Kentucky Press News Service

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Posted June 18, 2013 [ Kentucky Press News Service ]
Retailer halts line of prescription products after pleas from attorneys general
National retailer Urban Outfitters is halting sales of a line of products that mimic prescription pill bottles and prescription pads following a plea from 24 attorneys general across the nation. In a recent statement to the media, Urban Outfitters announced it would discontinue its "Prescription Line" of products due to its "misinterpretation."

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Kentucky Standard ]
Police suspect more than one person involved in officer's murder
Investigators in the Jason Ellis murder investigation are leaning more toward the theory that whoever ambushed the Bardstown Police officer was not working alone. “We are leaning toward that direction,” Master Trooper Norman Chaffins, spokesman for Kentucky State Police Post 4, said Tuesday. Chaffins said since the investigation began on May 25, when Ellis was found dead from an apparent ambush on exit 34 of the Bluegrass Parkway, police held open the possibility the shooter wasn’t working alone.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Sentinel-News ]
Police have identified body in Shelbyville creek
Police have identified the young woman whose body was spotted floating in Shelbyville's Clear Creek Monday by a train conductor as Jackleen Lane, 15, of Shelby County's Bagdad community. Shelby County Deputy Coroner Jeff Ivers said that preliminary autopsy results show the cause of death as drowning. He added that so far, investigators think the death was accidental. He said he has no idea yet how Lane wound up in the creek.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Jessamine Journal ]
Two arrests made in Nicholasville murder case
Nicholasville police have arrested two people in connection to the shooting and subsequent death of 30-year-old Pascual Hernandez, which occurred June 9. George A. Mastin, 27, and a male juvenile were arrested Friday evening and charged with murder, according to police Sgt. Scott Harvey. The murder charges are Class A felonies, which carry a minimum 25-year prison sentence, if convicted. In addition to the murder charge, Mastin and the juvenile also face robbery charges. Harvey said it appears Hernandez was a victim of a random robbery gone bad.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Bowling Green Daily News ]
Attorney for Barren sheriff says verdicts are 'fatally flawed'
The attorney for Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton said in paperwork filed Monday that the guilty verdicts against the sheriff on two counts of witness tampering were “fatally flawed.” A jury found Eaton guilty of witness tampering against now-former Barren County Sheriff’s deputies Steve Runyon and Adam Minor while acquitting him of charges of violating the civil rights of Billy Stinnett and lying to investigators about his actions surrounding Stinnett’s Feb. 24, 2010, arrest following a lengthy pursuit.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Bowling Green Daily News ]
Fewer businesses selling fireworks in Bowling Green
Fewer businesses will be selling fireworks in Bowling Green this year despite dry weather last summer that led to several fireworks bans throughout the region. So far, 12 businesses have obtained the needed sales permits and about 16 are expected to be issued. Last year, 26 permits were issued.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Winchester Sun ]
Kentucky River Sweep nets dump truck loads of trash in Clark
About 90 people took to the shores of the Fort Boonesborough State Park beach for a weekend clean-up of the shoreline. River Sweep is part of an initiative with the Kentucky River Authority and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission to clean up rivers and lakes. This year's effort in Clark County resulted in two dump truck loads of garbage.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Frankfort State Journal ]
Former Frankfort firefighter now facing federal child porn charges
A former Frankfort firefighter faces federal charges for allegedly having child porn on his personal computer in 2011. A federal grand jury indicted 43-year-old Dennis Hodge Thursday for receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Hodge was arrested Oct. 13, 2011, after a Kentucky State Police investigation revealed he had videotaped a female family member in the shower and while she changed clothes in her bedroom.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Beattyville Enterprise ]
Teen pedestrian critically injured in Beattyville accident
A 13-year-old girl is in critical condition in a Lexington hospital after being struck by an automobile Monday night on Beattyville’s Main Street. According to the Beattyville Police Department, McKenzie Sams, 13, of London, stepped into the path of a vehicle driven by Hailey Collins, 18, of Beattyville.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Kentucky Enquirer ]
Deer checks out at Newport Kroger store
