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KSP Searching For Missing Russell County Woman

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Kentucky State Police, Post 15 is asking for the public's assistance in locating 24-year-old Whitney Danielle Copley, of Dunnville, KY. Copley was last seen on Wednesday, September 30. It is unknown what she was last wearing. She is a white female, 5' 7" tall, weighing 110 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair. … [Read more...]

EPA Plans Arsenic Clean Up

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says an Ohio County property contaminated with arsenic is about to get cleaned up. Arsenic trioxide levels at the site near the Daviess County line exceed 150,000 milligrams per kilogram. The EPA considers more than 50 milligrams per kilogram to be a high concentration for the area. … [Read more...]

Former Doctor Guilty Of Distributing Painkillers

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A former Georgia doctor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute painkillers in Kentucky. The U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of Kentucky says 58-year-old Michael Johnston admitted he conspired with the owner of a Georgia pain clinic to distribute thousands of prescription pills to Kentuckians. … [Read more...]

No Shooter Found On JCTC Campus

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Kentucky authorities say a report of shots fired on a college campus turned out to be unfounded. Louisville police gave students at the Jefferson Community and Technical College the all-clear Friday afternoon, about an hour after they received a call about an "active aggressor" on campus. … [Read more...]

Runner Injured In Hit-and-run

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An Elizabethtown man out for a morning run was struck by a passing car on the U.S. 31W Bypass at College Street Road Friday morning. According to the Elizabethtown Police Department, 54 year-old Derrick Dennison was on the southbound shoulder of the bypass when he was hit and the driver did not stop. … [Read more...]

Details of Serious Accident Released

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Details of a two vehicle accident that injured two Brandenburg men were released after an investigation into the wreck finalized. According to the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, the accident happened on Wednesday (9/30) around 11:30 am in the 2400 block of Brandenburg Road. A 1994 Ford F150 driven by 75 year-old Bobby Ross of Brandenburg was traveling north on Brandenburg Road when entered the center turning lane and turned in front of a southbound 1999 Chrysler LHS driven by 37 year-old Rickey Adle of Brandenburg. Ross was treated at the scene by Meade County EMS and then airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital by Air Methods. Adle and his passenger, 19 year-old Larry Adle of Brandenburg were taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown by Meade County EMS. The Meade County Fire Department and Brandenburg Police assisted the Meade County Sheriff’s Department at the scene. … [Read more...]

Health Insurer To Quit Exchange

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A Kentucky nonprofit that has been one of the largest insurance providers on the state's health exchange has given notice that it won't offer plans for the 2016 enrollment period. State health officials said Friday that current policyholders with the Kentucky Health Cooperative will continue being covered through their existing policies, most of which expire December 31, 2015. The company currently serves about 51,000 members. Kentucky Health Cooperative's interim CEO, Glenn Jennings, says the nonprofit "came up short" of where it needed to be. It had received federal loans to help it stay afloat. Jennings says the decision to stop offering plans resulted from the company not receiving federal funding on which it had relied. State officials say seven companies will offer plans in the 2016 enrollment period, up from five in 2015. Source: AP … [Read more...]