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  • Pickup loses its top
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  • Lawsuit would prevent pipeline company from using eminent domain

    By Ryan Quinn
    The State Journal
    A new nonprofit filed a lawsuit Thursday in Franklin Circuit Court seeking a ruling on whether Bluegrass Pipeline can use eminent domain in Kentucky.
    Kentuckians United to Restrain Eminent Domain is using the suit to determine the validity of Bluegrass Pipeline’s claim it has the power of eminent domain to build a natural gas liquids pipeline through the state.
    In cases of controversy, plaintiffs can sue under state law to seek a binding declaration of rights.

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  • Council unanimously passes amended Alcohol Beverage Control ordinance

    The Lawrenceburg City Council unanimously passed the second reading of its amended Alcohol Beverage Control ordinance 5-0 on Dec. 9, effectively allowing the sale of alcohol on Election Day due to new state law regulations.
    Senate Bill 13, passed by the Kentucky legislature in March 2013, allows for the sale of alcohol on Election Day in areas where beer, wine and liquor are normally sold.
    The new ABC law went into effect June 25, according to the Kentucky League of Cities.

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  • Grad student uses Anderson News for ethics case study

    When it comes to publishing DUI photos in the newspaper, one Syracuse University journalism graduate student said if the decision were up to him, he would err on the side of caution.
    “In my opinion, just because you have access to public information doesn’t make it a story or right to do,” Adam Matula, a Newhouse School Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism master’s program student, said in a phone interview Sunday afternoon.

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  • Health department offering free flu shots while supplies last

    The Anderson County Health Department will offer free flu shots through Dec. 13 as part of National Influenza Week, the agency announced.
    The shots will be given until supplies are gone.
    The department’s hours are Monday through Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Friday from 8 to 11 a.m.
    The department is located at 1180 Glensboro Road. Call 839-4551 for more information.

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  • Surplus brings end to health department furloughs

    With its financial results better than expected nearly halfway through the fiscal year, the Anderson County Board of Health voted 7-2 Thursday to end employee furloughs — but only through March 2014.
    The decision marks the end of employees losing payroll hours each week for the past year and a half as the health department worked to overcome financial shortfalls brought on by a combination of issues, including the decision several years ago to construct a new building.

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  • News briefs: 12-11-13

    Fundraiser to benefit fire victims
    A fundraiser for the Mill Creek Pike family that lost its home in a fire late last month is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Edwardo’s Pizza, organizers announced.
    Tips along with a portion of the proceeds will go the Casson family, which lost its home, belongings and dogs in the fire.
    “All tips go to the family and everyone is welcome to stop in and make a donation that will go to the family,” organizers said.

    Free Christmas Day meal
    set at Open Hands

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  • Hugs, tears as Tony’s shuts down

    Tony’s BBQ Barn couldn’t close its doors without a bear hug between father and son.
    Owner Tony Howard ended the hug by grabbing his 33-year-old son Jon’s hand for a seconds-long waltz to “I Can’t Help Falling in Life with You.”
    Then both men faced the music, the Elvis tune crooned by good friend Eugene Hoffman at the front of the restaurant. Jon wiped away tears.

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  • Obamacare has fire depts. ‘shaking in their boots’

    A wrinkle in Obamacare that could force fire departments to purchase health insurance for volunteers would have a “crippling” affect on them here and across the nation.
    That’s the message from Anderson County Fire Chief Mike Barnes who, like thousands of other chiefs across the country who oversee all-volunteer fire departments, is waiting for a determination from the Internal Revenue Service about how Obamacare will affect those departments.

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  • Teen charged in home invasion case now an adult

    Kendall Cunningham, released from jail earlier this summer with all his charges dropped, will be tried as an adult for allegedly pointing a gun at two teenagers during a Lawrenceburg home invasion, according to court documents.
    Cunningham, 18, of 545 Carlton Drive, Lawrenceburg, is scheduled to appear in Anderson Circuit Court Dec. 17 at 9 a.m. for a disposition hearing.
    Cunningham was released from jail in August 2013 with all his charges dismissed following a complaint about his case’s improper transfer from juvenile to Circuit Court.

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