A deer entered the Kroger Marketplace in Newport around 5 p.m Saturday, running through the automatic doors and past the cash registers, Kroger spokesperson Rachael Betzler said. As customers checked out and shopped, the deer made its way toward the far end of the store near the pharmacy area. At that point, associates as well as customers were able to stop and control the deer, getting it onto the ground. A few customers even removed their belts to to tie its legs together. It was taken to the woods and released.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Kentucky Press News Service ]
KSP sets up email account for tips in murder of Bardstown officer
Kentucky State Police at the Elizabethtown post have established a new email account to gather tips from the public regarding the murder of Jason Ellis, a Bardstown police officer gunned down in an ambush last month.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Interior Journal ]
Elderly Stanford woman hospitalized after being raped
An elderly Stanford woman was in the hospital in unknown condition Monday after she was allegedly raped during a burglary Friday night. Stanford Police Chief Keith Middleton said police believe the burglary and rape occurred during a "forced home invasion" around 10 or 11 p.m. The woman, who is in her 90s, was taken to Danville's Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ The Western Recorder ]
President, principal of Oneida Baptist Institute resign after request from school's trustees
Paul Davidson, president of Oneida Baptist Institute, tendered his resignation at the request of the school’s trustees, following a special called meeting of the board June 11 in Manchester. Davidson had served as president of the Kentucky Baptist school for a little over a year. Dan Stockton, Oneida’s principal, was also asked to submit his resignation.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Kentucky Press News Service ]
Two indicted in Medicaid fraud case
Attorney General Jack Conway Monday announced the indictments of William Qualls and Linda Smith for allegedly defrauding the Kentucky Medicaid Program. Qualls and Smith, who worked as caregivers for a disabled Medicaid recipient, are each charged with devising or engaging in a scheme to defraud the Kentucky Medicaid Program and theft by unlawful taking over $500 but under $10,000.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Kentucky Press News Service ]
McCracken man sentenced to 20 years for child porn distribution
A McCracken County man was sentenced Monday by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell in U.S. District Court to 20 years in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for violating child pornography laws. Matthew Francis Ferreira, 28, was charged with three counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, via a computer.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Lexington Herald Leader ]
Flooding recedes in Perry, Leslie counties
Flooding has subsided in Perry and Leslie counties, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday morning. Flood warnings were issued about 2 a.m. Tuesday after runoff from heavy rain caused streams and creeks to fill overnight in the areas of central Perry and east central Leslie counties. Streams and creeks have receded or were beginning to recede Tuesday morning so the flood warning was allowed to expire, according to the weather service.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Lexington Herald Leader ]
Doctor who worked in pain clinics pleads guilty in pill case
A doctor who worked in pain clinics in Georgetown and Dry Ridge pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge that he conspired to distribute and dispense oxycodone "outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose." Gregory Bruce White was paid $1,600 a day to work at Grant County Wellness Clinic three days a week and Central Kentucky Bariatric and Pain Management in Georgetown one day a week, beginning May 5, 2011, according to the plea agreement entered in U.S. District Court in Lexington.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Madisonville Messenger ]
Man gives in after two-hour standoff with Madisonville police
No one was injured during a two-hour police standoff early Sunday morning involving a Madisonville man accused of domestic violence. Brian Keith Bourland, 31, was charged with fourth-degree assault (domestic violence), third-degree terroristic threatening and resisting arrest.

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Kentucky New Era ]
A year later, no start date in sight for Hopkinsville call center
In May of last year, TeleTech announced its intentions of establishing a call center in Hopkinsville. The announcement brought with it the potential of 500 to 700 jobs for the area, and local officials from city government to the community college all offered unwavering support of the Colorado-based company. More than a year later, a sign still hangs in the empty space at Bradford Square mall, promising that the center is "coming soon."

Posted June 18, 2013 [ Georgetown News-Graphic ]
Toyota increases its efforts to aid early childhood education in Kentucky
Toyota announced Monday it would increase its funding for early childhood education centers around the state. Programs launched in 2012 and will continue at schools in Ashland, Glasgow, Prestonsburg, Bellevue, Murray, Leitchfield, Berea, Paducah and Boston. New academies are set in Hopkinsville, Owensboro, Winchester, Paris, Wingo, Henderson, Edgewood, Raceland, Murray, Waynesburg and Cadiz, in addition to Garth Elementary School in Georgetown.

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