up to bullies and having self esteem.

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  • KSP sergeant says Tracy Burke was intended target in 'full-on assault'

    Kentucky State Police Sgt. Matt Johnson said Friday that the scene investigators found at Karen Comer’s Rineyville home was the result of a “full-on assault” with Tracy Burke as the intended target.

    Johnson, who collected evidence from the home after Comer and Burke were killed, resumed his testimony on the fourth day of the fourth murder trial against former U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke, who is charged with the murder of his wife and her former mother-in-law.

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  • One Knox leader Richardson named as chamber CEO

    Brad Richardson has added another item to his list of responsibilities.

    The executive director of One Knox and the North Hardin Economic Development Authority, Richardson was named Thursday afternoon as president and chief executive officer of the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce.

    Tom Hewlett, chairman of the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors, said the selection was made easier because of Richardson’s background.

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  • Victim’s father, lead detective testify in Burke trial

    When David Wilburn took the witness stand Thursday, his face was somber and his voice was steady.

    He has testified before about the slaying of his daughter, Tracy Burke, and her former mother-in-law, Karen Comer, which occurred in September 2007 in Comer’s LaVista Estates home in Rineyville. This is the fourth attempt at a trial for former U.S. Army Sgt. Brent Burke.

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