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UPDATE: LOUISA WOMAN DIES IN CRASH IN LOUISA DUE TO FIRST SNOW OF YEAR
LOUISA, KY. -- One person has died in a traffic accident this morning near Louisa Food City. Three more were rushed to TRMC for treatment. At 09:28 am units from the Louisa Police and Fire Departments...
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Gov. Bevin Signs Historic Week One Legislation
New laws go into effect immediately FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2017) - Gov. Matt Bevin has signed into law seven historic bills sent to his desk by the Kentucky General Assembly, following a...
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GROUP SAYS GOP ABORTION LAW VIOLATES U.S. CONSTITUTION
ACLU suing Kentucky over law requiring an ultrasound before abortion; Bevin says AG 'not doing his job' on laws The American Civil Liberties Union filed a legal challenge Monday to a new law that...
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NO QUORUM FOR CITY MEETING: “State of the City Report”
The Louisa City Council was supposed to have a regular scheduled meeting Tuesday night but due to sickness there was no quorum. Those in attendance were Mitch Castle, David McKenzie and Tom Parsons....
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BOE 'EXPLORING' REPLACING LOUISA WEST ELEMENTARY
Possible 'nickel tax' to be explained at January BOE meeting, Fletcher says "...The Lawrence County Board of Education has invited Mr. Joe Nance to the regular January board meeting to discuss the...
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PRESTON DOLES OUT 'STEEP' SENTENCES IN LAWRENCE COURT
Lawrence man gets 23 years as Persistent Felony Offender DATE: 1-19-17 -- The Lawrence Co. State Courts building was full on Friday the 13th being the first court session of 2017. Hon. Judge Preston...
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NO COMMENTS ON 'NICKEL TAX' AT BOE MEETING; DOES SILENCE MEAN OK?
Preston re-elected Chairman, Skaggs is Vice chairperson The nickel rax would be $50 extra per year for a homeowner whose property is assessed at $100,000, bonding expert says Lawrence County Board of...
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LAWRENCE COUNTY TEENAGER INDICTED IN HATFIELD MURDER
FITZPATRICK INDICTED FOR MURDER OF FORMER COAL COMPANY EXECUTIVE IN HIGH PROFILE MINGO COUNTY, WEST VA. CASE Fitzpatrick, along fellow accomplice, facing life in prison for botched robbery at cemetery...
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GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES WILL REMAIN THE SAME, OSBORNE SAYS
KSP offers to take over cash strapped 911 system FIVCO asks for $$ for failing Eastpark industrial site partly owned by county LOUISA, Ky. -- The Lawrence Co. Fiscal Court met for their monthly...
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SCHOOL PERSONNEL SEEK CAUSE OF UNKNOWN 'RASH' AT LOUISA EAST
MYSTERIOUS RASH INCIDENT AT LOUISA EAST ELEMENTARY LEADS SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO ORDER TOTAL SANITIZE CLEANSING OF ENTIRE BUILDING 20 STUDENTS SENT HOME AFTER OUTBREAK AT ONE AREA OF LOUISA EAST JANUARY...
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JAIL GUARD FINDS HERSELF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARS
Brittney Branham, 28, a Western Regional Jail Corrections Officer from Louisa, Ky. was jailed at 8:53 P.M. at the correction center on Wednesday after contraband was found inside a jail cell that she...
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BAD NEWS FOR HEROIN, FENTANYL DEALERS, WILL FACE LIFE FOR OD'S
Police to treat overdoses as crimes (Date: 01-29-2017) -- Less than an hour after Jolene Marie Berger-Bowman met her drug dealer to exchange a mystery pill for $30, she took her last breaths on a...
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1st DEGREE RAPE SUSPECT AMONG ARRESTS THIS WEEK
Lawrence County Arrest list - January 24-30, 2017 Lawrence County Sheriff's Department Arrests: Michael Pennington Jr., 30 of Grayson Kentucky was arrested 1-28-17 by Deputy Mark Wheeler on N. Lock...
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PACKED COURTHOUSE FOR HARM REDUCTION MEETING
Fiscal Court, city council vote will be held on subject LOUISA, Ky. -- A public meeting was held in the Lawrence Co. Courthouse on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 to discuss the proposed introduction of a...
