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Mid-air
collision leaves 1 skydiver dead, 1 injured
Saturday, May 27, 2006, 10:30 p.m. -- In one of the first
fatalities in years, a skydiver died Saturday evening at the
Greene County Sport Parachute Center near Bardstown after
colliding in mid-air with another skydiver. The
accident took place shortly before dusk in what would have
been the final jump of the day.
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3
airlifted from scene of Dump Hill head-on collision
Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 10:40 p.m. -- At least three
people were injured Wednesday evening in a head-on collision
in the Dump Hill curve of US 62 less than a mile west of Bardstown.
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here for more.
Gov.
Fletcher indicted in merit hiring probe
State
suspends students' role in bourbon barrel project
May
7, 2006 - State
education officials, citing the controversy generated by local
vocational students' work on what would be the world's largest
bourbon barrel, have terminated the students' role in the
project. Click
here for more.
Toyota
supplier to build parts plant in Bardstown
May
6, 2006 - A major Toyota
parts supplier announced this week plans to build a $48.7
million plant in Wilson Industrial Part in Bardstown. Click
here for details.
Bourbon
barrel project filled with high-proof irony
April
29, 2006 - I
wonder who else sees the irony in a project to pay homage
to the bourbon industry that is being built using free labor
from minors -- kids too young to drink -- and ironically,
the same ones targeted by anti-alcohol messages at their schools.
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more.
 Hill
presents ambitious plan for downtown redevelopment
April
27, 2006 - Rick
Hill, owner of Village Solutions LLC of Anchorage, Ky., put
on an impressive show for a packed house at Kreso's Restaurant
Wednesday evening. Hill was on stage at the old Arco Theater
to present a final draft of a plan -- or "cookbook"
in his words -- for the future of downtown Bardstown. Click
here for details.
Eyeing
run for attorney general ...
Erwin
Roberts resigns as head of state personnel
May
5, 2006 -
Erwin Roberts, the only African-American in Gov. Ernie Fletcher's
cabinet, announced his resignation on Wednesday, May 3rd.
Roberts was the featured speaker at the Nelson County Republican's
Lincoln Day Dinner in February, where he told attendees he
was eyeing a run as a Republican candidate for Kentucky Attorney
General. For
more click here.
Toyota
a possible suitor ...
Tower
Automative plant may soon be sold
 Thursday,
March 30, 2006 - Tower
Automotive's Bardstown facility may soon become a division
of Toyota Motors Manufacturing, according to sources both
inside and outside the company. The facility, one of the parent
company's few money-makers, has produced parts for automakers
foreign and domestic. Click
here for more details.
UPDATE: April
5, 2006 - Tower sets May 1st deadline for labor union
negotiations on wage, benefit concessions;
Milwaukee Tower Automotive plant closes; Greenville, Mich.,
plant layoffs set for June.
Final
alignment announced ...
State
releases final US31E project alignment
March 3, 2006 - Proposed
final alignment will follow US31E from Nazareth to KY 509
in Cox's Creek, avoiding the need to cut through two subdivisions
in the process.
Threat
of bankruptcy filing may affect "Live At The Park"
Louisville Orchestra performance
In show business, the old adage "The
show must go on!" has one exception: when the show goes
belly up. That's just what ticketholders for the local September
performance of The Louisville Orchestra currently face in
the wake of a possible bankruptcy filing by the orchestra
after contract negotiations broke down.
The Orchestra is scheduled
to perform Tuesday, Sept. 19th at the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre
as part of the "Live At The Park" concert series.
According to a story in the Jan. 21st edition of The Courier-Journal,
the orchestra may cut its season short and file for bankruptcy
protection.
Big
Labor, liberal causes take on Wal-Mart with legislative agenda
in Frankfort
On the heels of similar legislation
passed last week in Maryland, the Kentucky General Assembly
will this session consider a similar bill that will require
retail giant Wal-Mart to spend more on employee's healthcare
plans, or pay into a state Medicaid fund.
If you scratch below the surface
just a bit, you'll find that this isn't a case of legislation
to right a wrong, but legislation pushed by a national organizations
trying to advance their own liberal agendas.
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