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  • Local students named to University of Kentucky fall dean’s list

    From staff reports

    For the first time, more than 6,000 students have made the University of Kentucky Dean’s List. UK has released its Dean’s List for the Fall 2014 semester.

    A record high of 6,366 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance. That’s an increase of nearly 500 since Fall 2013 and nearly 900 more than Spring 2014, according to a news release.

    The following are Anderson County native students who were named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Kentucky.

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  • News briefs for Jan. 21, 2015

    Tipton to visit Lawrenceburg

    State Rep. James Tipton will host a legislative briefing 7:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 26 at Tonya’s Buffett, located at Hilltop Drive in Lawrenceburg, his office announced.

    Tipton, who represents Anderson County in Frankfort, will provide an overview of the 2015 legislative session and field questions from the community.

    Lawrenceburg woman joins medical group

    Leeann Spivey, nurse practitioner, has joined Northgate Medical Group, according to a news release.

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  • Medley takes oath
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  • New Yorker to share experience of moving to Kentucky

    From staff reports

    A New Yorker who moved to Kentucky will share her experiences Jan. 22 during a presentation of the Kentucky Humanities Council at the Anderson Senior Center, according to a news release.

    The presentation will begin at 7 p.m.

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  • Realtors donate to EDA
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  • Burkhead to compete in state county fair pageant

    News staff

    There’s a lot of work that goes into pageantry. Hours of preparation in makeup, styled hair coated with hair spray that seems to defy gravity and of course, no beauty queen would be complete without the perfect evening gown that shimmers in the spotlight.

    Though it takes a lot of time, this year’s Miss Lawrenceburg Fair & Horse Show Queen Molly Kate Burkhead said the preparation is the “fun part.”

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  • Mustang Media program puts students to work

    By Shelley Spillman

    News staff

    Each school day, Anderson County Middle School meteorologist Drew Pierce alerts students to the weather forecast with great enthusiasm, always signing off with “This is Drew Pierce your meteorologist, reminding you to be weather aware.”

    It started off with a mission from Anderson County Middle School Principal Jeanna Kidd to find a creative way to read the morning announcements and became the student-led TV news broadcast, Mustang Media.

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  • ‘He was just a happy guy’

    News staff

    Pastor Charles Joseph McDonald, 82, better known as “Father Mac,” died Jan. 1 at his home in Lexington.

    McDonald served as a pastor at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Lawrenceburg from 1993 to 2006.

    He’s remembered for his outgoing personality and love of music.

    “He was just a happy guy. He was very kind and played piano at the nursing home,” said Jane Wade, music director at St. Lawrence Catholic Church. “He loved to play, and he didn’t even need a sheet of music.”

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  • Joseph indicted for tattooing vulgar word on woman

    By Ben Carlson

    News staff

    A Lawrenceburg man was indicted last week on charges that include him allegedly tattooing the word “slut” on a female victim’s back while holding her at gunpoint.

    Michael Aaron Joseph, 30, was indicted by the Anderson County Grand Jury on charges that include second-degree assault, first-degree wanton endangerment and first-degree unlawful imprisonment.

    A warrant for Joseph’s arrest was issued in November of 2014 for the incident, which dates back to last May.

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  • Heroin: ‘It’s here, it’s real and it’s a problem’

    By Ben Carlson

    News Staff

    Police are called to a domestic dispute involving a mother and her son arguing over a dirty needle.

    A man in his early 20s shoots heroin, climbs behind the wheel of his car and crashes into a telephone pole in front of the library.

    Another man shoots heroin in the parking lot of a local store. He overdoses, turns blue and passes out with his foot on his car’s gas pedal, revving the engine.

    Twenty people overdose in November and December, requiring life-saving actions from first responders.

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