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SMITH MURDER CASE GETS FIRST HEARING
Lawrence County Circuit Court Hearing Jack Smith was among the full docket on Friday, January 27th. The accused murderer from Martin County appeared in court moving his case along with a motion for...
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LAWRENCE COUNTY MAN DIES AFTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT ATV ACCIDENT
Alcohol a likely factor in crash says sheriff's department FEBRUARY 3, 2017 - written by WADE QUEEN A Lawrence County man has died after an ATV accident Wednesday night in southeastern Lawrence...
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FIRST VOTE ON NICKEL TAX TO OCCUR DURING THE FEB. 21 BOARD MEETING
STEP 1 IN BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL: THE RECALLABLE NICKEL TAX "...The Lawrence County Board of Education has invited Mr. Joe Nance, a school finance specialist, to discuss the steps in financing the...
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FOUR SENT TO TRMC AFTER MINOR BUS 'CLASH'
LAWRENCE SCHOOL BUS CRASH THURSDAY AFTERNOON NEAR LCHS FEBRUARY 7, 2017 - written by WADE QUEEN LOUISA, Ky. -- A minor collision involving a Lawrence County school bus and a passenger vehicle Tuesday...
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LOUISA COUNCIL DENIES CHANGE IN CITY POLICE POLICIES
UPDATE: The Lazer has learned that a police personnel matter was discussed during an executive session at Tuesday night's special meeting but city officials are mum on the subject. Mayor Harold Slone...
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LAWRENCE CO. ATTORNEY 'WARNS' THAT GAS BOOM IS COMING
OIL/GAS BUYING FLURRY! LOUISA, Ky. -- (DATE: 2/11/17) --As first reported several weeks ago the Rogersville Shale operations in gas and oil rich Lawrence County are a hot item on the market these days....
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HOGAN REVEALS CITY COUNCIL 'POLICE PROBLEM'
'This does not involve the county', Hogan says of involvement in case Officer has grievance; no lawsuit filed yet LOUISA, Ky. -- The answer to the city riddle of the week comes from the horse's mouth....
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CHILD PORN, RAPE AMONG CHARGES BY LAWRENCE GRAND JURY
FEBRUARY 14, 2017 The Lawrence County Grand Jury hands down 7 Indictments for the month of February. Shirley Vincell, 28 from Louisa, Ky. Indicted on Bail jumping in the 1st, a class D felony that...
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KSP NABS WANTED LAWRENCE MAN ON CYBER TIP
Ashland, Ky. (January 25, 2017) – On Friday, January 27, 2017 the Kentucky State Police Post 14 Ashland received a cyber tip involving the possession and distribution of matter portraying sexual...
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STATE SENATE APPROVES SWEEPING EDUCATION REFORM BILL
Testing, teaching methods will change under 'Teacher Teach Act' NO MORE COMMON CORE The Kentucky GOP led Senate passed a measure Friday that could result in the rewriting of public school lesson plans...
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HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE EARLY MONDAY MORNING OUTSIDE LOUISA
LATEST STRUCTURE FIRE LATEST INCIDENT OF 20+ EMERGENCY CALLS IN LAWRENCE CO./FT GAY AREA Smoke detector saves homeowner FEBRUARY 20, 2017, written by WADE QUEEN A Lawrence County house was completely...
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LOUISA LAWYER WANTS PUBLIC VOTE ON 'NICKEL TAX'
Says local tax on oil/gas should be enacted instead LOUISA, Ky. -- Gene Wilson is not one to take a tax hike lightly. The notoriously frugal Louisa banker/developer has been opposed to every tax idea...
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'WHEN IS IT GOING TO STOP? KINSER ASKS BOE ABOUT TAXES
BOE passes 'nickel tax', Preston says public can 'vote it out if they don't like it' LOUISA – Two members of the Lawrence County community came forward during the public comments section of Tuesday’s...
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LOGGER DIES OF INJURIES REPORTED FRIDAY
NAME OF DECEASED MAN RELEASED Update on the logging accident yesterday morning: BLAINE, Ky. -- 68 year old Roger Young (listed address as Elliot County) who was injured in a Lawrence Co. logging...
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